Choice of Food
In planning the diet it is necessary to know which food to have or avoid based on ones personal doshic constitution or imbalance. For easy reference therefore some of the acceptable and avoidable items for each doshic type has been listed below :
Fruits |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
apples |
Avocades |
apples(sour) |
apples(sweet) |
bananas |
apples |
Dairy |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
cheese |
dairy |
yogurt |
fresh ghee
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milk |
just a little dairy
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Grains |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Barley |
white or brown basmati rice |
Corn |
white or brown basmati rice, wheat |
Bread(with yeast) |
barley buckwheat cousous millet |
Meat |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
turkey |
white meat (chicken, fish and turkey – baked or broiled) |
meat |
baked or broiled chicken, turkey or white fish in moderate amounts |
beef |
fresh water fish |
Vegetables |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Cabbage(raw) |
beets |
Beet |
asparagus |
Cucumber |
asparagus |
Spices |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Carawas |
Ajwan |
Ajwan Anise |
Black pepper cardamom coriander seeds |
Salt |
chillies, ginger, cinnamon, clove, fenugreek and bay leaves Ajawan Arvise Asafoetida |
Nuts |
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Vata |
Pitta |
Kapha |
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No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
None |
small amount of almonds pecans and sesame seeds |
Almonds Cashew Peanuts |
sunflower seeds and almonds in moderate amount |
Almonds Black Walnuts Brazil nuts Filberts Hazelnuts Peanuts Pine nuts |
small amount of almonds , |
Healthy Diet | Choice of Food | Uneasy Combinations
Role of Taste | Taste Process | Food Charts
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