Question 1: Why does Chinese medicine always emphasize taboos?

Doctor: Being sick is actually an imbalance of the body, which makes the body biased. Many of our daily diets are biased.

Medicine and food are homologous, medicine is a biased food, and food is a biased medicine. Especially spices, such as cinnamon and cardamom, are commonly used Chinese medicines, including many fruits, which have great deviations. If we are sick, our bodies will be biased. Proper diet will help us recover, but improper diet will make our body more biased. Therefore, we will always remind patients to pay attention to diet and taboos in clinic. Because there are too many diseases in clinic, such as diabetes, gout ... and even tumors, such as colon cancer, are closely related to diet.

In addition, if you don't avoid eating, such as respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and skin diseases, it is not easy to get better.

Question 2: What exactly does the doctor mean by "raw, cold and spicy" in taboos?

Doctor: "raw" refers to unripe food, such as fruits in ordinary cities, which are basically unripe. Why? Because it takes a long time for fruit to be transported from the tree to the vegetable market or fruit shop, if the fruit is picked and sold after it is ripe, the bad fruit will be particularly fast and the appearance will be poor and it will not be sold. So the fruit we eat in the city is hard to ripen.

"Cold and cold" has two meanings.

The first floor refers to low temperature, such as food taken out of the refrigerator.

The other is that the food itself is cold.

Chinese medicine divides food and medicine into "cold, hot, warm and cold", that is, food is still cold even if it is cooked, like fruit and milk.

Then why not recommend eating more "cold" food? They hurt Yang because they are not easy to digest.

We must realize that not everything we eat can be converted into nutrients that the human body needs. Many of them can't be transformed, and what remains in the body is "garbage", such as phlegm. It used to be a high nutrient, but we can't digest it, but it is harmful to us.

To some extent, the strength of people's digestive ability is more important than what they eat and what they don't eat. Chinese medicine looks at your digestive ability, and your digestive ability is strong, so that the nutrition in food can be fully transformed and utilized. But if your digestion ability is poor, no matter how nutritious the food is, it will become a burden. Therefore, it is important to find something that suits you and can be digested by yourself, and there is no need to pursue so-called high-nutrient food. You can also say something "spicy and sweet". Including "cold, spicy and sweet food", it is not inedible, but "reasonable consumption", especially spicy and sweet food, which is easily addictive. The more you eat, the more you want to stimulate, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat, so that you don't need it in the end, but you eat because you are greedy, which is harmful to your health.

Question 3: What is healthier to eat?

Doctor: When it comes to eating healthier, we must go back to our ancestors and look for the wisdom of the sages.

Su Wen of Huangdi Neijing said: "Five grains are the supplement, five animals are the benefit, five fruits are the help, five dishes are the supplement, and the smell is consistent to supplement the essence." What do you mean? It is to cooperate with each other and eat a little of everything, but the focus is different. What is the main thing? The staple food, which is grain. Grains are seeds, and seeds contain the greatest energy. However, I suggest you match the particle size and eat more "coarse grains". Nowadays, the staple food is processed too finely, and many essence parts in the grain are removed. In fact, we should eat more whole seeds, so that the nutrition is more comprehensive.

The second point is, "Whole grains, fruits and vegetables should be fed well, and if you don't eat too much, it will hurt its integrity." The point here is not to be greedy and not to go too far. When eating, it seems that you can still eat, but don't eat when you think you can eat again. Don't fill your stomach, leave room for everything, and eating is the same.

Third, "Yin Qi, quietness is hidden by God, while mania is extinct. Double your diet and hurt your stomach. " Eat slowly, chew slowly, be calm, don't look at your mobile phone, and don't eat emotionally.

As long as we can slow down, we can not only enjoy delicious food, but also help digestion. And if you chew slowly, you will find that you are full when you chew. This sense of fullness is what the body needs, reminding us that it is enough and satisfied.

Finally, what we eat is very important, but we often can't grasp it well, but we can grasp how to eat it, whether it's chewing slowly or wolfing down, whether it's moderate or unrestrained.