57 - Kimberly Ashton: Making Food Your Medicine.

26/09/2025 1h 9min Temporada 6 Episodio 57
57 - Kimberly Ashton: Making Food Your Medicine.

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Today Jody welcomes Kimberley Ashton from Qi Food Therapy to the Changing Seasons podcast. We discuss in detail why certain foods will soothe and nourish the digestive system and other foods will aggravate and inflame it. She highlights the role of the sweet and salty flavours in our body. Kimberly explains why we need to consume good quality sweet flavoured foods to help relax and satiate the body and high and that salt is needed to strengthen the body.We have a diet culture and the reduction approach the western has around food and how we are not being satiated physically, emotionally and mentally. Our earth element which governs our digestive needs us to be eating enough food so we can feel nourished.Kimberley has worked with Five Element Nutrition for decades now and her work is informed by Traditional Chinese Medicine. Kimberley speaks about the Five Element personalities and how we can discover what constitution we are. This is a wonderful conversation for anyone learning more about food as medicine, Kimberley has a wealth of knowledge in this area.Book about the Five Element Constitutions:Five Element Alchemy by Ashley AbbsInstagram: @qifoodtherapyWebsite: qifoodtherapy.com"Send us a message"Connect:Website • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/Gather • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/gatherInstagram • https://instagram.com/jodyvassallobeautifulfoodNewsletter • https://jodyvassallo.substack.com/Contact • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/contactSupport the Show:Leave a review on Apple • https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/changing-seasons-podcast/id1757970211Credits:Host: Jody VassalloProduction: Sovereign Creator • https://sovereigncreator.io© Changing Seasons. All rights reserved.