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Nutrition
FOOD ENERGETICS PART 2 - AYURVEDIC FOOD PHILOSOPHY
In the first of this 2 part article I shared a brief overview of some elements of the Taoist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) approach to dietary recommendations based on food energetics. Instead of viewing foods purely on their isolated nutrients like vitamins and minerals, they interpret and work with the overall energetic influence a particular food has on us. In this article I will discuss the Ayurvedic system of food energetics.
The ancient Indian health care system of A…
TCM FOOD ENERGETICS PART 1- THE OTHER DIMENSIONS OF NUTRITION
In our western culture, we have become used to understanding the nutritional aspects of our food by breaking down and isolating its different component parts into vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, proteins, fat, carbohydrates and so on. However, there is a whole other dimension to understanding and making our dietary choices based on the energetics of a particular food, or more precisely, the effect the food has on the energetics of our body. 'Energetics' is rather a nebulous term but one as…
What's up with vegetable oils and why can they diminish your light?
Processed vegetables oils like sunflower oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil are commonly used all around us in dressings, pre prepared meals, sauces and restaurant meals. During the 1960’s and beyond, a marketing campaign to promote the health benefits of vegetable oils and the harmful effects of saturated fat began. This has led to their mostly positive portrayal within mainstream health advise. Unfortunately, this notion isn't quite as simple as we were led to believe.
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