College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

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AYURVEDIC FOODS

Pineapple Benefits (According to Ayurveda)


How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Recipes with Pineapple: Pineapple & Banana Kale Smoothie
Recipes with Pineapple: Pineapple & Banana Kale Smoothie
Pineapple's sweet piquant flavor adds exuberance to any meal - whether atop a Virginia ham, a pineapple pizza, or pureed into pina colada. The festive and vibrant yellow color coupled with succulent sweetness creates an instant party in your mouth. Pineapple consumption is often followed by sticky fingers, smiling lips, and fibers caught in the teeth. This tender sun kissed fruit is a symbol of celebration.

When you're eating a pineapple, consider that it is the product of 100 or more flowers. Each flower turns into a fruit which unites with the surrounding fruits. Through this vast union of 100 or more fruits, a pineapple is born. Pineapple's name comes from its resemblance to a pine cone.

Pineapple energizes you at first bite. Your mouth salivates. Your eyes water. Your circulation picks up speed. Its pungent and sour tastes increase heat in the body and stimulate sharp clarity in your mind. The sweetness raises your blood sugar levels. You may find yourself more alert and motivated after eating pineapple as it fans the flames of your inner fire strengthening both your digestion and zest for life. Beware of an underripe pineapple which is very acidic and may damage your teeth.

Digestive support

Pineapple totes a powerful mix of digestive enzymes such as bromelain. Bromelain is found in all parts of the plant but is most concentrated in the stem. In fact, pineapple stems are used in the creation of digestive enzyme supplements, but at home you use the fruit to enhance sluggish or weak digestion. Higher concentrations of bromelaine is dependant upon growth in selenium rich soil.

Bromelain specifically supports protein digestion - making pineapple the perfect meat marinade and tenderizer. The best way to receive the digestion enhancing effects of bromelain is by following this gourmet culinary trick: inject the pineapple juice directly into the meat via a cooking syringe. The results will be tender and succulent.

Bromelain's enzymes are versatile and hearty. They work both in the stomach's acidic environment and in the alkaline conditions of the small intestine. Best of all, bromelain is easily absorbed while remaining potent.

Pineapple is useful in both indigestion and loss of appetite. Beyond the joy of its lusciousness, pineapple's sour taste enhances digestive secretions. Its sharpness improves blood flow to the digestive tract. Its juicyness hydrates you. Altogether pineapple can enhance the absorption of nutrients and medicines, especially antibiotics. Pineapple may be helpful in hypoacidity due to atrophic gastritis or h pylori infections.

Pineapple can destroy unwelcome worms and parasites (krumi) in your digestive tract. Bromelain springs into action here by breaking down the protein structures of parasites and assisting in the digestion of worms.

Through its bromelain boost, pineapple promotes the death of cells that are no longer needed. This action helps prevent blood clots, edema and various cardiovascular diseases. Pineapple supports wound healing by removing damaged tissue from the site of injury. It has been credited with the power to stave off cancer and diabetes by improving digestion.

Pitta and Kapha beware. Because it is sharp and pungent, pineapple can aggravate Pitta. It's sweet and moistening qualities can overload Kapha. While tantalizing and tempting, enjoy this nectarous fruit in moderation only if you have a pitta or kapha body type.
Recipes with Pineapple: Virgin Pina Colada
Recipes with Pineapple: Virgin Pina Colada

Anti-inflammatory / Clears Heat

As an anti-inflammatory, pineapple clears heat and can be useful in cases of sunstroke. In summer, overexposure to heat depletes fluids and exhausts vitality (prana) in your body. The sweet and succulent nature of pineapple replenishes your strength and energy levels. Pineapple is helpful with diarrhea, bronchitis, sinusitis and arthritis.

As if you needed more reason to love pineapple other than its tropical deliciousness, you're now equipped with biting evidence of its lively health benefits.

Buying & Preparation

A ripe pineapple begins to turn brown at the bottom, so look for the change in color when selecting. You can also test it for ripeness by pulling a leaf from the middle of the stem. If you can easily pull out the leaf, it's ripe! You should be able to smell the sweetness of pineapple on the bottom of the pineapple, where it was torn from the plant. If your pineapple needs to ripen up, store it in a warm place.

Preparing a pineapple is tricky! You must remove the tough peel as well as the fibrous core, all while avoiding the prickers on the leaves. The easiest way is to turn the pineapple on its side, and cut off the top. Then slice it into thirds.

Then cut the skin off of each third separately. Cut each slice into quarters for easy removal of the core. Finally, chop to desired size.

Cooking Pineapple

Pineapple can brighten up any meal. They're a delicious addition to grilled skewers. Layer slices on your Virginia ham before it goes into bake for a tasty and easily digestible treat. Sweeten up your summertime drinks with its juice. Pineapple juice popsicles are a great alternative to sugar rich store bought desserts. Top your burgers or biryani with a pineapple chutney.

Add chunks to your salsa or guacamole without fear - the digestive properties of pineapple combine well with many foods. But don't mix pineapple with dairy or yogurt. The combination is "Abhishyandi", which means it clogs the channels.

