Tcm & energetic qualities of food.
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:48 am
Try to make a topic of this but I just want to rant about how messed up the western diet has become. The worst example would probably be how overweight people opt out of eating a good 'hot' meal or foods that increase our metabolism and instead go for the extremely 'cold' green salad which essentially slows the thryoid down, lowers the metabolism, and starts a whole cycle of damage to the spleen which is normally responsible for our natural healthy cravings but when damaged begins to continue cycle of craving more cold foods and raw sugars.
salad, grapefruit - cold
egg whites- cool
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/lifestyles ... d_tcm.html
http://www.ehow.com/video_4942003_tradi ... nergy.html
Eat the complete opposite of the western "weight-loss" diet and one might actually lose some weight.
Chew your food as the saliva indentifies the food in your mouth and tells the body which enzymes to put into the stomach. Don't drink large amounts of 'ice cold' beverages while eating, preferably no liquids as they dilute the stomach acids. If you have to drink then make sure it's something more acidic. Don't ever take any antacids anytime close to a meal and ideally never take them.
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salad, grapefruit - cold
egg whites- cool
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/lifestyles ... d_tcm.html
http://www.ehow.com/video_4942003_tradi ... nergy.html
Eat the complete opposite of the western "weight-loss" diet and one might actually lose some weight.
Chew your food as the saliva indentifies the food in your mouth and tells the body which enzymes to put into the stomach. Don't drink large amounts of 'ice cold' beverages while eating, preferably no liquids as they dilute the stomach acids. If you have to drink then make sure it's something more acidic. Don't ever take any antacids anytime close to a meal and ideally never take them.
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