Effects of tastes on doshas

 hai good morning dears,today we can learn the effects of tastes on doshas


VATA:    People of vata constitution should avoid bitter,pungent and astringent substances in excess ,because they increase air and have a tendency to cause gas.Foods and herbs containing sweet,sour and salty tastes are good for individual of vata constitution.

Pitta:  Pittta individual should avoid sour,salty and pungent substances which aggrevate bodily fire.however sweet,bitter, and astringent tastes are beneficial for pittas.


KAPHA: Kapha individual should avoid foods containing sweet ,sour and salty tastes,for they increase bodily water.BETTER for them are foods with pungent,bitter and astringent tastes


HEALTHY AND unhealthy EATING HABITS


  • Choose foods according to your constitution .They will nourish you and not aggrevate your doshas.
  • Eat fresh,sathwic food of best quality you can afford.
  • Do not eat unless you feel hungry 
  • Do not drink unless you feel thirsty .
  • Sit,don’t stand and take food
  • ON taking food focus on food....Imagine in your mind the food is nourishing your cells,tissues and blood and you are looking healthy ,young and vibrant.
  • Chew well don’t gulp the food and run to work.This enables the digestive enzymes in the mouth to do their work properly 
  • Eat at a moderate speed.NOT too fast or too slow.
  • Fill 1/3rd of your stomach with food,1/3rd with water and leave 1/3rd empty
  • Don’t eat more at a meal than the amount of food you can hold in 2 cupped hands.Over eating expands the stomach andyou feel the need for additional food.Overeating also create toxins in the digestive tract .
  • During meals ,don’t drink iced drinks or fruit juice,sip a little warm water between mouthfuls of food
Never cook honey it becomes toxic and is one of the main reasons for many auto immune diseases and cancer.



Unhealthy EATING HABITS

OVEREATING

EAting too soon after a full meal

Drinking too much water or no water during a meal 

Drinking very chilled water during a meal or indeed at any time

Eating when constipated

Eating at the wrong time of the day either too early or too late

Eating too much heavy food or too little light food

Eating fruit or drinking fruit juice with a meal

Eating without real hunger

Emotional eating

Eating incompatible food combinations 

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myself DR.kavitha dev ayurveda practitioner residing in chennai

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