Eating For Your Health Constitution-Hot & Cold

Today we are going to focus on Hot and Cold types. To recap to determine if you have a hot or cold constitution, here are the following characteristics: (If you want to determine what type of constitution please click here)

Hot (Excess Yang) type

The Hot health constitution type is generally someone tends to feel hot in temperature.

Typical characteristics of Hot constitution:

• Feels hot/feverish

• Fears or dislike hot temperature

• Attracted to cold (cold drinks, foods, climates, etc.)

• More easily agitated or irritable

• Tends to have a stocky build

• Tends to be red (redness in the whole face, eyes, etc.)

• Tends to have dark urine, hard (smelly) stools

• May have high blood pressure, inflammation, rashes, skin eruptions, sores, swellings

Cold (Excess Yin) type

The Cold health constitution type is generally someone who always feels cold.

Typical characteristics of Cold constitution:

• Feels cold, get chills

• Fears or dislike cold and windy climates

• Attracted to heat (hot drinks, food, climates, etc.)

• Tends to have a smaller build

• Tends to tire easily

• Tends to have copious clear urine and softer stools

• May lack exercise

• May be a vegetarian or eats excessive cold nature foods

So now how do you balance so that your body can operate at its best? One of the best way is eating foods that are the opposite temperature. Below is general chart that you can follow:

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