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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

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Recipes with Lamb: Roast Lamb & Vegetables with Mint Pistachio Cream Sauce
Recipes with Lamb: Roast Lamb & Vegetables with Mint Pistachio Cream Sauce
Lamb fat is heavy. Muscle fats are widely used in ayurveda for convalescing (recovering from illness). However, muscle (mamsa) and muscle fats (vasa) are heavy for digestion. Downstream, they cause 'sroto-rodha' or blockage of blood. After several days of experimenting with lamb fat, I had symptoms of swollen lymphatic glands in the armpit and inguinal area. The antidote for the heavy quality of muscle and muscle fats is to cook in a sour soup with spices. Add turmeric to reduce blood stagnation.

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Lamb fat is heavy and tastiest when eaten hot. Rosemary, cumin, and mint are commonly used with lamb.

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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 Lamb

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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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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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
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta 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
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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AGGRAVATES
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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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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Other

Subtaste:
Musky

MUSKY

Have an earthy smell to them, such as mushrooms.

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Tissue (dhatu):
Muscle

MUSCLE

Muscle tissue (Mamsa Dhatu) includes muscles and ligaments.

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Red Blood

RED-BLOOD

Red blood (Rakta Dhatu) includes red blood cells and blood vessels.

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Affinity:
Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

Includes vitality improving foods, herbs, and exercises by dosha.

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, Heart Circulation Blood, Male Health, Muscle Health

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Lamb
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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Digestion:
Warms Abdomen

WARMS-ABDOMEN

Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.

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Mind, Stress & Sleep:
Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Energy Vitality:
Satisfies Stomach

STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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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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Heart & Circulation:
Warms Ears

WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

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Blood Tonic

STRONG BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

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Strength, Muscle Health:
Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

SEE ALL 'MUSCLE-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Constituents:
Fats, Protein,
Vitamin B12

VITAMIN-B12

An enzyme in every cell of the body, that aids metabolism, fat & protein metabolism, and DNA synthesis. B12 comes from animal course, and is commonly deficient in vegetarians.

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, Zinc

Foods with a Similar Nature to Lamb

  • Beef

    Beef has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Makes-you-tired, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-ears, Blood-tonic

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  • Pork

    Pork has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Tonic, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach, Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen

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  • Buckwheat

    Buckwheat has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Quinoa

    Quinoa has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Muscle-tonic, Tonic

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  • Shrimp

    Shrimp has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Warms-abdomen, Nutritive, Warms-ears

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive

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  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Lamb

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Strengthens-resolve, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

    LEARN MORE

  • Balarishta- Vitality Tonic

    Balarishta- Vitality Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Strengthens-resolve, Tonic, Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

    LEARN MORE

  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Eleuthero Ginseng

    Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Blood-tonic, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Bala Taila

    Bala Taila has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Ashwagandha Arishta

    Ashwagandha Arishta has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Tonic, Blood-tonic

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Strengthens-resolve, Tonic

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  • Damiana

    Damiana has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Strengthens-resolve, Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina

    LEARN MORE

  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Lamb 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.

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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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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. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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