by Eyton Shalom | Apr 22, 2014 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Spring
In Ayurveda, Kapha Dosha accumulates or increases in everyone in Late Winter and Early Spring. This can be a problem in particular for Kapha dominant types with their moist, unctuous, slow moving, cool bodies. But everyone, regardless of dosha, will want to pacify...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 21, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Spices, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Vata Imbalance
The way to prepare dishes that pacify Vata Dosha is to first understand what Vatta embodies. Vata dosha is the manifestation of Air and Space in our human bodies. Air and Space in its pure state is cold and dry. Air only becomes warm due to the effects of fire from...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 9, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Summer
In summer we sweat and our yang energy or heat keeps getting dispersed and exhausted. On freezing cold days you feel cold, but on boiling hot days you sweat and become exhausted. In winter in every culture people eat heavy high-calorie foods, but in summer switch to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 16, 2013 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
A Healthy Summer Fruit Tart is a nutrient dense food full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, flavanoids, antioxidants, and protein, with high amounts of life force from fresh ripe, organic ingredients, and without what’s bad for you–white sugar, artificial...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 3, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Spices, Spring, Wellness
Food and drink like language and music spreads between cultures without rules. But within any given tradition, within any given culture, its as if there are unspoken rules that govern change; creativity is allowed, but to a point. In the world of food or music, for...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 5, 2012 | Autumn, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Winter
Wakame is a delicate, mild tasting, low calorie sea vegetable with a succulent texture. A favorite food in Japanese and Korean cuisine, it is traditionally cooked in miso soup, served on its own as a cold side dish (sunomono), or cooked with foods...
