Articles: Winter
Foods to Add for a Winter Diet
As a general rule, it is best to eat foods that grow during the current season and/or have a warming affect. In the winter time, or when we are trying to strengthen the kidneys and bladder energy, the following foods can be added:
Eating In Winter
Catherine Varchaver, Nutrition Counselor at Body and Soul Nutrition, has great wisdom about eating with the seasons. Her article Season to Season: Ode to Eating and Living with Winter, is a lovely piece echoing the energetics of winter I treat through acupuncture, by using foods appropriate to the season. I know that by eating stews, root vegetables and other warming foods during the winter, I feel stronger and more grounded than when I eat the raw and cooling foods more appropriate to summer. Food is one of the main ways we gain qi/energy, and it serves us best when we eat with intention – both in what we eat and how we eat it.
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