Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 The Color Code: A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimum Health by James A. Joseph, Ph.D., Danikel A. Nadeau, M.D/. and Anne Underwood,ISBN 0-7868-6721-3. Some Western scientists and doctors are beginning to catch onto the healing properties of certain colors (of phytochemicals) in foods like the carotenoids found in yellow and orange foods and the anthocyanins found in red, blue, and purple foods. The correspondences between the Western research and TCM are not exact, but one of the closest is the relationship between green foods such as spinach and preserving eyesight. (In TCM the color green is associated with the Liver/ Gall Bladder, the season of spring, and the eyes among other things.) The Color Code takes a look at red foods (tend to ward off cancer), orange foods (tend to promote heart health, yellow (some reduce hypertension), green (eye sight), and blue or purple (which often protect the brain). One food that both Western and TCM herbalists may want to take a closer look at is blueberries for their property of not only being able to prevent certain age-related changes to the brain but also reverse some damage once it has occured. Victoria (whose computer still is not hooked up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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