Foods For Fall - What to Add & What to Avoid

Eating with the seasons is key to increasing immunity and maintaining optimum health according to Chinese Medicine.

In the Fall of the year, it’s time to move away from the cold, raw foods of summer and lean into cooked foods and begin to include soups, stews, warming teas and room temp or warm water with lemon.

General recommded foods to add to your Fall menu:

• Adzuki beans

• Anise

• Basil

• Caraway seeds

• Capers

• Cardamom

• Cauliflower

• Cayenne pepper

• Celery

• Cinnamon

• Clove

• Cooked apples

• Cooked pears

• Garlic

• Ginger

• Ginseng

• Grapes

• Honey

• Horseradish

• Leeks

• Licorice

• Loquat

• Lotus root

• Mustard greens

• Oatmeal

• Orange peel (orange peel tea)

• Paprika

• Parsley

• Peaches

• Pepper (Black)

• Sweet rice congee (also called Jook)

• Tangerines

• Walnuts

Foods to avoid this season:

• Alcohol

• Beef

• Cigarettes

• Coffee

• Dairy products

• Fried foods

• Greasy foods

• Overeating

• Raw pears

• Pork

• Sugar

Remember this is a personalized medicine! And we look to diet as means to continue to improve your health. You should consult with your Chinese Medicine practitioner to get specific recommendations for your unique constitution and symptomology.

We offer a personalized food therapy plan as a part of treatment for those who are in need utilizing the tenets of Chinese Medicine, Western Nutrition and Ayurveda. Please shout us out for more info and call 828-388-5979 today book your appointment!