Eating Advice for Vata, Pitta and Kapha Types

It is always important to eat foods that are good for you as an individual. In practice, when giving advice to patients, I often call on Ayurvedic principles to help me give a particular patient individualised advice. Ayurveda has the oldest 'eat right for your type' diet!
In Ayurveda, all things are considered to have one or more of 6 universal flavours. All foods and medicines can be classified as sweet, sour, salty, pungent (spicy), bitter or astringent (drying / puckering) or a combination of these flavours. There are 3 good flavours and three bad flavours for each constitutional type. The suggestions given below are aimed at trying to include more of the 3 good flavours of foods in your diet and less of the 3 bad flavours. If you have determined which of your 3 doshas are predominant - Vata, Pitta or Kapha, then you can have a look at the guidelines below to help you to adjust your eating style:

The Case for Homeopathic Medicine: The Historical & Scientific Evidence

American author and long time advocate of homeopathy Dana Ullman has written an excellent article about homeopathic medicine for the respected Huffington Post - its well worth a read! Have a look at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/the-case-for-homeopathic_b_451187.html

What Type are You?

Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of medicine. In Ayurveda, there are three constitutional types (called doshas). These are called Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Knowing which type you are allows you to change your diet and your lifestyle to help to decreased the dosha that is in excess and in doing so, improve your health and wellbeing. Which type are you? Basically, Vata types are cold, dry and underweight, Pitta types are hot, fiery, irritable, burning and Kapha types are large, slow and damp. There are many quick tests that you can do to determine which is your predominant dosha. Have a look at Pukka Herbs' test here: http://www.pukkaherbs.com/file/18493d0dce9126383774a3dc1327277e/discover-your-ayurvedic-type.html

The next post will include dietary tips for the 3 types

Practical no-nonsense information about health and wellbeing coming soon...