Taking tonic food is part of indigenous Chinese culture, but today many young intellectuals have no time for such ideas, and their refusal to eat it has given rise to a generation gap with their parents.
食補是中國人的「固有文化」，但在許多現代中國知識分子的眼中，「補」已變得一文不值，甚至為了不肯吃補而與父母產生「代溝」。