Food practise as per Ayurveda

Food practice as per Ayurveda

Food which can be taken daily:

• Old Sastika ( Medicated Navara Rice)- 4-6 months
• Old Saali(Red Rice)
• Mudga(Green gram)
• Saindavam(Rock salt)
• Amalaka(Gooseberry)
• Yavam(Barely)
• Paya(milk -warm in nature)
• Sarpi(Ghee)
• Madhu(Honey) – Last three categories should be taken depending on nature or constitution of an individual

Food which should not be taken daily:

• Valloora(Dried meat and fish)
• Suska saakam(Dried vegetable)
• Milk products like Cheese , Butter etc
• Pork, Beef, Fish, Curd, Masha(Black gram)
• Curd / Yogurt -especially for Specificic Prakriti (constitution). Instead of Curd / Yogurt can be consumed

Virudha Ahara (Incompatible food):

Each food has its own quality (heavy , dry, oily, soft etc), taste(sweet, sour, salty, pungent etc), energy (hot/cold) and post- digestive effect (vipaka)

List of Incompatible foods :

• Fish with black gram, honey , milk, spouts , jaggery, radish.
• Chicken with curd , Yogurt
• Samyoga Virudha- Banana with milk( or any Sour foods with milk)
• Milk with green leafy vegetables; milk with dates.
• Eating contrary to climates- eg- Cold food during winter
• Mixed in wrong proportions- honey and ghee equal quantity.
• Agni virudha – intake affecting digestion – eg- eating heavy when hunger is low and vice versa.
• Dosha virudha- eating sweet, sour and salty food when having kapha related disease – eg- Sinus issues.
• Upachara virudha- D.Eating heavy during Panchakarma.