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Host Risa Morimoto interviews TCM (Tradtional Chinese Medicine) food therapist and registered dietician Zoey Xinyi Gong, who combines ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles with modern nutrition science to dive deep into the world of food therapyZoey, a dietician and author based in Shanghai, shares her personal healing journey and explains that TCM is a holistic approach focused on solving the root imbalance rather than just treating symptoms, leading to improvements in physical health and mood. Unlike Western nutrition, which relies on quantitative goals like counting calories and vitamins, TCM focuses on qualitative goals such as balancing hot, cold, warm, and cooling energetics in a highly individualized manner. The audience will learn how to identify their body's constitution, distinguishing between imbalances like coldness (manifesting as fatigue or cold joints) and heat (which may manifest as hot flashes or anxiety) by recognizing associated symptom patterns. Additionally, listeners will discover how to use specific common foods and powerful medicinal herbs, such as cooling cucumbers to treat heat, or bone broth and spices like cinnamon to treat coldness, and how rose tea can help relieve liver Chi stagnation.Learn more about Zoey Gong - https://www.zoeyxinyigong.comVisit us at https://www.thisismodernaging.comFollow us on IG, FB @thisismodernaging

