Eating in Winter
Each season has its own energy, and suitable ways of
eating.
Winter has an energy of cold, dry, and things contract and
go inward.
Eat in harmony with season is key for health and wellness.
Here are some basic ideas.
Warming foods or cooling foods?
1 Plants that take longer to grow are more warming.
So root vegetables are more warming--yang-- than leafy
ones.
2 Chemically fertilized plants foods, which are stimulated to
grow quickly, are often more cooling--yin.
3 Foods with red, orange, or yellow colors are more
warming--yang-- than foods with blue, green or purple--yin.
Foods
In Winter---yin season, choose root vegetables---yang
foods--, such as carrot, gobo (burdock root), ginger, and
other round shaped winter vegetables such as winter
squash, onion, garlic for this season.
Cooking methods
Even with the same foods, cooking method can change the
energy.
1 Cooking methods that involve more cooking time, higher
temperatures, greater pressure impart more warming
qualities--yang-- to foods.
2 Cooking for a longer time on low heat is more warming
than a short time on high heat.
Try soup, stew, or pressure cooking such as warm
vegetable/ bean/ grain soup, oat meal, risotto, porridge, or
stewed vegetable. over salads or other raw foods this
season.
Nourish the kidneys
According to eastern medical philosophy, winter is
associated with kidneys, which is the foundation of the
body.
And when kidneys are imbalanced, one tends to have
symptoms such as :
All bone problems, especially those of the knees, lower
back, and teeth.
Hearing loss --- kidneys are said to be related to hearing.
Head-hair problems---hair loss, premature graying.
Premature aging
Excessive fear and insecurity
Foods that nourish kidneys --- salty, bitter foods
azuki bean, millet, barley, tofu, black bean, black soy bean,
black sesame seed, seaweeds, kuzu roots, miso, soy
sauce, sea salt, etc..
Each season has its own energy, and suitable ways of
eating.
Winter has an energy of cold, dry, and things contract and
go inward.
Eat in harmony with season is key for health and wellness.
Here are some basic ideas.
Warming foods or cooling foods?
1 Plants that take longer to grow are more warming.
So root vegetables are more warming--yang-- than leafy
ones.
2 Chemically fertilized plants foods, which are stimulated to
grow quickly, are often more cooling--yin.
3 Foods with red, orange, or yellow colors are more
warming--yang-- than foods with blue, green or purple--yin.
Foods
In Winter---yin season, choose root vegetables---yang
foods--, such as carrot, gobo (burdock root), ginger, and
other round shaped winter vegetables such as winter
squash, onion, garlic for this season.
Cooking methods
Even with the same foods, cooking method can change the
energy.
1 Cooking methods that involve more cooking time, higher
temperatures, greater pressure impart more warming
qualities--yang-- to foods.
2 Cooking for a longer time on low heat is more warming
than a short time on high heat.
Try soup, stew, or pressure cooking such as warm
vegetable/ bean/ grain soup, oat meal, risotto, porridge, or
stewed vegetable. over salads or other raw foods this
season.
Nourish the kidneys
According to eastern medical philosophy, winter is
associated with kidneys, which is the foundation of the
body.
And when kidneys are imbalanced, one tends to have
symptoms such as :
All bone problems, especially those of the knees, lower
back, and teeth.
Hearing loss --- kidneys are said to be related to hearing.
Head-hair problems---hair loss, premature graying.
Premature aging
Excessive fear and insecurity
Foods that nourish kidneys --- salty, bitter foods
azuki bean, millet, barley, tofu, black bean, black soy bean,
black sesame seed, seaweeds, kuzu roots, miso, soy
sauce, sea salt, etc..
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