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    Not so long ago in the West, touting food as medicine got you pitying looks, if not outright derision. Real medicine was white pills made by white men in white lab coats. We've come a long way, on both hemispheres, with more and more... ...full story at China Expat

from China Expat on Fri, Dec 12 2008

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