Contaminacion

Colegio Bilingüe Americano scienceMr. Alexander

Food And Nutrients

Javier Ralda González
3-marzo-2013

Food And Energy

Food is the second most important way in which energy istaken into the body. It’s the energy in food that sustains us, and the effect of food energy on our body is the basis for the dietary practice known as macrobiotics.
Energy exists on a continuum,from yin, among whose attributes are cold, darkness, and contraction, to yang, characterized by heat, light, and expansion. Foods exist on this continuum and can be characterized as predominantly yin oryang, according to the effect they have on the body.
Yin foods — primarily sweeteners, oil, liquids, and most dairy products — have a cooling and lethargizing effect on us. (This occurs regardless oftheir temperature. The effect is compounded when they’re chilled.)
Overconsumption of these foods disperses internal energy and is a primary cause of the weakness and degenerative diseases now prevalent.Caffeine, alcohol, and many drugs are also in this category. Although some of the latter substances (and many sweeteners) produce an initial burst of energy, their effect quickly abates and isfollowed by a letdown. Because their overall effect is lethargizing and cooling, they’re classified as yin.
Yang foods — primarily meat, salt, eggs, and hard cheeses — have a heating and animating effect onthe body; overconsumption results in tension and rigidity.
Regular consumption of either category — now considered normal in the West — leads to imbalances in the body’s energy that ultimately...