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List of Warming Foods

Warming foods, cooling foods, you might ask what the heck are they talking about? We’re talking about the thermal properties of the foods we eat. Thousands of years ago the Chinese and East Indian cultures developed classification systems for the foods they ate. In the Chinese system, yang foods are warming and yin foods are cooling. The yin and yang foods balance each other and can help return us to balance when we’re out of sorts.

By incorporating more warming foods into the diet during the colder seasons you will find it easier to stay warm on a raw food diet. And once again nature shows her perfection in the way she provides foods for our enjoyment and health. You see the foods that become available to us in the fall and winter seasons are typically warming, and the foods that nature provides in the

warmer seasons are typically cooling.

Once you understand the warming or cooling tendencies of foods and start utilizing their thermal properties you’ll be amazed at the difference it makes. You c an add rosemary or other warming herbs to your green smoothie to create balance with the greens and help keep you warmer during the cooler seasons. If you’re really looking to get warm on a cold day then fresh ginger juice added to your fresh fruit or veggie juice will warm you in a hurry.

And of course on those hot summer days it’s the melons, fruits and fresh green salads that are going to have cooling properties for your body. As you’ll see below there are also foods that are classified as neutral which don’t alter the thermal body either way. Something else to remember is that all foods have a variety of nutrients and healing properties that should be respected. Learn all you can about the foods you put into your body, and how they might affect your health in one way or another.

Warming Foods

Anise

Basil

Carob

Cumin

Chives

Cinnamon

Cloves

Coriander

Dates (and most dried fruit)

Dill

Fennel

Garlic

Ginger

Ginseng

Honey

Kumquat

Leeks

Millet

Mustard greens

Nuts

Oats

Onion

Papaya

Parsley

Parsnips

Pepper (black, Chile, red bell, green bell)

Quinoa

Rosemary

Rutabaga

Scallions

Seeds

Tea

Vinegar

Wasabi

Watercress

Wild rice

Cooling Foods

Amaranth

Apple

Asparagus Avocado

Banana

Barley

Blueberry

Blue-green algae

Bok choy

Broccoli

Cantaloupe

Cauliflower

Chlorella

Celery

Cilantro

Citrus fruit

Coconut water

Cucumber

Eggplant

Jackfruit

Kiwi

Lettuce

Mango

Melons

Millet

Mulberry

Mung bean

Peppermint

Seaweed

Tomato

Turnips

Water chestnut

Yam

Zucchini

Neutral Foods

Apricots

Beet

Carrot

Corn

Fava bean

Fig

Flax seed

Grapes

Green bean

Kohlrabi

Lentil

Peas

Pineapple

Potato

Raspberry

Shitake mushrooms

Source info: http://www.raw-foods-diet-center.com