Friday 26 September 2014

Body Heating, Cooling and Neutral Food Items

Some of the body cooling, heating and neutral foods are listed below. These are the food items that are either cool or hot by nature and have effect on human beings. Heaty food items should be less taken if the BP (Blood Pressure) of a person is high. For people with a low BP should take heaty food items.

Moreover, the cooking receipe, or the way you eat the food also depends on the nature of the food item.

Body Warming Foods:Chicken
Crab
Squid
Papaya
Pineapple
Mango
Ginger
Garlic
Fennel
Chapati
Pepper
cinnamon bark
soybean oil
red and green pepper
chicken
apricot seed
brown sugar
cherry
chestnut
chive
cinnamon twig
clove
coconut
coffee
coriander (Chinese parsley)
date
dillseed, eel
grapefruit peel
green onion
guava
ham
leaf mustard
leek
longan
mutton
nutmeg
peach
raspberry
rosemary
shrimp
spearmint
sweet basil
tobacco
vinegar
walnut
jackfruit
durian
shallots
spring onion
apricots
blackberries
black currant
mangoes
peaches
cherry
mandarin orange
grape

Neutral Foods:Honey
corn
abalone
apricot
beef
beetroot
black fungus
carp
carrot
celery
chicken egg yolk
cuttlefish
duck
fig
kidney bean
lotus fruit
seed
milk
olive
oyster
papaya
pork
potato
pumpkin
radish leaf
red bean
plum
sunflower seed
sweet rice
sweet potato
white fungus
yellow soybean
brussels sprouts
snow peas
sweet potato
taro
dates
figs
raspberries
raisins
sage
rosemary
thyme
brown rice
apple

Body cooling foods to eat in summer:Watermelon
Tender Coconut Water
Arrowroot
Lemon
Grape fruit
Oranges
Radish
Bitter Guard
Mint
Coriander leaves
Palm fruit
Cucumber
Sarsaparilla or nannari sharbet
Cereal porridge
Buttermilk
Blue berries
Pumpkin
Moong dal
Green moong dal
Barley
Sago
Rice
Bamboo shoot
banana
clam
lettuce
Persimmon
salt
seaweed
star fruit
sugar cane
water chestnut
lotus root
barley
bean curd
chicken egg white
marjoram
oyster
pear
peppermint
radish
strawberry
tangerine
yogurt
broccoli
cauliflower
zuccini
corn
tomatoes
pineapple
turmeric
Vegetables: asparagus, chinese cabbage, seaweed, snow peas, water chestnuts, dandelion leaf, white mushroom, artichoke, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, corn, cucumber, daikon radish, eggplant, mushroom, spinach, swiss chard, turnip, zucchini, alfalfa sprouts, bamboo shoots, button mushroom, carrot, dandelion greens, endive lettuce, lotus root, potato, romaine , Chinese cabbage, tomato
Fruits : banana, blueberry, cantaloupe, cranberry, grapefruit, mango, persimmon rhubarb, tomato, watermelon, mulberry, plum, banana, kiwi, lemon, apple, avocado, black currant, fig, lemon, prunes, tangerine, pear, oranges
Grains: wheat germ, amaranth, barley, buckwheat, millet, wheat, wild rice
Animal Products: clam, crab, octopus, eggs, pork, duck, frog, rabbit, duck egg
Spices: salt, white pepper, marjoram, mint, peppermint, tamarind, cilantro leaf
Misc: kelp, nori, laver, agar, seaweed, soy sauce, sugar cane, beer, green tea, milk, tofu, yogur
Seeds: lima beans, mung bean, soybean

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