The science of Traditional Chinese medical dietary therapy involves the understanding the properties of foods and their affects on health as well the use of food for preserving health and preventing and treating illnesses. The nature of food is defined on the same basis as in Traditional Chinese Medicine. According to the classification of the Dietetic Materia Medica, foods, as with herbal medicines, are grouped by taste. The five principal categories taste are sour, sweet, bitter, pungent and salty. Based on the five element theory, Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that each taste favors an internal organ: sour favors the liver, sweet favors the spleen, bitter favors the heart, pungent favors the lungs, and salty favors the kidney. Generally, each taste has a different impact on the human body.    The nature of food is a fundamental principle in Chinese dietary therapy. Foods are classified into coldness, coolness, warmth, and heat, “the four natures”. In practice, these natures divide into two basic kinds – cold and hot. Regulating the cold and hot of foods is an important aspect of diet regulation practiced by Chinese medical dietary therapy.

Eating Food as Medicine can be approached in a number of different ways. It’s best to make an appointment so you can understand the best approach for you, your constitution and your health goals.

Cleanse & Detoxification 

Three main reasons:

1. In the last 50 years, tens of thousands of toxic chemicals have been introduced into our environment via Air, Food and Water

2. Medicinal or recreational drugs, alcohol and tobacco

3. Intake of foods to which you are allergic or sensitive

4. Exposure to viruses and bacteria Although the body is designed to eliminate toxins, it seems that each individual has a threshold where the body’s inherent detoxification abilities weaken and health deteriorates.

1. Typically high in fats and sugars

2. Relies heavily on nutrient-depleted vegetables, grains, fruits, and antibiotic- and hormone-laden meats

3. Provides inadequate nutrients for many metabolic processes, including detoxification These dietary habits, and the fact that many of us eat a limited variety of foods, can result in the development of adverse reactions to some of the most commonly eaten foods such as corn, wheat, soy, dairy, and eggs

1. increases inflammatory markers in the blood

2. burdens our innate healing mechanisms, including detoxification And You Get Toxicity…

When the body experiences an overload of toxic substances, the consequences can manifest in a number of ways: Headache, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, weight gain, irritability, depression, anxiety, mental confusion, digestive issues, skin eruptions, cardiovascular irregularities, flu-like symptoms, or allergic reactions including hives, stuffy or runny nose, sneezing and coughing.

Many cultures around the world have long believed that toxins accumulate in the body and can be an underlying cause of a variety of health problems. For centuries, different therapies have been used to “cleanse” or detoxify, from simple water fasts to sometimes elaborate regimens of bowel cleansing, steams, and saunas. Western medicine ignored or criticized these techniques for years, but has finally started to recognize detoxification as a vital body process.

Research has substantiated that an individual’s ability to detoxify substances to which they are exposed varies tremendously, and the body’s capacity to detoxify these substances is of critical importance to overall health. In our industrialized world, we produce more and more potentially toxic compounds that find their way into the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. The body must rid itself of these dangerous substances by transforming and then excreting them through the lungs, skin, kidneys, and bowels.