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Thursday, September 08, 2005

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- The Chinese Diet
- Chinese Food Categories
- Warming and Cooling Foods
- Book Recommendations

Dr. Mark Wiley
He's written 10 books on Health, Asian Culture, Martial Arts and
Fitness...he's earned Doctorates in both Oriental Medicine and
Alternative Medicine... he's been nominated to four different Halls of
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Exposing the Diet Scam

Eating Right takes Knowledge, Insight and Intuition

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Chinese Diet Therapy: How Everyday Foods Can Diminish Common Illnesses

By Dr. Mark Wiley

In the United States, diet fads come and go like summer blockbusters.

Each one claiming to be the latest-greatest for losing weight and
keeping it off.

Only eat carbohydrates, they say.

No, no, make that no carbs, just fat and protein!

Actually, it's better to eat like the Okinawans, the Mediterraneans or
the South Beachers.

Who?

Never mind, just join Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig.

Better yet, go Deal-a-Meal with Richard Simmons.

Wait a minute. I have to count both calories and a deck of cards?

It's no wonder that we Americans are not only dazed and confused when it
comes to our health, but comprise the most obese-dense population in the
world.

And here I am adding one more "diet" to the mix.

But it's not what you think.

East is Different Than West

For centuries, the Chinese have followed a "diet therapy" that is both
practical and corrective.

That is, the word "diet" is used correctly, meaning that which we
consume.

It is not something that you "go on" just to lose weight. While weight
loss is one small part of it, Chinese diet is a therapy that is followed
for a period of time to correct an imbalance (e.g., acute symptoms,
chronic pain, illness and disease).

So, what we find is that in terms of Chinese diet, food, beverage and
herbs are not only eaten for daily sustenance, but are used to correct
imbalances in the body (e.g., too much or too little heat or cold) and
the signs and symptoms associated with those imbalances (e.g., fever,
chills, hypertension, insomnia, pain).

And this points to the major difference between Eastern and Western
diets.

In the West "diets" are constructed around carbohydrate, protein,
caloric and nutrient intake.

In the East, diet (food intake) is based on the need of the individual
body to correct what is out of balance and thus causing signs and
symptoms to exist.

As example, Western diets look at red peppers as being high in vitamins
A and C, whereas Chinese diet looks to them for their warming function.

You see, the Chinese categorize food by its energetic properties and
flavors.

They have come to understand the effect of food once it has entered the
body.

And often times these "flavors" have no relation to the actual palatable
flavor (taste) the food has when consuming it.

In practical terms, this means eating something warm when you are cold;
eating something cooling when you are hot; consuming something
moistening when you are dry or constipated, etc.

But it's more specific than that.

Five Flavors and Their Actions

Chinese diet views food as falling into five flavors, each having a
different effect or "action" on the paired organ systems.

And when we say a food (or flavor) "acts on" an organ pair, we mean that
in both good and bad ways.

Food can both cure you and make you ill, depending on how much you eat
and when it is eaten.

Foods that are Pungent in flavor include ginger, garlic, cinnamon,
fennel, chive, black pepper, parsley, green and red pepper, leek and
peppermint. They act on the lungs and large intestines by inducing
perspiration and promoting the movement of energy in the body.

Foods that are Sweet in flavor include sugar, cherries, chestnut,
watermelon, banana, honey, celery, abalone, beef, tofu, carrot and
coconut. They act on the spleen and stomach by slowing digestive
symptoms and neutralizing certain foods to strengthen (tonify) the
digestive system or calm (sedate) it.

Foods that are Sour in flavor include lemon, apple, pear, plum, apricot,
grapefruit, olive, tomato and mango. They act on the liver and
gallbladder by their astringent actions, which is why they are good for
checking diarrhea and excessive perspiration.

Foods that are Bitter in flavor include lettuce, asparagus, coffee, wine
and vinegar. They act on the heart and small intestines by reducing body
heat, drying body fluids, and if taken in quantity by inducing diarrhea.

Foods that are Salty in flavor include salt, barley, clams, kelp,
seaweed, ham, duck, pork and oysters. They act on the kidneys and
urinary bladder by softening hardness, such as kidney stones, hardening
of lymph nodes and muscle spasms.

