Diet

Pitta, recommended diet:

In the Pitta diet, you have to avoid the hot summer food. The sweet and bitter taste is good for the emotional sphere as well as the physical sphere. The foods recommended for this diet are:

• Light cereals
• barley, oats, basmati rice, white rice, millet.
• Vegetables and vegetables
• particularly cabbage, artichokes, dandelion, asparagus, cucumber, celery, lettuce, peas, parsley, radicchio, chicory, rocket …
• legumes
• better if salted and except for lentils and beans, more difficult to digest for the Pitta constitution.
• Fruit
• especially coconut, avocado, apple, figs, melon, pears, pineapple, plums, pomegranates, bananas well matured …
• Condiments
• coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, pancake sugar, unleavened butter.
• Spices
• turmeric, cardamom, fennel, coriander. Moderately black pepper. Not recommended paprika, tabasco and chili pepper.
• Meat and animal derivatives
• milk, cottage cheese, white meat, eggs, rabbit, crustaceans.

In the diet of the Pitta energy configuration, the following foods should be limited:

• Dried fruits
• Hard wheat paste
• Red meat
• Lentils and beans
• Canned foods
• Ketchup
• pickles
• Vinegar
• Chili pepper
• Alcoholic beverages
• Carbonated drinks
• Salted foods or glutamate added
• Especially acidic foods
• Especially spicy foods

To help the gastrointestinal system and to support liver activity, a detox diet is recommended. An Ayurvedic remedy recommended to the pitta dosha energy configuration is the Triphala guggul, a herbal mix and resin that in Ayurveda discipline is taken after the two main meals of the day.

In order to maintain dosha balance a suggested diet guideline can be indicated for Vata mind-body constitution –

• Warm food, moderately heavy textures, added butter and fat
• Salt, sour and sweet tastes; Soothing and satisfying foods, which are suggested for Vata balance issue; warm milk, cream, butter, warm soups, stews, hot cereals and fresh baked breads.
• Since Vata is a cold dry dosha, warm, nourishing foods are good for stabilizing Vata.
• Breakfast is recommended (hot cereals; cream of rice or other breakfast that is warm, milky and sweet).
• Hot or herbal tea with snacks in the late afternoon.
• Beverages with high amount of caffeine are not suggested.
• Warm moist foods (cooked grains and cereals, bowl or hot oatmeal or cup of steaming vegetable soup).
• Salted nuts are suggested, as heavy and oily food in opposition to salty snacks.
• All swett fruits are suggested for Vata. Avoid astringent fruits.
• Warm or hot water must be preferred against against ice drinks.

Inspired to: Essential Ayurveda – Salim Pushpanath – Dee Bee Info Publication