Forever young medical day care...., Meats. The most yang are cooked eggs and red meats such as lamb, beef, rabbit and especially wild game. The next most yang are poultry such as chicken, ostrich, duck and turkey. Dark meat is more yang than white meat due to its iron content and other differences. Fish tend to be more yin, especially today as they contain more mercury and other toxins due to contamination of the oceans. Cooking the meat and adding some salt makes it even more yang. Eating food raw or pureed makes it more yin. Grains. Grains that are most yang include millet, rice, amaranth and buckwheat. Corn is somewhat less yang. However, blue corn is a superior food today because it is less hybridized and contains a very helpful form of selenium. Quinoa, kamut and other grains are slightly more yin but fine to eat. Oats, rye, barley and wheat are less yang due to extensive hybridization. These are not as healthful today mainly for this reason. Please avoid all wheat, as it has become an irritating food due to hybridization. White rice and white flour are much more yin than natural brown rice and natural whole wheat. This is one reason we recommend brown rice, in addition to its superior nutrient content. Methods of preparation: Cooking grains or any food, and adding some salt, makes them more yang. Pressure cooking makes a food a little more yang, but not too much. The same is true of cooking at high temperature or for a long time. Do not overcook food, however, as it damages the nutrients in the food. Fermenting grains or any food, tends to make them more yin because ferments (yeasts and fungi) are very yin organisms. Also, aldehydes produced by most fermenting organisms is a more yin toxin. Sprouting grains makes them more yin. Some sprouts are fine as a vegetable, but sprouts contain a toxin and should be eaten in limited quantities only. Soaking any food makes that food a little bit more yin, though not that much. Stir-frying or deep frying makes a food more yang. This is one reason why Oriental cooking uses stir-frying. The problem with deep frying is 1) overheated oils may be toxic.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:53:23 +0000
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