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Diet

 

Chang Ming - Taoist Long Life Diet (as advocated in "The Tao Of Long Life" - Chee Soo)

 

Diet can be one of the trickiest areas to get right in t'ai chi, because our modern society seems to have gone so far away from nature that it's sometimes difficult to buy anything which is completely natural. Things which western doctors have told us for years are "good for us" are not necessarily as good as they seem, and for one reason or another (see Chee Soo's book 'The Tao Of Long Life'), they aren't advised when doing the ch'ang ming diet.

 

 

 

General Guidelines of the Ch'ang Ming Diet

 

Increase how much you eat of this:

 

  • Whole grain foods: Wholemeal bread, Brown rice, Barley, Oats, Buckwheat, Rye, Maize, Millet, Quinoa, anything made with Wholegrain flour: Pasta and Noodles; Biscuits; Cakes; Shredded Wheat; Muesli etc.

  • Fresh locally grown vegetables in season, organic if possible

  • Vegetarian food such as: Beans; Nuts and Seeds (roasted); Soya Bean curd (Tofu); Vegetarian mince, etc.

  • Free range white meat such as Chicken or Turkey; eggs; non-fatty white fish or Seafood, Prawns.

  • Soya Milk, Rice Milk, Skimmed Milk, Soya Yoghurt, Low fat yoghurt, Low fat vegetarian cheese.

  • Seaweed: Nori; Kelp 

  • Natural Soya sauce

  • Local, seasonal fruit or dried fruit: Dates, Sultanas, Raisins, Figs, Apple, Strawberries.

  • Sea salt only, in strict moderation, or Gomasio - sesame seeds and sea salt as a condiment.

  • Herbs, herbal teas, China Tea: Green or Black.

  • Honey, in moderation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduce your consumption of these:

 

 

  • White bread, White flour, White rice, Refined or Processed, Tinned and Packet foods

  • Chemical additives

  • Red meat: Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb

  • Processed meat products: Bacon, Sausages, Meat extracts.

  • Boiled, fried or poached eggs. Scrambled or in omelettes is better, or in baking.

  • Dairy products

  • Alcohol, Tobacco, Coffee, Sugar, Sweets, Chocolate, Drugs, Artificial vitamins, supplements etc.

  • Nightshades: Potato, Tomato, Aubergine.

  • Rhubarb, Spinach (high in Oxalic acid when cooked)

  • Ice cold food and drink especially Ice Cream, Cream, Carbonated drinks etc, Raw and uncooked foods

  • Deep fried food. Grilled, Braised, Roasted or Stir fried food is better.

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