so...it's only been two days since my last post, and oh what has happened! here's the update...i went to yoga saturday and then did a two hour yoga inversion workshop yesterday. upon leaving the yoga studio, my check oil light came on (okay, you're probably wondering what the hell this has to do with allergies). i couldn't drive my car today and the other half drove me to work and picked me up early to take me to my acupuncturist/allergist/all-knowing (for now) eastern medicine doctor/psychologist who i truly believes has esp...we'll call him "deal" (in so many ways, hopefully as in monetary, too, as health insurance covers him--for now). so the other half had expressed an interest in meeting deal, and whatd'ya know, the carpooling worked out. my 4:30 appointment turned into the other half getting an appointment, too, and we were there until 7 tonight! what does this all mean? what do i mean about the challenge in the truth that opposites attract? well, as in my previous posting i predicted that the other half would most likely have a whole slew of foods he can and cannot eat. and boy was i right! we are opposites in most nearly every single aspect of our lives (a whole other blog possibility), so it makes sense we are opposites in food. not the foods we enjoy (those are the same) but the foods that we can and cannot have. and now have i been charged with a serious task at hand of prepping breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that work for the both of us. for your reading pleasure, if you choose to accept the head-spinning complexities of chinese medicine, the following is what i have learned about myself, the other half, and what constitution/type we are.
what does all this constitution stuff mean? i am still trying to figure it out. according to deal i am a tai yang constitution and a shao yin type while the other half is a shao yin constitution and a tai yin type (more to come on this later). for these constitutions and types, there are specific foods to eat and certain ones to avoid. here goes...
i am to reduce by 80%: large amounts of land meat, eggs, wheat flour products, rye, dairy, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, nuts, beans, mushrooms, root vegetables, zucchini, pumpkin, squash, olives, dark grapes, plums, peaches, bananas, pineapple, mango, strawberries, peppermint, flax, seeds, aloe, vitamins A, D, and E
the other half is to reduce by 80%: ocean-bottom seafood, eggs, pork, wheat, rye, iceberg and romaine, cucumber, buckwheat, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, persimmon, strawberries, kiwi, mung beans, aloe, vitamins C and E, and green tea
i am to eat: buckwheat, rice, sprouted grains (non-wheat), tofu, fish, occasional land meats, lobster, clams, all things corn (starch, syrup, cobbed), tomatoes, potatoes, white grapes, cherries, apples, oranges, kiwi, seaweed, spices (ginger, cumin, curry, garlic, black pepper), green onion, dill, chives, green leaf vegetables, kale, honey, bee pollen, green tea, maple syrup, vitamins B and C
the other half is to eat: rice, soy, salmon, tuna, land meat, beans, all things corn, tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkin, squash, olives, root vegetables, dairy, pears, apples, lemons, peaches, plums, apricots, nuts, mushrooms, seaweed, spices, coffee, flax, seeds, cocoa, honey, bee pollen, maple syrup,vitamins A, D, and B.
so, yes, there are cross-overs. but the majority of contrasts of what he can eat compared to what i can eat are great. and so the challenge begins in kitchen stadium and i will prevail as the next iron chef (i mean cook).
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