Winter is on the wane now and as usual, it is going to be very cold. It is a season full of mist and mellows. It is the best season to enjoy abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is the time of the year when market places are overflowing with many fresh appealing foods and because of the lower temperature, appetites are high.

Date:   12/15/2008 8:59:35 AM ( 16 y ago)

Winter is on the wane now and as usual, it is going to be very cold. It is a season full of mist and mellows. It is the best season to enjoy abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. This is the time of the year when market places are overflowing with many fresh appealing foods and because of the lower temperature, appetites are high.

The shorter days and cooler temps enhances desire for comfort foods and TV-watching. If you want to stick to comfort foods this winter, you may. But how about eating foods that actually keep you warm this winter?

Food is the foundation of the body and it has the most amazing effects on our system. The concept of foods which have an intrinsic capacity to warm the body is an ancient one and is found in Ayurveda, Unani and Chinese medicine therapy. Now even modern science has started studying and researching a very important aspect of nutrition called "The Post-Digestive Effect of Foods". Simply put, it means that foodstuffs have certain qualities outside the body and once they are eaten and digested, they affect individuals in a certain pattern which is determined by the person's constitution and genetics.

Certain people have a warm constitution others have a cold one. In winters when the outside temperatures are dropping, individuals with cold constitution need specific foods which have an intrinsic ability to warm the body by stimulating certain neuro-transmitters in the body. Conversely, consumption of such foods in excess by individuals who already have warm constitution can lead to mouth blisters and loose motions (according to ayurveda, vata people have cold constitution and pitta people have warm constitution).....more

Read the complete article at: Foods to Keep You Warm in Winter | LifeMojo

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