To Vinod and Amy ...weak stomach in TCM ??

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Chinese Traditional Medicine , " emailme_marilyn "

<emailme_marilyn wrote:

>

> thank you so much to both of you.

> ill try to stop my husband from eating cold food/drinks, he also

> already stopped eating raw sushis (because of his liver's high sgpt).

> however we thought eating salads can help him lose weight (those salad

> and juice diet).

> if he can't eat veggies and fruits, what is a typical healthy meal for

> an obese person?

>

> marilyn

 

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables - plenty - but not cold or raw.

Nothing is more helful to lose weight than eating plenty of fruits and

vegetables and cutting way back on high glycemic foods.Two good diets

for losing weight for meat eaters is The South Beach Diet and Dr.

Mercola's no grain diet - it is not really necesary to buy the books -

The South Beach Diet is a diet to break Insulin Resistance and it's

concept is simple eat NO! high glycemic foods - the Mercola diet is

also simple in it's basic concept - NO Grains - protein foods (meat,

eggs, fish) and plenty of fruits and vegetables. If you want to follow

a diet based on TCM concepts (which is more scientific)then read Bob

Flaws' 'The Tao of Healthy Eating'- this book shows how to eat

according to organ imbalance - much more precise and individualized.

>You can find glycemic index charts in the Internet - eat only foods

of a glycemic rating below 50 - try to avoid eating too many higher

glycemic foods at the same meal. Vegetarians should follow similar

guidelines - make sure to eat adequate protein.

 

I posted here one time about eating 'cooked' salads - this is a fad

with the 'rich and famous' - many gourmet restuarants serve beautifuly

composed warm salads - in Japan I have eaten such foods at well known

Keiseki style restuarants - delecious - my wife has become quite adept

at cooking beautifully prepared fruit and vegetable dishes that are

lightly cooked - we are both over 65 and all aging people should avoid

cold foods. The Chinese concept of stir frying is based on the concept

of rapidly cooking foods at high temps - this seals the juices

preserving nutrients without 'over' cooking - in stir frying the food

should keep it's fresh quality. Low glycemic diet that avoids sweets

and bakery items and white processed grains - combined with low fat,

low salt, with plenty of fruits and vegetables - will rapidly cause

weight loss.