Kapha Balancing Diet
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Favor
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Reduce/Avoid
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General
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Warm temperature food and
drink, light (not very rich), primarily bitter, pungent and astringent tastes.
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Sweet, Salty, Sour tastes
Microwaved foods, leftovers, frozen foods
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Vegetables
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Use seasonal vegetables, ideally organic.
Artichoke, arugula, asparagus, beets, bell peppers,
bitter melon, bok choy, broccoli, carrots, celery, chili peppers, chives,
cilantro, collards, corn, endive, fennel, green beans, green chilies, kale,
kohlrabi, landcress, leafy greens, lettuce, leeks, mustard greens, okra,
onions, parsley, peppers (hot), radish, rutabaga, scallions, shallots,
spinach, sprouts, turnips, watercress, wheat grass.
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Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber,
eggplant, mushrooms, olives, peas,
potatoes, pumpkin, squash, sweet
potato, raw tomato (cooked is ok occasionally), yams, zucchini
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Fruit
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Use seasonal fruits, ideally organic.
Apples, apricots, cherries, dried fruit, grapes,
guava, lemons, limes, mango, peaches, pears, persimmon, pomegranate, prunes,
quince, raisin, strawberries, tangerines, tamarind.
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High pesticide fruits like grapes and berries.
Avocado, bananas, coconut, cranberries, dates, figs
(dried is ok), grapefruit, melons, oranges, papaya, pineapple, plums,
watermelon.
Don’t mix fruit with any other food, especially
dairy products, eggs or grains.
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Grains
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Amaranth, barley, blue corn, bran, brown rice,
buckwheat, cereals, corn, couscous, durham flour, granola, millet, muesli,
oat bran, oats, polenta, quinoa, rye, spelt, sprouted wheat, tapioca, wheat
bran.
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Bread, oatmeal, pasta, rice flour, wheat, white
rice, whole wheat flour.
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Beans
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Black beans, black-eyed peas, chick peas, lentils,
lima beans, mung beans, mung dal, peas, pinto beans, tur dal, white
beans
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Dairy
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Low fat milk, Goat milk cooked with Turmeric and
cardamom. Ghee
Unsweetened Organic soy milk and Almond milk
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Too much dairy, yogurt at night, cheese.
Goat products are better
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Meat
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Chicken, turkey
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Pork, red meat, seafood.
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Oils
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Ghee, olive oil, sesame oi
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Butter, other oils
Fried food
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Spices
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All spices are ok
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Salt
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Sweeteners
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Raw agave nectar, raw uncooked honey, stevia
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Aspartame, chocolate, cooked honey, high fructose
corn syrup, processed sugar, white sugar.
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Nuts
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Less nuts. Only pealed almonds,
walnuts and pistachios
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Beverages
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Aloe vera juice, coffee, fruit juice, hot goat milk,
rice milk, soy milk, tea, yerba mate.
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Alcohol, chocolate milk, cold milk, soda, sparkling
water
Coffee is ok once a day, but not on an empty stomach
Avoid cold drinks in general.
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