[annemj]

I'm not trying to be contrary here. Maybe I'm just generally confused. Is the notion to balance the yin and yang or is the notion to avoid anything that would be an outlier if you were to graph a bell curve of yin and yang?

And then within that, how is it determined whether something is yin or yang? I understand that pure minerals are yin, and plants that continue to grow indefinitely would be yang, but in between the two, how is that line drawn?

Also, I know that there is commentary on tomato being bad because the Europeans didn't eat them until introduced fairly recently from an evolutionary standpoint. (I avoid them because they irritate my stomach; I've had ulcers since I was a small child.) But the same could be said for corn.

I apologize for all these questions, but I'm certain I must have been one of those children who said after everything, "but why."

Anyway, my name is Anne, and I live in one of those areas where we do eat a lot of collards, turnip greens and turnips, and kale. The Deep South. Pleased to "meet" you.

Thanks for your help.