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 :
Vata | |
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Yes | No |
Apples | Avocades |
Dates | Grapes |
figs (Dry) | Lemons |
Pomegranate | Bananas |
Raisin | Sweet Oranges |
Pears | Plum |
figs(fresh) | |
mango | |
Pitta | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Apples(sour) | Apples(sweer) |
berries | berries(sweet) |
cranberries | coconuts |
strawberries | dates |
banana | figs |
Lemons | avocados |
peaches | sweet melons |
plums | |
pomegranate |
Kapha | |
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Yes | No |
Bananas | Apples |
Dates | Berries |
Grapes | Cranberries |
Water melons | Pomegranates |
Sweetners | dried Fruits |
melons | strawbberies in small |
mango | amounts |
coconut | |
Vata | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
cheese | dairy |
cow’s milk | fresh, whole un-homogenized milk |
powdered | white meat (chicken, fish or turkey – baked or broiled) chicken broth |
yogurt | little butter |
ghee | |
Pitta | |
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Yes | No |
yogurt | fresh ghee |
sour cream | fresh whole un-homogenized milk |
Kapha | |
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Yes | No |
milk | just a little dairy |
clarified butter | goat milk and ghee |
cheese | in moderation |
Vata | |
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Yes | No |
Turkey | White Meat |
Rabbit | white meat (chicken, fish or turkey – baked or broiled) chicken broth |
Pork | |
Lamb | |
Pitta | |
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Yes | No |
Meat | baked or broiled chicken, turkey or white fish in moderate amounts |
Ducks | |
Eggs | |
Pork | |
Salmon | |
Sardines | |
Kapha | |
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Yes | No |
Beef | Fresh Water Fish |
Buffalo | Shrimp |
Chicken | Rabbit |
Duck | venison |
small amount of white meat |
|
Vata | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Barley | white or brown |
corn | basmati rice |
cereals | wheat |
granola | oats |
millet | quinoa |
tapioca | |
Pitta | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Corn | white basmati rice |
millet | brown basmati rice |
oat(dry) | wheat |
quinoa | barley |
polenta | oat bran |
oats | |
wheat bran | |
Kapha | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Bread(with yeast) | barley |
oat(cooked) | buckwheat |
wheat | cousous millet |
white rice | muesli |
cane | oats |
oat bran | |
small amount of wheat |
|
Vata | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Cabbage (raw) |
beets |
Cauliflower (raw) |
cauliflower (cooked) |
Peas | leeks |
Potatoes | carrots |
Spinach | asparagus |
Eggplant | cilantro |
Mushroom | fennel and a little |
Raddish (raw) |
bit of garlic |
Spinach | green beans |
Tomatoes (raw) |
greens chillies |
Tomatoes (raw) |
greens chillies |
okra | |
parsnips | |
pumpkins | |
radishes ( preferably cooked) |
|
Pitta | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Beet | asparagus |
greens | broccoli |
Carrots | cabbage |
Garlic | cucumber |
Green Chillies | cooked onions |
Onion | sweet |
Peppers | potatoes |
Prickly pear | sprouts |
Radishes | squash and a small amount of okra and cauliflower |
Spinach | |
Turnips | |
Kapha | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Cucumber | asparagus |
Olives | beets |
Potato | bitter |
Pumpkin | melons |
Spaghetti | broccoli |
Squash | beet greens |
Tomato(raw) | cabbage |
garlic | |
fennel | |
carrot | |
horseradish | |
leafy green | |
leeks | |
lettuce | |
okra | |
cooked onions | |
spinach | |
sprouts | |
squash | |
turnip and a small amount of artichoke, burdock root and brussels sprouts |
|
Vata | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
None | small amount of almonds pecans and sesame seeds |
Pitta | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Almonds | sunflower seeds in moderate amount |
Peanuts | almonds in moderate amount |
Pinenuts | |
Kapha | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Almonds | small amount of almonds , charole |
Brazil nuts | |
Black Walnuts | |
Filberts Hazelnuts | |
Peanuts | |
Pine nuts | |
Walnuts | |
Vata | |
---|---|
Yes | No |
Carawas | Ajwan |
Almond extract | |
Aruise | |
Basil | |
Bay leaf | |
Black pepper | |
All spices are good. cilantro, cummin, corriander and fennel seeds, turmeric and asafoetida(hing) |
|
Pitta | |
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Yes | No |
Ajwan Anise | Black pepper |
Asafoctida Basil | cardamom |
Bay leaf Garlic | coriander seeds |
Ginger | cinnamon |
Mace Pippai | fennel seeds |
Mustard Seeds | fresh basil |
dill turmeric | |
small amount of fresh ginger |
|
small amount of cumin |
|
Kapha | |
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Yes | No |
Salt | chillies |
ginger | |
cinnamon | |
clove | |
fenugreek | |
bay leaves | |
Ajawan | |
Arvise Asafoetida | |
Bay leaf Caraway | |
Cinnamon | |
Dill Mace | |
Nutmeg | |
saffron |
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