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to help alleviate phlegm/mucus/sinus problems

(Don’t try to achieve the impossible by rigidly following the suggestions, just aim to reduce one group of foods and increase the other)

Try to avoid, or at least reduce as much as possible:

  1. Dairy products                  

  2. Wheat, bread, yeast

  3. Pork and rich meat

  4. Bananas

  5. Roasted peanuts, peanut butter                  

  6. Beer

  7. Sugar and sweeteners

  8. Saturated fats

  9. Ice-cream    

  10. Concentrated juices, especially orange and tomato

  11. Too much raw, cold, sweet or rich food

Try to include some of these in your diet:

Almonds

Apple Peel

Sage

Clam

Garlic

Grapefruit

Basil

Lemon Peel

Liquorice

Marjoram

Ginger

Button mushrooms

Mustard Leaf

Mustard seed

Walnut

Olive

Onion

Pear

Watercress

Orange or tangerine Peel

Peppermint

Radish

Thyme

Pepper (black & white)

Seaweed

Shrimp

Tea

Shiitake mushrooms

Also useful are

 

 

 

Aduki beans

Anchovy

Barley

Turnip

Celery

Corn

Horseradish

Rye

Jasmine tea

Kidney beans

Mackerel

Pumpkin

Parsley

 

 

 

Try to aim towards a diet based on:

50% wholegrains (brown rice, pot barley, sweetcorn, whole wheat grains, oat groats, rye millet,

25%fresh vegetables,

15% legumes (peas, lentils, beans and bean products, lentils, gluten, fish. meats).

5% nuts, seeds, seaweeds,

5% fresh seasonal fruit

Additional suggestions:

[          Enjoy it! -don't feel guilty, whatever you've decided to eat

[          Foods prepared as soups and stews, casseroles etc­ are more supportive

[          Relax and enjoy your meal, try to avoid doing other activities at the same time take the time to chew well and digest your food

[          Don’t drink large amounts with your meal, one warm drink is sufficient

[          Eat the main meal early -the system naturally slows down during the evening and food will remain around for longer if it is eaten late

[          Stop just before you are full -overeating creates a queue of stagnant food

[          Choose locally grown, organic foods where possible, enjoy fresh foods, try not to use the microwave as the only means of cooking

[          Try to have some breakfast, going without is a bit like running your car without petrol ­it doesn't work as well ! !

References

Leggett, Daverick(1994) Helping Ourselves: A Guide to Traditional Food Energetics  Meridian Press, Devon,

Yeoh, Aileen(1989) The Tao of Eating and Healing. Times Editions Pte Ltd Singapore