Spirited Eating

We all eat every day to boost our strength and energy and to experience joy and pleasure. And this is where nutrition according to Traditional European Medicine (TEM) can help: the 4-humor diet with its fire, water, earth and air elements reawakens our life spirits using individually tailored nutrition. The author outlines the concept of TEM and provides not just plentiful suggestions for everyday living using scientific knowledge, but also 100 locally grounded recipes, which both nourish us and taste good.

The aim of this introductory text is to strengthen your own individual constitution, whether it’s sanguine, choleric, melancholic or phlegmatic. A diet that fits is an essential pillar in your life. Eat according to your type and live a well-balanced life through nutrition that’s based on the four elements. Michaela Hauptmann invites us to “think of this book as a journey. A journey to question, to test out and possibly to change your lifestyle and your eating habits.”

What is TEM?

Traditional European Medicine (TEM) builds on the teachings of famous doctors and scholars like Hippocrates, Galen, Hildegard of Bingen, Paracelsus and Sebastian Kneipp. It’s based on proven healing knowledge that goes back thousands of years. Like TCM, its Chinese counterpart, it places at its center the human being as a whole, with their European roots and in their actual living environment.