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Lifestyle Management
Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMD
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동제당한의원·Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMDHead Doctor
#Food / Triggers

Q What is a constitutional diet? Does what I should eat differ for Taeeum and Soyang types?

A A constitutional diet is a way of organizing a meal plan by distinguishing foods suitable and unsuitable for each of the Four Constitutions (Taeeum, Soeum, Soyang, Taeyang). It is divided into Stage 2 (weight-loss phase, 2-3 meals) → Stage 3 (maintenance phase) → intensive (concentrated phase).

Detailed Answer

Stage 2 is the stage of eating 2-3 meals a day according to a constitution-tailored diet during weight loss, and Stage 3 is the stage of maintaining the increased food intake in line with the constitution after reaching the target weight loss. The intensive diet is for the period during herbal medicine consumption where you follow it intensively to minimize the burden on the stomach and maximize the medicine's effect. Since the foods that help metabolism differ by constitution, a specific meal plan table will be given after constitutional diagnosis in the consultation.

Traditional Korean Medicine Perspective

Constitutional diagnosis based on morphological medicine and Sasang medicine is used to understand individual digestive and metabolic characteristics, then a customized diet is prescribed. The same food can either become fat or help metabolism depending on the constitution.

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