Dive into the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and discover how food can transform your daily life.
apoB, sdLDL, Lp(a), triglycerides: why LDL-c alone misclassifies cardiovascular risk, how to read the advanced panel, and the nutritional levers for each marker.
Mineral waters as a therapeutic tool: reading dry residue, choosing by terrain (sodium-rich, sulphate, bicarbonate), contraindications and reasoned courses.
Jun-Chen-Zuo-Shi (君臣佐使): the four roles each ingredient plays in a Chinese formula, inherited from the pharmacopoeia. Why a formula is not a list.
Dysfunctional gut microbiome (science) and Dampness disrupting Spleen transport (TCM): how both systems explain pro-inflammatory dysbiosis linked to obesity.
The history of food-combining diets (Shelton, Hay, Montignac), the verdict of clinical studies, the proven synergies and the TCM incompatibilities: an honest look at a controversial subject.
Shi Ji: a hard belly after meals, sour breath, foul belching. The syndrome of the overloaded table, its modern causes, and the dissolving strategy.
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ and Phlegm (Tan) in TCM: two complementary descriptions of inflammatory obesity. Understanding to choose the right strategy.
Ayurveda and the Vata, Pitta, Kapha doshas: Indian dietetics by terrain, the six rasas, agni the digestive fire, and the systematic comparison with TCM patterns.
Cun, Guan, Chi: the three positions of the radial pulse, the organs they reflect, and the pulse qualities (floating, deep, rapid, slippery) the practitioner reads.
Metabolic syndrome (science) and Dampness-Heat (TCM) describe the same inflammatory reality. Diagnostic criteria, TCM signals and integrative dietary strategy for Profile C.
Western constitutional systems applied to diet: the 4 Hippocratic temperaments, French biotypology (Sigaud, Vannier), homoeopathic constitutions, Sheldon's somatotypes, and their convergence with TCM.
The prediabetes-T2D continuum: early markers (HOMA-IR, postprandial glycaemia), lipotoxicity, remission criteria and the dietary protocol documented by the DiRECT trial.
The fourth property of foods in TCM: the direction in which they push the Qi. Ascending, descending, floating, sinking: treating Qi that runs the wrong way.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and Liver Dampness-Heat in TCM: the same reality, convergent dietary strategies. Berberine, artichoke, milk thistle and anti-NAFLD nutrition.
The vitalist tradition (Hippocrates, naturopathy) and its concept of vital force: what science confirms (enzymes, fermented foods, microbiome), what remains hypothesis (biophotons), and the parallel with Qi.
The face as a dashboard: the zonal map of the organs, the five diagnostic colours of the complexion, and the Ze/Ku rule (vitality matters more than colour).
How chronic stress drives weight gain through cortisol (science) and Liver Qi stagnation invading the Spleen (TCM). An integrative strategy for breaking the vicious cycle.
Nutritional epigenetics: methylation, histones, non-coding RNAs and perinatal programming, or how diet writes on the genome without altering the DNA.
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