Review 1: The Asian Diet

Yogi Tea Proverb for the day: "Travel light, live light, be the light, spread the light."
Important terms: Oriental Medicine, abbrev (OM)
Preface
Welcome to The Asian Diet. As you read I hope that you learn many things that will help you with the rest of your life.
There are more obese people in American than any other country and the problem is growing rapidly.This is a result of poor diet and inappropriate lifestyle. America is finally waking up to what the Asian culture can teach us in terms of health care (acupuncture, herbology, tia chi, etc.); lets learn what they have discovered about eating and living in balance.
Diet, lifestyle and attitude can easily be adjusted to improve your health and mood.

About the Author
Jason Bussell is an acupuncturist and herbalist, along with all of his US training, he completed advance training and an internship in China. He is the President of the Illinois Ass. of Acupuncture and OM. He and his wife have a private practice in Wilmette. Jason was a pre-med student but began to doubt his decision bc most of the doctors that he worked with and the students that he went to school with were so unhappy and unhealthy. Through a friend he heard about a local OM program. His skepticism about OM was short lived once he saw how effective the medicine was and how much sense the philosophy made. The author oozes with excitement and love for his practice. Jason is so proud to be part of the Chinese culture. It is important to note that the Chinese have been studying nutritional therapy for over 4,000 years, much longer than anyone else (US 200 years.)
What this book is and What this book is not.
This is not a weight loss book, but it is about getting into balance by eating appropriately. Being over or under weight, is in itself an imbalance. As you get into balance you will naturally shed or put on weight. Eating right will prevent or correct all types of disease and disorders. Chinese Dietary therapy is a highly developed science and many people spend their whole lives studying and practicing this. This book is to help us learn the basics of eating right and being well.
Action of common Food for the day:
noted a) taste and temp classification b) the channels that food's energy enters; and c) its known function and application.

ALMOND
Sweet and Neutral. Enters the lungs and large intestine channels. Moistens the lung, moves the stool. Treats panting and dry-type constipation.