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  (4.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 83 likesSpring - Mid-February - Mid May The spring is a watery season of warming temperatures. Snow melts making the rivers full and muddy. Warm temperatures encourage tender young sprouts and sweet sap to run in the vasculature of maple... 46 likes Eating out at a restaurant, especially on those days where you are too tired and don't feel like cooking, can be tempting. You enjoy a hot plate of tasty food with little sweat, planning, or effort. While it may feel like a treat to be served, restaurant 8 likes Sweet taste includes nourishing foods like carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Sweet taste doesn't necessarily mean sugary, but also includes anything that tastes nourishing (i.e. builds muscle or fat tissue). Before refined sugars, brea (5.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 39 likesRich foods and holiday libations may be difficult to avoid during this festive season, or anytime you gather with friends and loved ones. Food is often the centerpiece of social occasions, and an important part of relationship building. It's important to  (4.33 out of 5 stars) 6 reviews, 163 likesWhat is Kapha? Kapha dosha is characterized by growth of tissue. Hence it is anabolic. 13 likes Gooey foods are slimy, smooth, and sticky. Gooey foods increase mucous and sometimes even resemble it. Sugar and all foods with a sweet taste are gooey because they create more mucous. Mucous, Yellow Sputum, & Runn (4.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 73 likeshttps://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/article/How-to-Cook-Delicious-Soups-for-Healing-Immunity/134 Links to some specific soup recipes on JB https://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/recipes/preparation/Soup https://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/herbal-acti (5.00 out of 5 stars) 2 reviews, 19 likesAyurveda described the three necessary ingredients for vitality over 5,000 years ago. Balancing these vital forces is the key to your longevity, rejuvenation, and resiliency, as well as successful, happy living. They include a healthy body (ojas), intelli 15 likes Lunch Eat the biggest meal of the day during lunch. Lunch is the warmest time of the day when digestion is strongest. Food eaten during lunch has a chance to get digested before bedtime. If you must cheat on your diet, cheat during (5.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 14 likesTo digest food the stomach turns everything we eat into a sauce. Making sauce from dried oatmeal takes alot of juice. Where does your stomach get the juice? Quite literally the stomach sucks the juice from your blood. That's why, in Ayurveda, granola bars 9 likes Is every part of your body warm and cozy? Imagine you are lying on a couch in front of a fire under your fluffiest down comforter while watching your favorite movie and sipping hot cocoa. If you're any colder than that, chances are a bo 9 likes Salt & Flavor Salt brings out the flavor in food and brings enthusiasm for life. It stimulates secretions, thus improving digestion. Salt is a laxative, breaking up all hard masses in the digestive tract. Salt in 8 likes When pigs fly so does swine flu. Ayurveda treats exotic new diseases and ominous old ones alike: the old fashioned way. The approach is much like grandma's chicken soup. Take care of yourself first, swine flu second. Let your body fight the flu. If you ar (5.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 21 likesFermenting is an ancient method of preserving food. The oldest archeological evidence of beer is from 13,000 years ago, long before the process was fully understood! We now know that fermentation is a natural process where microorganisms, such as yeast or (5.00 out of 5 stars) 1 review, 77 likesHere are ten habits to improve digestion. Wait for the signs of true hunger. Eat the same time every day. The stomach likes to b 11 likes When something spoils or goes rotten it becomes sour. Sour taste in Ayurveda generally refers to fermented foods as in "the milk has gone sour," or acidic foods. Sou 
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