What if your diet is the reason for your acid reflux? Here’s what TCM suggests.

digestive problems there's a really stupid simple principle from traditional Chinese medicine that can help you know when you think of this concept of Yin and Yang you might have thought of those little necklaces that we thought were cool in the '90s that I wore as a skater but in reality yin and yang are also clinically useful concepts for example when it comes to diet Yin foods are foods that are more Cooling in nature vegetables fruits green tea for example and yang foods are foods that are more warming in nature animal protein coffee alcohol that kind of thing in the context of the modern world right now the majority of people come in with a diagnosis that we would call Hot stomach and what that means is the person is prone to acid reflux indigestion and other signs of inflammation in the body so what is a very simple dietary principle you can apply based on the yinyang framework if you are someone who has sinus problems tendency towards acid reflux even towards IBS eating a more Yin diet like a Mediterranean diet Whole Foods whole grains more saut vegetables and olive oil and staying away from coffee soda alcohol and really heavy fried or greasy meals and by doing that more of a cooling diet you will notice you will dramatically improve your symptoms of both your stomach problems as well as even sinus issues