★ Author Momoko Ueki is a registered dietitian and international Chinese medicine practitioner (certification in Chinese medicine knowledge, not a medical license). Her books include “Medicinal Miso Soup” and “Medicinal Rice Balls.” She shares health information via NHK‘s “Today’s Health.”
★ “No appetite. Bloated stomach. No energy. Eating is a hassle.” This book is for people with these concerns. It does not ask you to eat more; instead, it shows how to get enough through quality and ingenuity.
★ Five sections: why you can‘t eat (weakened digestion, lack of exercise, stress), key points for nutrition (warm, soft foods; seasonal ingredients), what and how to eat (five nutrients plus fiber; dried foods), easy recipes (seasonal soup; one-pan dishes), and habits to ease discomfort (bloating, constipation).
★ Large type, charts, and illustrations make it accessible for older readers. It also includes dietary tips and acupressure, covering both eating and nourishing.
★ For older adults with poor appetite, middle-aged children caring for elderly parents, and anyone seeking dietary adjustment.

This book gently adjusts daily meals for people who cannot eat much, worry about nutritional imbalance or deficiency, and are concerned about frailty (age-related physical and mental decline). Based on nutrition science and medicinal food wisdom, it explains in plain language. Large type, rich charts and illustrations make it easy for anyone to read.

• Causes of “can’t eat”: weakened digestion, lack of exercise, stress, and other reasons for poor appetite.
• Seasonal ingredient selection: how to choose ingredients suited to the season and physical condition, and ideas to stimulate appetite.
• Efficient ways to eat: cooking methods that preserve nutrients and ways to use ingredients.
• Recipes that make nutrition easy: soups and rice porridge using seasonal ingredients, plus make-ahead side dishes.
• Habits to ease discomfort: dietary advice and acupressure for everyday minor complaints such as bloating, constipation, insomnia, and irritability.

No appetite. Bloated stomach. No energy. Eating is a hassle. You don‘t need to eat a lot! Stay healthy with the wisdom of nutrition and medicinal food.

Momoko Ueki (植木もも子)
Registered dietitian, international Chinese medicine practitioner, international Chinese medicinal food therapy manager. The foundation of medicinal food is traditional Chinese medicine; its core is “humans and nature coexisting, resonating, and nourishing each other.” With the motto “Delicious, Wise, Happy, Healthy,” she works to spread “easy-to-understand medicinal food” through seasonal dishes that blend medicinal food and nutrition. Her books include “Medicinal Miso Soup,” “Medicinal Rice Balls,” “Quick! Medicinal Food,” “10-Minute Medicinal Soup Jar Bento,” “Warming Life Recipes,” etc.

1 Why can’t you eat? (“Can‘t eat” has various causes / Weakened digestion lowers eating ability, etc.)
2 Key points for getting nutrition (Eat warm, soft foods / Eating seasonal ingredients improves your condition, etc.)
3 What and how to eat (Five major nutrients and dietary fiber are key to health / Supplement nutrition with dried foods, etc.)
4 Recipes that make nutrition easy (Seasonal mixed soup / One-pan dishes, etc.)
5 Eating habits to ease discomfort (Bloating / Constipation, etc.)