Chinese Medicine Nutrition Resources - TCM Dietary Therapy and Research
Nutrition information and dietary therapy is an important part of the guidance a practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine can provide their patients. In most cases, changing ones diet is one of the easiest and most important lifestyle changes that a person can make. Along with exercise and stress reduction, changes in a persons diet will have beneficial effects on a persons overall health and ability to heal. The resources below are helpful sources of information for both eastern and western nutritional information.
For an introduction to the TCM dietary therapy, please see our nutrition theory section.
Internet Resources
- Food Energetics - Resource from the author of Healing Ourselves: A guide to Traditional Chinese Food Energetics, Daverick Leggett
- Nutrition .Gov a nutrition portal managed by the US federal government
TCM Dietary Therapy Resources:
Nutrition Related Research:
- Chen, L & multiple authors: Oxidative DNA damage in prostate cancer patients consuming tomato sauce-based entrees as a whole food intervention
- Johnson, IT: Glucosinolates: bioavailability and importance to health
- Kendall, Jenkins & multiple authors: The effect of combining plant sterols, soy protein, viscous fibers and almonds in treating hypercholesterolemia
- Liese, AD & multiple authors: Whole-grain intake and insulin sensitivity: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study
- Liu, RH: Health benefits of fruits and vegetables are from additive and synergistic combinations of phytochemicals
- McCarty, MF: A low-fat, whole-food vegan diet, as well as other strategies that down-regulate IGF-I activity, may slow the human aging process
- McCarty, MF: Favorable impact of a vegan diet with exercise on hemorheology: implications for control of diabetic neuropathy
- Rosenbloom, Mark M.D.: Vitamin Toxicity
- Trichopoulou A., & E. Vasilopoulou: Mediterranean diet and longevity
