OAKLAND COUNTY'S PREMIER EVENT DESTINATION Create The Celebration Of Your Dreams Eating Right For The Season M ost of us eat foods because they are pleasurable and we enjoy their smell, taste and textures. Eating is a very personal experience as it is both a source of nutrition as well as a tool for social gathering. Most of us are also well aware of the nutritional value of food. Eating whole grains (vs. enriched white flours), fresh (vs. canned) vegetables and healthy fats (vs. trans fats) are cornerstones of many diets. It is also valu- able to look at our bod- ies, the importance of the temperatures and flavors of foods and the best season to eat them in. By observing the harvesting pat- terns of fruits and vegetables, we can see that nature often dictates these patterns for us. Summertime is a time that we naturally eat lighter. Cooling vegetables such as lettuce, cucumber and sprouts are plentiful. On the hottest days, we are inclined to create a cool atmo- sphere with food and drink. Heavy foods on hot days cause us to be sluggish and tired. Fall is the season of harvest. It is a time for us to gather, store up and get ready for the stillness of winter. In the fall, we switch from eating the raw and light foods of summer to more cooked and warm foods such as salads and steamed vegetables. Within Judaism, we eat fall foods during the holiday season. These include tzimmes (made with carrots and sweet potatoes), chicken soup and potato latkes. Winter is the end of all the sea- sons. Cold and darkness cause us to seek inner warmth. It is time for rest, meditation and to store physi- cal energy. It can be beneficial to add a little body weight during this time. Avoid raw foods during the winter as they tend to be difficult to digest and they cool the body. Soups and stews, root vegetables and beans are beneficial foods to eat during the winter months. In addition to the seasons, Chinese medicine looks at the tem- perature of foods and their capac- ity to generate hot or cold in the body. Eating warm foods will make us warm and eating cold foods will make us cold. It is important to understand our own body tempera- ture because the foods we eat act upon the body in different ways. For example, a person with arthritis pain that is worse on cold days should consider consum- ing more foods with warm qualities. A person prone to sinus conditions or pain that is worse in damp weather should avoid mucous-producing foods such as cheese and milk. A person that is hot with symptoms such as skin eruptions in hot weather or hot joint pain should avoid an excess of spicy, hot foods. If you have a cold physical con- stitution, eat more foods with hot or warm energy and few foods with cold energy. These include brown rice, ginger and cinnamon, pista- chio and pumpkin. If you are hot in nature, consider eating more cool- ing foods such as spinach, barley, tomatoes and soy sauce. If you are dry in nature, consider eating more lubricating foods such as soy, kiwis or pears. If you are damp in nature, avoid dairy prod- ucts; eat neutral foods such as corn and lentils, and phlegm-resolving foods such as kelp and seaweed. Chinese medicine suggests that most people should eat a diet corn- prised of cooked (vs. raw) foods. Cooking makes foods more easily digestible and encourages the body to absorb nutrients. Most importantly, take the oppor- tunity to check in with your body and determine exactly what you may need. Julie Silver, MSW, Dipl. Ac., is a National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine board-certified Alter my son's Bar Mitzvah at Franklin, I knew where I wanted to celebrate my daughter 's Bat Mitzvah. 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