Oriental Nutrition
Learning to eat for the condition of your body and with the seasons if very helpful to aid in your general health and help prevent illnesses. Using oriental diagnosis tools we can understand and guide our clients on the diet that would best suit their needs.
Food has energy and each food item may be more cooling or heating for the body. Knowing this alone is very important and can aid in you feeling more comfortable during heat waves and very cold periods. For example the very popular quinoa is very heating so I would not recommend eating a lot of it during summer or if you have a condition of heat. A better alternative would be millet or amaranth. There is also the five flavours to consider, what route the food takes example how each food will effect the organs in the body. In general yellow foods are loved by your spleen and stomach, where as green foods will give your liver and gallbladder a boost.
Eating for the seasons can also help our bodies deal with the temperature changes, example eating sprouts in spring is beneficial as this is a time for the new.
