Summer Season Nutrition
admin2021-06-30T14:28:27+00:00Published: 28th May 2021 Summer Season Nutrition: Summer corresponds with the fire element in traditional Chinese medicine (TMC). The long hot summer days are associated with yang, or masculine energy, which has bright, expansive and warming qualities. In nature, yang is always balanced out by yin, or feminine energy, and is provided by the abundance of foods that grow above the ground at this time. These watery and cooling vegetables and fruits are often a distinctive bright red colour which belongs to the fire element: strawberries, tomatoes, radishes etc. TMC acknowledges that the early summer season activates the heart centre of [...]