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
Vata
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
Yes No
Bananas Apples
Dates Berries
Grapes Cranberries
Water melons Pomegranates
Sweetners dried Fruits
melons strawbberies in small
mango amounts
coconut
Dairy
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
Yes No
yogurt fresh ghee
sour cream fresh whole
un-homogenized milk
Kapha
Yes No
milk just a little dairy
clarified butter goat milk
and ghee
cheese in moderation
Meat
Vata
Yes No
Turkey White Meat
Rabbit white meat (chicken,
fish or turkey – baked or broiled)
chicken broth
Pork
Lamb
Pitta
Yes No
Meat baked or
broiled chicken,
turkey or
white fish
in moderate
amounts
Ducks
Eggs
Pork
Salmon
Sardines
Kapha
Yes No
Beef Fresh Water Fish
Buffalo Shrimp
Chicken Rabbit
Duck venison
small amount
of
white meat
Grains
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
Vegetables
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
Nuts
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
Spices
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
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
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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