College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDA PHARMACOLOGY OF FOOD & HERBS

CLASSIFICATION OF FOOD, HERBS, & LIFESTYLE

Greens - Foods & Herbs List

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AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE ON GREENS

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Greens are the most common taste in nature. Sweet taste was rare before farms and grocery stores. What is common easily becomes forgotten, and what is rare increases in value. Bitter greens are perhaps the exception to this rule.

Greens are naturally cleansing. Greens are generally bitter and astringent. They are stimulating and energizing. They are light, cold, dry, rough, mobile, and clear. Spring is the best time of year to eat greens. In the fall, greens could aggravate Vata body types, and should be cooked well. In autumn, mix greens with oils and sweet taste, so that they are nourishing.

Raw Salads & Undercooked Greens

A few hundred years ago, the concept of a green salad was unknown. Since the Ice Age and discovery of fire, greens were consumed cooked not raw for proper assimilation by the body. On the other hand, agriculture breeding has removed much of the bitterness from farm selected greens. These days, romaine lettuce is more like a dessert than a bitter. We should approach romaine lettuce the way rabbits do, as delectable, desirable, and more like a dessert. If romaine lettuce tastes bitter to your buds, it's a sign that our taste has been sugar coated by modern agriculture.

While Pitta has the digestive strength for raw foods, greens should otherwise be cooked well until they are soft. Hard to chew is hard to digest! For more on the raw versus cooked debate, click here.

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 7 kids live in Asheville, NC

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