Development base of health foods is : enhancement of people demand for the foods ; development of dietetics and modern scientific technology ; increase of health level and reduction of the demand for sanitary resource consumption ; traditional health care theory makes the development of the health foods have u - nique advantages ; popularization of nutrition knowledge as well as high profit from health foods industry 保健食品发展的基础是:人们对食品需求的提高;营养学与现代科技的发展;提高健康水平,降低卫生资源消耗的需要;传统保健理论使我国保健食品的发展具有独特优势;营养知识的普及;保健食品行业的高额利润。