But there is much more to it than this.

There are also action characteristics, such as warm, cool, dry, damp,
etc.

And many foods fall into more than one category, at once being sweet,
salty and cooling to the body, for example.

This is why Chinese diet therapy is also called Chinese medicated diet.
For at its most potent it is the domain of acupuncturists, herbalists
and doctors of Chinese medicine.

Below I offer about two dozen examples of common foodstuffs and the
common ailments they help. Perhaps you will find something useful to
give you a "taste" for the Chinese diet therapy. Enjoy!

For Asthma try Egg Stewed in Tea - Hard boil 2 eggs in water with
about15g of green tea. Remove the eggshells and return the hardboiled
eggs to the green tea and continue boiling until the water has
completely evaporated. Eat the eggs!

For Burn or Scald try Milk - Depending on the area affected, you can
either simply amerce the body part in a bowl of fresh milk, or soak a
sterilize gauze in the milk and apply to the area.

Or try Potato Juice - Extract the juice of some potatoes with a juicer
or by chopping and smashing them. Soak a sterilized gauze in the juice
and apply to the affected area.

For Cold and Flu try Ginger Honey - Extract the juice from fresh ginger
(about 50g) and mix it in a bowl with about 30g of honey. Heat the
ingredients by placing the bowl in boiling water for about 10 minutes
and drink.

Or try Ginger and Brown Sugar Tea - Combine 7g of tea and 10g of fresh
gingerroot in two cups of water. When water boils, dissolve about 15g of
brown sugar into the mixture. Remove from heat and drink.

For Constipation try Honey Tea - Infuse about 3g of tea with 2ml of
honey in hot water, and drink one cup after each meal.

Or try Honey Carrots - Boil some carrots in water until they are tender,
remove, cover with honey and enjoy. About 300g of honey carrots eaten
twice per week is standard.

For Cough try Peanuts - Boil shelled, unsalted peanuts in water and eat
every day until the cough abates. Or try Scrambled Ginger Egg - Mix
about 10g of chopped gingerroot to one scrambled egg and cook in oil.
It's best to eat this twice per day until the symptom is alleviated.

For Diabetes try Celery Gruel - Mix chopped celery, a tablespoon of oil
and some salt with uncooked rice in a pot for boiling. Cook until rice
turns to gruel and eat for a minimum of 10 days.

Or try Fried Bamboo Shoots - It's best to use fresh, tender bamboo
shoots, but canned will do. Soak bamboo slices in soy sauce for 15
minutes then remove and simmer in vegetable oil until they become
yellow.

For Adult Diarrhea try Vinegar Tea - Simply add a splash of vinegar to
one cup of very strong tea and drink. If you use teabags, then 2 or 3
bags in one cup will do fine.

For Dysmenorrhea (Painful Period) try Brown Sugar Egg - Mix about 100g
of brown sugar in enough water to dissolve. Add 2 beaten eggs to the
boiling water and cook until the egg is mostly cooked. Eat once per day
for the first 2 to 3 days of your monthly cycle.

For Hypertension try Celery Sugar Soup - Add about 500g celery stalks
and leaves to a pot of water and boil for 30 minutes. Then add 50g of
refined white sugar and drink twice per day.

Or try Honey Celery Juice - Combine equal parts of celery juice and
honey, heat until well mixed. Drink 40ml of the juice 3 times per day.

For Indigestion try Pineapple Honey Gruel - Boil about 80g of rice in
water until it becomes gruel, then add to it about 50g of honey and 100g
of pineapple. Boil for an additional 10 minutes and enjoy one bowl each
day.

For Insect Sting or Bite try Tea - Either simply boil tea in hot water
and wash the affected area with the tea or apply soaked tealeaves to the
wound.

For Insomnia try Mulberry Drink - Cook about 15g of mulberry in water
and drink each day as needed.

For Sore Throat try Figs and Dates - Steam 2 fresh figs and 2 homey
processed dates until they become soft. Eat two each day until the
problem abates.

For Vomiting try Sugarcane Honey Juice - Combine about 50ml of
sugarcane juice with about 30g of honey and drink one cup in the morning
and one in the evening as needed.

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