EAT WELL this winter

AS THE DAYS GET even darker, shorter and colder, it’s only natural you’d want to hibernate. And fortunately, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) says this is exactly what we ought to be doing. ‘Winter is the most “yin” season of the year in TCM,’ says acupuncturist Houri Alavi. ‘Yin represents dark, cold, passive, slow energy. These qualities are replicated in winter, in our bodies and also the environment, when energy – called qi in TCM – moves downwards and inwards.

‘Winter is about going within, slowing down. We instinctively want to conserve energy by resting more, going to bed