Friday, January 8, 2010

Warming Foods for Cold Winter

it's been a very cold winter so far.---have i said that just a few weeks ago?
but this is what this season is supposed to be, right?
im still walking in the park every morning : )

In winter(yin), our body needs “warming and strengthening foods(yang)” instead of “cooling, loosening foods(yin)" for a balance.

And root vegetables(more yang), such as carrot, daikon radish, gobo (burdock root), kuzu root, parsnips, turnips, etc etc , are the most suitable foods that the nature offers to us.

again, just because they have good amount of vitamins or whatever, does not mean that you should eat salad greens or banana or orange juice this season!(those are too yin, cooling and loosening).
our body naturally needs different things, depends on season, climate, (or even activity levels).

besides, they are not naturally available this season, in this climate region, you'll have to import from thousands of miles away!

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