A spicy meal aggregates Pitta - while it could bring some warmth required for Vata. The diet in general should be soft and moderately warm.

Intake of sweets, fruits should be habitual course to bring up the Kapha levels on a day today basics.With Vata dominating, digestive functions also might fluctuate. While nourishi ng foods are preferred for V-P profiles their optimal utilisation by tissues may also be unpredictable. To overcome this limitation - smaller meals at regular intervals should be preffered. to smoothen Vata, fat intake is a necessity in V-P profiles. Topping of softly cooked foods, with clarified butter (or ghee) is preferable.

Early morning:

• Juice of half a lemon mixed in a glass of warm water and a teaspoon of honey.

Breakfast:

• Carbohydrates, whole wheat bread, roti (chapati), whole grain cereal.

• A cup of skimmed milk.

Lunch:

• Salad of raw vegetables such as carrot, cucumber, cabbage, tomatoes, fruits and boiled vegetables as starter.

• Wheat chapatis/rice.

• Whole grain vegetables like kidney beans, dal, peas, lightly cooked vegetables, green coriander leaves.

• Skim yogurt.

Mid afternoon:

• A glass of carrot, orange, pineapple/ mix juice or tea/ milk made with ayurvedic. preparation to cure any ailment.

• Some fruits.

Dinner:

• A vegetable soup as starter.

• Wheat chapatis/rice.

• Whole grain vegetables and lightly cooked green vegetables.

• Fruit salad, cabbage, carrot.

• Skimmed yogurt, if needed.

• Light dessert of your choice with minimum sugar.

Choose the type of food:

• Eat skin nourishing nourishing foods. Leafy green vegetables contain vitamins, minerals and are high in antioxidant properties.

• Fruits like orange, grapes, melons, pears, plums and stewed apples at are excellent for the skin. They can be eaten any time. But do not overeat.

• Avoid packaged, canned, frozen, processed foods and leftovers. Prefer frehly prepared food.

• Use spices like turmeric, coriander, cumin and black pepper to improve digestion, nourish the skin.

• Oils like ghee (clarified butter) and organic, extra virgin olive oil should be included in the diet as they lubricate, nourish and create lustre in the skin.

• Have two glass of daily milk

Grains	Legumes	Vegetables	Fruits	Spices
Best options Wheat Basmati Rice	Best options Black gram Aduki beans	Best options Asparagus Avocado Grated coconut Raw Banana Sweet Potatoes	Eat Bananas Cantaloupes Cooked Apples Fleshy dates Papaya . Tender coconut Water melon	Eat Coriander . Cumin Curry leaves Fennel Poppy seeds Saffron . Turmeric
Other choices Oats	Other Choices (Spiced with Asafoetida/ Garlic) Whole Green gram Whole Red lentils	Other choices (Summer) Ash gourd bottle gourd Pointed gourd Pumpkin Rindged gourd Sponge gourd Other choices (Winter) Flat beans French beans Lamb's quarters Onion stalks Parsnips Pea leaves Water cress	Avoid Country pears Lemons Pomegranate Pears Sour Fruits	Occasionally Caraway Cardamomn Cinnamon leaves Fenugreek Parsley
Avoid Corn Millets	Avoid Garbanzo (Chick peas) Red Kidney beans	Occasionally Beetroot Bitter gourd Carrots . Brinjals Okra Avoid Broccoli Cauliflower . Raw vegetables	Dry Fruits preferably stewed or soaked Figs Raisins	Avoid Ajwain Anise Black pepper . Raw garlic

 

 

 

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