A journey to explore the health properties of traditional Korean diet: a commentary

Abstract Modern food consumption in Korea has been modified to the Western style parallel with rapid globalization and economic growth, which might be a cause of skyrocketing increase cardiometabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hypertension, coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This is not Korea-specific phenomenon but also worldwide common public health problem. A plausible mechanism underlying unhealthy changes could genetics, especially genes that cannot adequately respond fast dietary are unable deal high intake animal fat calorie. If this true, then following questions raised: (1) do we need go back traditional K-diet (K-diet) reduce development these disorders?, (2) if so, what by may convey those effects?, (3) sufficient enough solve current problem, how can modify fit our purposes?