From this article we will deal with nutrition from the acupuncture point of view and find the Ying and Yang or in other words, the balance. The elements are classified into Ying and Yang composed of food groups and their cooking.
Yang foods are usually eaten with a Ying food to balance. For example red meat is balanced with wine to balance what you eat. The foods mean the following. The further away from the center a food is placed, the less quantities should be eaten. On the other hand the foods to avoid are those that are usually taken refined.
What do the colors in food mean?
- In green: foods to eat day by day, remember that the farther away from the center, the less quantity should be consumed. The basis of the diet should be whole grains, legumes and seasonal vegetables and fruits.
- In orange: here are the foods that should be eaten in moderation or in small quantities and whenever possible of good quality or organic.
- In red: these are the most dangerous foods if they are abused or are of poor quality. However, there are no bad foods in general.
How to cook to find the balance?
In the table we also see how to cook, for example boiling a food maintains the balance of the food, baking it for example makes it more yang.
Through cooking we can modify the energy of the food we eat, these are some examples.
- Frying the tomato balances it and makes it yin.
- Boiled brown rice is quite balanced, on the other hand if it is baked it goes to the yang extreme.
- Tofu, a yin food, becomes slightly yang when baked.
- Milk, a yin food that in the process of making aged cheese becomes very yang.
- Soy milk is very yin and if miso is made it becomes very yang. A small amount of miso can be very beneficial.
- Apple is a little yin and by roasting it you can balance it and make it yang, a highly recommended food in winter.