Right Body Type Diet

How to choose the right diet?

• Choose the diet that balances your dominant doshas.
• Get advice from a specialist doctor.
• Modify your diet according to seasonal changes.

Vata Pacifying Diet

Foods to Favour:

• Warm foods, soft foods, naturally sweet foods.
• Root vegetables, carrots, beetroots, cucumbers, pumpkins.
• Banana, berries, mangoes, dates, peaches.
• Rice, oats, wheat, ghee.
• Warm milk and herbal teas.

Foods to Avoid:

• Cold foods, raw vegetables, salads.
• Dry foods, crackers, popcorn.
• Bitter foods, frozen foods, ice-cold drinks.
• Excess spicy foods.

Pitta Pacifying Diet

Foods to Favour:

• Sweet, bitter and astringent foods.
• Cucumber, asparagus, bitter gourd, leafy vegetables.
• Sweet fruits like mango, grapes, pears.
• Coconut water, milk, ghee.
• Cooling herbs like coriander, mint, fennel.

Foods to Avoid:

• Sour foods, spicy foods, vinegar, pickles.
• Red chilli, fried foods, fermented foods.
• Tomato, garlic, onion.
• Alcohol.

Kapha Pacifying Diet

Foods to Favour:

• Warm, light foods, less oil, less sugar.
• Leafy vegetables, cabbage, carrots, beans, beetroot.
• Apples, pears, pomegranates.
• Pepper, ginger, mustard seeds.
• Herbal teas, honey.

Foods to Avoid:

• Cold foods, ice cream, sweets, bakery items.
• Deep-fried foods, oily foods.
• Bananas, coconut, rice.
• Meat and dairy in excess.

How to live in tune with nature?

• Wake up early and sleep early.
• Practice yoga and pranayama.
• Avoid overeating and emotional eating.
• Spend more time in nature.
• Eat freshly prepared foods.