SUMMER
Meat, Seafood, & Diary
Clam
Chicken Egg
Crab
Duck Egg
Rabbit
Seaweed
Condiments & Beverages
Chrysanthemum tea
Green tea
Peppermint tea
Sesame oil
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Spices
Cardamom
Cilantro
Coriander
Dill
Fennel
There are also neutral foods which are not cooling or warming.
Eggs
Coconut
White cabbage
Green beans
Potatoes
Peas
Grapes
Hard cheese
Broad beans
Corn on the cob
Brown rice
How to easily tell if a food is
cooling, it grows in the ground
with little sunshine is soft, wet,
and cool.
While the teas listed are the
most cooling all teas having
a cooling effect on the body
warm or cold. This would
explain why tea is great when
we are sick. If you look at this
list all of these foods digest
quickly. When we eat foods
that take longer to digest our
bodies uses more energy.
The more energy created in
the body the more heat is
generated. Foods that contain fat, carbohydrates, and proteins all take more energy to digest than the
foods listed above. So, while we might think ice cream is a cool and refreshing treat the cooling effect
only lasts for a small period of time due to the fat content.
We have so much to learn about our bodies and every time I think I have learned more I find that there
is twice as much that I haven’t learned. So, stay cool this summer and try to eat foods that will aid in
cooling the body.
2015
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