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RETAKE THE FOOD PYRAMID
• Eliminate refined foods
33%
33%
33%
Whole Grains
CookedVegetables
Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, Animal Products, Raw Vegetables, Fruits
80/20 “Rule” You have to consider stress as a factor. Rigidity causes stress.
20%
80%Right Action
Chill
THE DIET SHOULD
BALANCE THE DOSHA
Pitta: hot and oily-diet should be cooling and no fried foodVata: cold and light-diet warmer, heavier, groundingKapha: cool and wet-diet is warm, light and dry
VATAGENERAL
GUIDELINES• Regularity of meals is king—
above content• Avoid dried foods—
crackers, cookies, nuts, raw foods
• Avoid cold foods
PITTA GENERAL
GUIDELINES• Avoid fermented foods,
yeasty breads, acidic foods and pungent foods
• Avoid fried and oily foods
KAPHAGENERAL
GUIDELINES• Avoid eating first thing in
the morning• Limit the quantity of food• Eat light in the evening• Limit dairy and sweets
especially
VATA
• Accumulates: Late Summer
• Precautions: In summer, try not to dry out/eat too light or cooling
• In early fall: eat nutritive foods like nuts, grains, oils and dairy
• Provoked: autumn
PITTA
• Accumulates: Late winter/spring
• In spring reduce hot/spicy, oily or fried foods
• Cleanse blood—herbs; eat sprouts, vegetables and cleansing foods in spring to prevent accumulation by summer
• Provoked: late spring/summer
KAPHA• Accumulates: Fall/early winter
• In winter watch out for too much comfort food—sweet, heavy, mucous forming
• The mucous in spring liquifies and causes disorder
• Late winter—spices, lighter diet, fasting, sauna and exercise
• Provoked: late winter/spring
ALL DOSHASCUT. IT. OUT.
• Refined sugar Instead: raw sugar/honey
• Refined white flour Instead: whole grain flour
• Refined oils Instead: cold-pressed oil
• Minimize: alcohol
• Minimize: coffee, black tea, chocolate
As with all other Yoga practices, Ayurveda returns its gifts of gradual integration and healing when you offer : reflection, continuous study, patience and dedication
HOW TO EAT:ATTITUDE OF LOVE
• Attitude: eating is a form of self love—lack of love inside eating causes illness (often food is substitute for lack of love)
• Prana is linked to heart—when this is stressed, digestive fires are neglected
HOW TO EAT: DETOX• Locally grown, in season,
organic, vegetarian—better for health than animal proteins in general
• Toxins in animal protein are stored in body more easily because they are concentrated in the fat of the animal
• Remove toxins with fruits, vegetables, grains, etc.
HOW TO EAT: COMPANY
• Choose company wisely
• Stress or over-concern with discussion will distract energy from digestion
• Talking too much while eating is discouraged in general
HOW TO EAT: ATTENTION
• Place attention on food and be mindful of digestion (this image is what not to do>)
• No strenuous activity for one hour after eating
HOW TO EAT: WHOLE FOODS
• Original form—gives life
• Life force—zapped by freezing, canning, pesticides
• Fridge, better than frozen, better than canned …
HOW TO EAT: ENERGY
• Energy of person preparing is important—prepare with love
• Cooking method—gas, stove, heat, microwave?
• Metal: stainless steal and cast iron are ideal (watch for chipping in cookware and note that aluminum is toxic)
RAW FOODS
• Good for Pitta, sometimes for Kapha, rarely for Vata
• In summer, better in general—think heat and fire
• It’s good—it has the most prone. Need some but watch forms and amounts.
ORDER OF OPERATIONS• Eating between meals—
discouraged (meals depend on dosha emphasized in person)
• Desserts—special occasions, vs the norm (they disrupt digestion)
• Fruits—outside meals
• Yoghurt/cultured milk—too heavy in evening (kapha time) and morning for kapha dosha: eat like a grain with one other food
MOST IMPORTANT: ENJOYRemember 80/20 “rule.” Look into taste. Diets often associated with
sacrifice—but this is your life, and eating is about nourishing on all levels.
GHEEEEEEE
• Butter byproduct
• Organic—important
• Easy to make
• Critical for advanced yogis—nervous system, vata balance and general tissue health
• Healing/carrier of nutrients
KITCHERIA go-to. Doesn’t aggravate dosas and helps relocate prakriti, reset the palate and get in
tune with natural rhythms. Recipes vary, but foundation is: mung beans/dal, basmati rice, spices/herbs and vegetables.
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