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Traditional
Chinese Medicine uses diet to maintain good health. Foods
are selected to move, harmonize and nourish the body. The chinese
diet come the closest to the optimal diet. Not too much meat.
Plenty of vegetables and grains. The oil used is usually peanut which
does not break down under high heat as does canola and olive. The
Chinese people are the culture in which everyone is a gourmet.
Traditional Oriental Medicine says that it is better to eat a little meat
than be a pure vegetarian. While a vegetarian diet is fine if sufficient
calories are eaten and enough variety is had to ensure that the proper
amount of minerals are gotten. Some people may have a problem with
a pure vegetarian diet, especially children who need at least 3,000 calories
per day. While some countries and cultures have had a vegetarian
diet for centuries, they also have gene lines that have selected people
who can survive on such diets. It is better to be healthy and alive
to fight for a cause than die for one without reason.
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Healthy digestion
No discomfort in the Stomach or Intestines
No excessive hunger or cravings
Regular, easy bowel movements
Feels of clear headedness and refreshment after eating
Pleasant taste in the mouth
Drink Green or Oolong tea
Tea provides wholesome, clean fluids. Tea possesses antioxidant properties
like vitamin E and C. It lowers blood lipids and cholesterol.
Boiled water provides reduced organic matter from pollution and microorganisms.
Eat mostly cooked food
The stomach must warm food to digest it. If the food is cold, energy
must be expended to warm it. Cold contracts the organs of digestion,
slowing the travel of food thought the intestines. This can cause
gas and bloating from rotting of the foods and growth of bacteria and yeast.
Eat a good breakfast
The brain requires 100 grams of carbohydrates each day. When we wake
up in the morning, we usually have been without food for at least 8 to
10 hours. The carbohydrates that we had yesterday need to be replaced
to ensure that we meet the day fresh and active. Breakfast is also
what helps us maintain an ideal weight as the metabolism runs higher when
we eat breakfast.
Do not eat after 7 p.m.
It takes 5 to 6 hours for a meal to go through the digestive system.
As the liver must process all of the food, eating after 7 p.m. will place
a strain on the liver when it is resting during its time on the Chinese
organ click. The liver's time is from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Eat at the same times each day
The digestive system likes the regularity of food. Both from the
point of view of the intestines in allowing for digestion, and the fact
that the digestive system can become trained to start secretions for digestion
at the same times each day.
Limit the amount of food at each meal
This allows the stomach and intestines to digest a meal without strain
on the muscles of digestion.
Do not eat when stressed, emotional or intellectually involved
When we are emotionally upset, the liver is involved in processing the
emotions. When food is introduced, the liver has a greater burden
to handle releasing partially broken down toxins. Similarly, increased
use of the mind in study or wok competes for the energy stored by the liver.
Students need to use an herbal formula that counters the effects of the
mental stress.
Avoid
Foods cooked in a microwave
Deep friend foods
Sweet, refined foods
Excessive consumption in general
Over eating and under eating
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All those ingredients that you may not wanted to know about.
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