Individuals who are deficient in yang usually tend to be slower moving and become easily chilled. If you’re an active individual, your body produces a catalytic spark which generates yang. Activity assists in quickening the metabolic process. The same concept can be applied to the foods we eat; yang foods are strengthening and warming in nature. Below is a short list of yang foods to help get you started.
Warming Foods: Yang
- Black beans
- Black pepper
- Chicken
- Cinnamon
- Fresh or dried ginger
- Garlic
- Lamb
- Leeks
- Nutmeg
- Onions
- Salmon
- Scallions
- Trout
- Walnuts
Are you yang deficient? Give these foods a try.
If you missed last weeks article on yin foods, you can check it out here.