Food Characteristics and the Body’s Balance

Each food has various qualities, categorized as cold, warm, or neutral for convenience. What we eat today impacts our health tomorrow. Choosing the right foods is crucial.

Unique Energy and Food Preferences:

Just like personalities, every living thing – animals, plants, and even us – possesses a unique energy balance reflected in physical appearance and function. Similar to animals drawn to specific plants, we gravitate towards certain foods. However, excessive indulgence can disrupt our body’s balance and negatively affect health.

Food Categories and Subjective Temperature:

The following dietary classifications differ from those used in Western medicine and chemical analysis. If you naturally feel warm, focus on consuming cooling and neutral foods. Conversely, those who feel cold should prioritize warming and neutral options.

Listen to Your Body:

Even if a food is considered generally healthy, avoid it if it causes gas and bloating. This could indicate your body doesn’t tolerate it well.

Cold foods

Cool food
cold foods
FruitsVegetablesGrains, Legumes & SeedsMeat, Seafood & DairyCondiments & Beverages
Apple,
Avocado,
Banana,
Grapefruit,
Kiwifruit,
Lemon,
Mango
Orange,
Pear,
Persimmon,
Pineapple,
Pomelo,
Star fruit,
Strawberry,
Water melon,
Tomato
Alfalfa sprouts,
Asparagus,
Bamboo shoots,
Bitter Gourd,
Bok Choy,
Broccoli,
Cauliflower,
Celery,
Chinese Radish,
Cucumber,
Eggplant,
Endive,
Green leafy vegetables,
Kelp,
Lettuce
Lotus Root,
Mushroom,
Radish,
Spinach,
Swiss chard,
Tomato,
Water chestnut,
Watercress,
Winter Melon
Barley,
Buckwheat,
Millet,
Mung Bean,
Soy Bean,
Tofu,
Wheat bran,
Whole wheat,
Amaranth,
Job’s tear (Pearl barley)
Clam,
Cheese,
Crab,
Egg,
Crabs,
Flounder,
Octopus,
Rock fish,
Red Snapper,
Duck,
Pork,
Rabbit,

Seaweed
Yoghurt
Chrysanthemum Tea,
Green Tea,
Peppermint Tea,
Salt,
Sesame oil,
Soya sauce
cold foods

Warm foods

warming foods
warming foods
FruitsVegetablesGrains, Legumes & SeedsMeat, Seafood & DairyCondiments & Beverages
Apricot,
Cherry,
Chestnut,
Pine nut
Jujube,
Coconut meat,
Coconut milk,
Date,
Guava,
Hawthorn,

Longan,
Lychee,
Mandarin peel ,
Mango,
Nectarine,
Peach,
Raspberry
Chives,
Leek,
Mustard,
Onion,
Pumpkin,
Onion,
Squash,
Sweet Potato,
Parsnip
Caraway,
Chestnut,
Sweet Rice,
Malt,
Oats,
Pine nut,
Pistachio,
Sorghum,
Walnut
Butter,
Chicken,
Deer (Venison)
Eel,
Goat Milk,
Lamb,
Kombu (Gonbu),
Oyster,
Mussels,
Prawns, (shrimp),
Sea cucumber,
Tuna,
Trout,
Salmon,
Croaker,
Cod,
Pacific saury- (mackerel pike),
Squid( Calamari)
Venison
Basil,
Bay Leaf,
Black pepper,
Brown Sugar,
Chilli,
Cinnamon,
Clove,
Coffee,
Coriander,
Cumin,
Dill,
Fennel seed,
Garlic,
Ginger,
Ginseng,
Jasmine tea,
Mustard,
Nutmeg,
Rosemary,
Spearmint,
Vinegar,
Wine
warming foods

Neutral foods

neutral foods
lemon neutral food

Neutral foods are suitable for all body types.

FruitsVegetablesGrains, Legumes & SeedsMeat, Seafood & DairyCondiments & Beverages
Figs,
Goji Berries,
Grapes,
Olive,
Papaya,
Plum,
Pomme Granates
Beets,
Black fungus mushrooms,
Carrot,
Chinese cabbage,
Corn,
Potato,
Pumpkin,
Shiitake mushroom,
Sweet potato,
Taro,
Turnip,
White fungus,
Yam
Adzuki Bean,
Almond,
Black sesame seed,
Black soybean,
Broad bean,
Kidney bean,
Lotus seed,
Peanut,
Peas,
Rice bran,
Rye,
String bean,
Sunflower seed,
White rice,
Yellow soybean,
Abalone,
Beef,
Cow’s milk,
 
Carp
Duck Fish,
Herring,
Oyster,
Sardine,
Shark,
Scallop
Honey,
Saffron,
Licorice
neutral foods

Source: TEM band