Zoey Gong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) chef, food therapist, and healer. Zoey grew up in Shanghai and moved to the US with her family when she was 16. Today, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and travels across the country cooking and hosting fabulous dinners, including 10-course mushroom feasts and mid-autumn full-moon tastings. As a chef and a nutritionist, Zoey is on a mission to showcase the healing foods of TCM, and she brings a fresh way of looking at health from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.
In this episode, you’ll hear from Zoey Gong on:

(00:04:19) Her healing journey. Zoey explains how the health issues she experienced after moving to the US inspired her to learn about nutrition and reconnect with the foods and traditions she grew up with.



(00:07:28) Expanding her consciousness. She describes the emotional and spiritual growth that accompanied her physical recovery and left her feeling much more centered, open-minded, and connected to Nature.



(00:18:43) Her favorite mushrooms. Zoey reveals her fondness for Black Wood Ear and Silver Ear (Tremella) mushrooms, which can be consumed in fresh or dried form and are used to soothe the skin and heal yin deficiency in the body.



(00:25:02) TCM 101. Zoey refers to the principal TCM modalities of acupuncture, cupping, herbalism, gua sha, and food therapy. She also points out that TCM is based on the Chinese philosophical concept of yin and yang and its goal is to restore balance in the body.



(00:36:59) Food as medicine & food as love. Zoey reminds us that 70% of the energy in our bodies comes from the food we eat, and she shares her childhood memories of cooking with her grandmother in Shanghai.


Links from this episode:

Zoey’s Website: zoeyxinyigong.com
Zoey's Instagram: @zoeyxinyigong
Zoey's TikTok: @zoeyxinyigong


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