Yang Foods
Welcome to an exploration of yang energy foods! Whether or not you think about it, your food has energy. That's how it powers us to keep us going throughout the day. Calorie anyone? The idea of classifying the energies of different foods as yin or yang comes from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Today I'm taking a deeper look at some common yang foods you can easily add to your diet as well as the really great benefits they bring to our meals. I kind of stumbled into this topic when my mom commented about being really hungry for spicy, pungent, yang foods. So I started paying attention to which foods were yin and yang and could definitely see a few places that needed to be balanced out. Hopefully you find today's post helpful. Yin and Yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine: This is an oversimplification, because Yin and Yang in TCM is big enough to write multiple books on. In the realm of traditional Chinese medicine, yin and yang are the two opposing energies that ke...