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Spring & Nutrition
Source: Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford
"Spring Foods
This is the season to attend to the liver and gall bladder. In spring we naturally eat less, or even fast, to cleanse the body of the fats and heavy foods of the winter. The diet should be the lightest of the year and contain foods which emphasize yang, ascending, and expansive qualities of spring - young plants, fresh greens, sprouts and immature wheat or other cereal grasses. Salty foods such as soy sauce, miso, and sodium-rich meats all have a strong component of sinking energy and are best limited during springtime. Too many heavy foods clog the liver, resulting in spring fits or fevers."
Cook foods for a shorter time, and at a higher temperature in the Spring. Prepare vegetables by sautéing or steaming lightly. Also try to incorporate some of the following into your diet:
- Pungent herbs: basil, fennel, marjoram, rosemary, caraway, dill, bay leaf.
- Complex carbohydrates: grains, legumes, seeds.
- Vegetables: young beets, carrots, small amounts of sweet, starchy vegetables.
- Small amounts of raw food*
*Appropriate for those who experience heat symptoms (sweating, irritability, thirst for cold liquids, etc.). If you experience low energy, bloating after eating, loose stools, or bowel inflammation, limit raw food consumption.
If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms of a liver imbalance, or would like a seasonal tune-up, come on in for a treatment!
- migraines and headache
- red, itchy, dry eyes
- digestion issues
- depression, irritability, frustration and/or anger
- muscle tension
- neck and shoulder tension/pain
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Do you normally experience spring-time allergy symptoms?
Come in for an acupuncture treatment to boost your immunity today!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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