Comments | changela_ann: Thanks to Alton Brown

changela_ann

Thanks to Alton Brown

Feb 03, 2009 02:08

I realized that when my mom always referred to food as "hot air" or "cold air" in Chinese actually refers to the yin and the yang. haha no good to eat cold when you have your period because it'll make it heavier. I wonder if that's actually true. Also, hot is generally not so good for you for some reason and it causes pimples, at least that's ( Read more... )

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defying3reason February 6 2009, 15:48:10 UTC

there are some customers at work who are macrobiotic vegetarians and they're trying to convert me. they tend to go on about the yin and yang in foods, although they also use acid and alkaline just as frequently and interchangeably. they're not converting me though; food is expensive and complicated enough as is, plus at their level they're being fucking crazy. it's kinda fun to hear that the yin and yang at least has a basis in something other than crazy though.