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It's still summer and it's too tempting to eat ice cream, large portions of fruit, salads and cold spritzers. Unfortunately, cold foods and too much raw food are not good for our digestive organs.
According to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), too much raw food and cold foods weakens the digestive fire (the “middle” or the mild/stomach functional circuit) and can make us susceptible to flatulence, porridge, tiredness after eating, sweet cravings and food infections. In addition, both can rob us of valuable kidney energy that would give us warmth, vitality and a long life. 🔥
Ayurveda is similarly critical. Although it classifies raw food as rich in prana, the ability to utilize this vital energy is limited and highly dependent on the constitution. That's why cooked food can nourish us better in the long term. 🌿
From a “Western” perspective, warm food also makes sense because warm food leads to well-supplied mucous membranes, which are therefore better able to produce digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients. The function of the gallbladder, which is important for fat and protein digestion, is also supported by warm food and impaired by cold food. 🍲
Our digestive organs prefer it warm or at room temperature and largely prefer pre-digested, i.e. cooked, food. In summer, these can be cooked quickly and crispy and accompanied by a small portion of raw vegetables. Fruit juice with food is rather unfavorable from the perspective of this traditional nutritional system. 🥗
If you would like to support and strengthen your digestive fire, then a warm infusion of our 49 bitter herbs and spices is particularly good - the perfect counterpoint to all the sweet and cold to keep your center in balance! ☕
Link to our herbs: https://shop.ancenasan.de 🌿
