03.14.07
The Color of Foods
Arrrggghh! That’s how I feel when I lose posts in cyberspace. . .
Okay, now that I got that out of the way, I had typed out a post on the color of foods when my computer decided to be naughty. So this is a second attempt. . . Lots of times you hear that certain types of foods are good for such and such conditions. But when I have gone out to find such items, I find that there are a variety of those foods, that is, there are a variety of tomatoes, or a variety of onions, so which ones are the good ones? 
A while back I heard that sesame seeds are good for those who could use more platelets. What I have wondered was, “Does it matter if I use the white or the black sesame seeds?” Just the fact that they are different colors, makes sense that they have some different properties. Well, recently, I found that some healing disciplines DO consider the “color” of foods to have different affects in the body.
Actually, I’ve read from a few different health practice approaches that the color of foods do matter, and that is why some say to eat a variety of colored fruits and veggies–i.e. the yellowish/orange colors are indicative of carotenes, greens are indicative of phytochemicals, etc. Some say that each color has it’s own frequency or vibration, and thus different colored foods react to the body in different ways than another colored food. This also makes sense to me since I know that each color does have it’s own frequency specific to that color and vibrations do affect cells. Consider rebounding and music. Yet others who follow Chinese herbology have yet another belief that the different colors actually go to different parts of the body. Hmmm. Here’s the color breakdown according to Chinese herbology.
~Green goes to the liver
~Red goes to the heart, pericardium
~Yellow goes to the spleen, pancreas
~White goes to the lungs
~Black goes to the kidneys
I know there are a lot more colors in the spectrum, but in Chinese herbology, they focus on five elements–wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. They use these elements to describe the characteristics of major organs. It gets quite complicated, but suffice it to say, that according to the list above, there is a difference between white sesame seeds and black sesame seeds. If the list above is correct, then the white sesame seeds would seem to affect the lungs, while the black would affect the kidneys. Hmmm. And perhaps that is why the black sesame seeds are more recommended for those who need more platelets. After all, the kidneys are important to red blood production. Perhaps they are also somehow involved with platelets or clotting? I know that kidney dialysis patients commonly have platelet and bruising problems. So I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a connection. The intricacy of foods and how it interacts with the body never ceases to amaze me.
Marlakins 
