Previously, when people heard the word shengji, they used to think of a bland diet exclusively composed of raw fruits and vegetables (one meaning of sheng [生] is "raw," while ji [機] can mean "organic"), foods that in the jargon of traditional Chinese medicine are "cold" and therefore unsuitable for those of weak constitution.
不同於早年「生機」飲食給人以生吃蔬果、口味單調、食材太「寒」不適合體質虛弱者等印象，近年來「生機」的訴求，已經轉換成「生熟互補」的飲食模式。