Hi Julie adam
Vata (Space and Air) and Pitta (Fire and Water)
Balancing Diet:
1.Grains: whole; amaranth, oat bran, oats, pasta, sprouted wheat bread (Essene), wheat, white rice-- basmati is best, (If digestion is weak carbohydrates and proteins may be separated by a meal in the same day e.g., rice and dal.)
2.Legumes: lentils,red, mung beans, mung dal
3. Meats: buffalo, chicken--white, egg white, fish & fresh, rabbit, shrimp, turkey
4. Nuts: almonds without skins, charole (common to India), coconut
5. Oils: canola (uncooked only), ghee, olive oil, primrose, sunflower, walnut; external use only avocado, coconut
6. Seeds: Flax, halva, pumpkin, sunflower
7.Spices: basil ,fresh, black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, ginger, fresh, mint, orange peel, parsley, peppermint, saffron, spearmint, tarragon, turmeric, saindhava (rock salt), vanilla, wintergreen
8.Sweeteners: barley malt, fructose, fruit juice, rice syrup, raw sugar or sucanat, rock crystal sugar, honey (light colored)
9. Vegetables: asparagus, beets, cabbage, carrots-cooked, cauliflower, cilantro, cucumber, fennel (anise), green beans, Jerusalem artichoke, leafy greens(lettuces), leek,cooked, okra, olives ,black, onion, cooked, parsley, parsnip, peas, potato (sweet), pumpkin, radishes, cooked, rutabaga, spaghetti squash, sprouts, squash ,winter and summer, taro root, watercress, zucchini
THINGS TO AVOID
1. Frozen, canned, fried foods, leftovers
2. All ice cold food and drink
3. Milk (also yogurt) with fruits, vegetables, fish (is toxic)
4. Honey cooked in anything (is toxic)
5. Fruits and vegetables in the same meal
6. Mushrooms, peanuts, tomatoes, garlic, eggplant (affect meditation and transcending)
7. Sweet, flour desserts after a meal (before is best)
8. alcohol, caffeine--in coffee, tea, chocolate, other beverages (affect meditation and transcending)
9. All refined grains and sugar and foods containing them
10. All food cooked in used fats/oils
11. Because of significant contraindicating research ALL soy products no longer carry a recommendation.
Which is given by Medicine Buddha Healing Center