Better Health through Digestion with an Ayurvedic Diet

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Yam with Peas & Ginger
Soft, mushy yams pop out of their skins when baked or boiled. Peas add texture. Although not sour, sharp ginger brings a tang. I imagine eating this dish in a deep south country home within earshot of the garden (with the exception that fresh ginger indicates cross cultural influence).
ayurveda notes
Add plenty of black pepper to encourage digestion.

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Green tea rice
Green tea sharpens bland jasmine rice and adds a subtle, vibrant electricity. The traditional version of this recipe is Japanese.
ayurveda notes
Green tea is kapha pacifying and improves metabolism and digestion.

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Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger
Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger
Warming, grounding and sweet, Sweet Beet Paste has a luxurious purple sheen and surprising spicy finish. Fennel and cardamom add the true magic. Their aromatic oils lift up the heaviness of the beet root.
ayurveda notes
Beets provoke kapha. Tubers tend toward heaviness and beets are naturally sweet. Sugar beets, a cultivated variety of the beet we normally find in our grocery store, account for half of the world's refined sugar production. All heavy, kapha provoking foods should be lightened by spices that make them easier to digest. Otherwise, heavy foods have a tendency to bog and clog the blood.

Raw beets provoke pitta but cooked beets are pitta pacifying. Cooked beets transform the starches into sweeter sugars that are cooling. Beets cleanse and cool the blood, nourish the liver, are a gentle laxative, and improve the eyesight. Beets are good for anemia. Beet juice increases stamina and was used as an aphrodisiac in Roman times.

Pureed foods are easier to digest. They are 'pre-chewed.' Babies, convalescing patients, and vata constitutions have weak digestion. Insufficient chewing of food forces their stomachs to break down larger chunks by acids. While an easy task for a tooth it takes time and effort for acids to penetrate a chunk of food. Pureed beets are thus gentler than diced.

Beets are high in bio-flavonoids. Generally, bio-flavonoids show anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-cancer activity. The body tries to get rid of bio-flavonoids soon after they are eaten. To eliminate them the body activates phase II enzymes that also help eliminate mutagens and carcinogens.

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Carrot Ginger Soup with Parsnips & Collard Greens
A nice, warming yet relatively light soup.
ayurveda notes
Parsnips are heating. Bitter collard greens and pungent bitter help to lighten the dish.

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