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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Recipes with Almond Milk: Almond Milk Chai / Smoothie
Recipes with Almond Milk: Almond Milk Chai / Smoothie
Almond milk is a wonderful soothing drink that builds strength, immunity, and grounded energy. Its cool, heavy sweetness creates a sensation of stability and calm in the body, while offering easily accessible energy. For those suffering from lactose intolerance, Almond Milk is an excellent substitute any time you would use milk or cream.

Almond milk is lighter and less drying than almonds. See Almonds for more information.

Buying & Preparation

Grocery stores add tapioca starch, gums and other thickeners to fool you into thinking their product is as rich and creamy as the real thing. The reality is that most store bought almond milks are heavily diluted.

Homemade Almond Milk

To make real almond milk, home made, from real almonds, use 1c almonds to 2c water. Skin the almonds by soaking overnight or blanching for thirty seconds in boiling water. Then, you can remove the skins easily with your fingers.

Puree the mixture in a blender and strain out the meal. At this point you can add a sweetener and vanilla extract if desired.

Cooking Almond Milk

Almond milk is an excellent dairy substitute. Add it to your morning chai, or use it to thicken soups or oatmeal. Since Ayurveda discourages the mixing of milk with meals, substituting almond milk in your cream based soups or as a thickening agent for sauces can be an excellent way to enjoy your favorite dishes even more. Your body will feel lighter as you digest your dinner efficiently!

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Is Almond Milk Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

Metabolic Nature of Almond Milk

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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AGGRAVATES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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Other

Tissue (dhatu):
Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

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Bone

BONE

Bone tissue (Asthi Dhatu) includes the bones, hair, and nails.

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Nerves

NERVES

Marrow tissue (Majja Dhatu) includes bone marrow and nervous tissue.

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Family:
Rosaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Almond Milk
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Energy Vitality:
Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Skin Care & Beauty:
Demulcent

MILD DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

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Liver & Gallbladder:
Livotonic

LIVOTONIC

An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.

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Reproductive Health:
Builds Semen

BUILDS-SEMEN

Herbs that increase the production of semen, often by rebuilding fluids in general.

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Promotes Fertility

PROMOTES-FERTILITY

An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).

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Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

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Constituents:

Foods with a Similar Nature to Almond Milk

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    Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-semen, Promotes-fertility, Livotonic, Promotes-virility

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  • Sesame Oil

    Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-semen, Promotes-fertility, Livotonic, Promotes-virility, Nutritive

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Promotes-fertility, Demulcent, Promotes-virility

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-fertility, Builds-semen, Promotes-virility, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Dates (dried)

    Dates (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Tonic, Nutritive, Demulcent, Promotes-fertility

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  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Nutritive, Tonic, Promotes-fertility, Builds-semen

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  • Yogurt

    Yogurt has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Tonic, Livotonic

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  • White Flour (wheat)

    White Flour (wheat) has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Demulcent, Tonic

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  • Cream of Wheat

    Cream of Wheat has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Demulcent, Tonic, Nutritive

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  • Whole Wheat Flour

    Whole Wheat Flour has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Demulcent, Tonic, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Almond Milk

  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Demulcent, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Demulcent, Livotonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Tonic

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-semen, Demulcent, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Tonic, Builds-semen, Demulcent

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  • Ashwagandhadi Vati

    Ashwagandhadi Vati has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Ashwagandha Ghee

    Ashwagandha Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Vata Massage Oil

    Vata Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Tonic

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Almond Milk may be beneficial for these symptoms. The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Almond Milk may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Almond Milk. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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HOW DOES EATING AYURVEDICALLY MAKE YOU FEEL?

Eating Ayurvedically makes you feel nourished and energized. Food digests with ease when right for your body type (dosha). Healthy digestion is seen as the cornerstone of well-being in Ayurveda. Healthy digestion generally prevents illness. If you do get sick, a strong digestive fire reduces the severity of illness and increases your resilience. It also improves your mood. Once you begin eating Ayurvedically, you will feel refreshed, vital and strong.
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Fiona Pereira Mississauga, ON
2012-09-11
“For those with a Kapha constitution, what milk could be substituted for almond."
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John J Immel Asheville, NC
2012-09-11
“Unsweetened almond milk aggravates Kapha only slightly. Since all of the milk substitutes aggravate Kapha somewhat, I'll suggest adding spices. A dash of cinnamon is probably all that's needed."
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Jan Willem Sturgeon, PD
2019-02-08
“What do you do with the "meal" that you strain out? Use that when you make a recipe that needs almonds?"
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Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2019-02-25
“You can certainly do that!"
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Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2019-08-05
“You could experiment with using almond milk and eggs in a pancake recipe. Please let us know how it turns out!"
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Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2019-09-04
“If digestion is strong, generally complicated meals are easily digestible."
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Hayden Edwards Venetia, PA
2021-01-06
“If we don't plan on reusing the meal, does it matter if we don't skin the almonds before blending?"
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Katie Clinton Ferndale, sligo, AL
2021-01-08
“Hi Hayden, it's often recommended to soak and peel almonds before consuming because the skin can be heating and a little more difficult to digest. However, almond milk can be made without peeling too. As always, it depends on your digestion and what works for you!"
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