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Is Pineapple Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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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 Pineapple

See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.

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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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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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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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

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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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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

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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

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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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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Other

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

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Outward

OUTWARD

Outward-moving substances stimulate circulation, push heat towards the skin, or are stimulating.

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Upward

UPWARD

Upward-moving substances (Urdvha Gati Marga) include anything stimulating or activating, or that move upward in the body.

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Digestion,
Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

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

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Pineapple
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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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Sialogogue

SIALOGOGUE

A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.

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Spleen Tonic

SPLEEN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.

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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Antifibrotic

STRONG ANTIFIBROTIC

Fibrosis of an organ is often a progressive leading to organ failure (i.e lungs, liver, kidney). While vulneraries usually help restore collagen, antifibrotic herbs often clear collagen. Aka fibrinolytic.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Antiplatelet

STRONG ANTIPLATELET

An herb that inhibits clotting, dissolves clots, thins the blood, or destroys platelets, therefore reducing the tendency of blood to form clots. They are useful in cardiovascular disease, clots, and stroke. Aka anticoagulant.

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Blood Thinner

BLOOD-THINNER

Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.

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Constituents:

Foods with a Similar Nature to Pineapple

  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antifibrotic, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Antiplatelet, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Sialogogue, Wakes-you-up

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Refreshing, General-laxative, Sialogogue, Anti-inflammatory, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Blood-thinner, Refreshing, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Green Tea

    Green Tea has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Blood-thinner, Spleen-tonic

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  • Peaches

    Peaches has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Spleen-tonic, Digestive, Quenches-thirst, General-laxative, Sialogogue

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  • Orange

    Orange has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Stimulates-energy, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Nutritive, Sialogogue

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  • Grapefruit

    Grapefruit has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Sialogogue, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Spleen-tonic

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Refreshing, General-laxative, Sialogogue

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Quenches-thirst, General-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive, Wakes-you-up

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  • Cayenne Pepper

    Cayenne Pepper has these Actions in Common

    Antifibrotic, Sialogogue, Antiplatelet, Spleen-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Pineapple

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Antifibrotic, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, General-laxative, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Sialogogue, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Antifibrotic, Antiplatelet, Blood-thinner, Digestive

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Digestive

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  • Guggulu

    Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Antiplatelet, Blood-thinner, Spleen-tonic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, General-laxative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Hawthorne Berry & Flower

    Hawthorne Berry & Flower has these Actions in Common

    Antiplatelet, Blood-thinner, Digestive, Anti-inflammatory, Antifibrotic

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, General-laxative, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, General-laxative, Refreshing

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, General-laxative, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Reduced lemon juice

    Reduced lemon juice has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Sialogogue, Stimulates-energy

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Pineapple Impact Report

The reports shared below are part of an educational assignment completed by students at the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda. These represent subjective experiences intended to help students explore principles of Ayurveda through personal observation. In each report below, students ate the selected food for 3 days and self-reported these effects. See other food & herb reports at Joyful Belly.

TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION

How did Pineapple affect your temperature?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your ear temperature?

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HotterNo ChangeCooler
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your sweat quantity?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your skin?

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Yellower/GreenerPalerRedderGrayerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your tongue body?

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PalerRedderBluerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the swelling of your tongue body?

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More SwellingLess SwellingNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your appetite/hunger?

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Much less hungrySlightly less hungrySameSlightly hungrierMuch hungrier
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your digestion speed?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

TOXINS

How did Pineapple affect the amount of gas & bloating?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your stool smell?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?

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Much smallerSlightly lessSameSlightly larger coatingMuch larger
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your tongue coating?

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YellowerBrownerGrayerWhiterNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your throat soreness?

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More soreNo ChangeLess sore
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your urine smell?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your sweat smell?

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Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your acne?

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More acneNo ChangeLess acne
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your freckles/moles?

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DarkerNo ChangeLighter
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?

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Redder/BloodshotYellowerGrayerBrownerWhiter
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No Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of the lower eye lid?

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More green/dark greenMore purpleNo ChangeLess green/purple
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

HYDRATION

How did Pineapple affect your urine frequency/quantity?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the dryness of your skin?

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DrierOilierNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?

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PuffierNo ChangeLess Puffy
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the cracks on your tongue?

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Larger/longer/more cracksSlightly moreSameSlightly less/smaller/shorterMuch less
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

FLUID-THICKNESS

How did Pineapple affect your ear pressure?

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More pressureNo ChangeLess pressure
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your congestion?

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More congestionNo ChangeLess congestion
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?

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More thickNo ChangeLess thick
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

NERVOUS-SYSTEM

How did Pineapple affect your energy levels?

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Much less energySlightly lessSameSlightly more energyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your muscle tension?

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Much less tensionSlightly lessSameSlightly more tensionMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your anxiety?

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Much less anxietySlightly lessSameSlightly more anxietyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the stillness of your tongue?

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More stillNo ChangeMore Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

DIGESTION

How did Pineapple affect your digestion speed?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the amount of gas & bloating?

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9
6
3
0
1
7
10
2
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your appetite/hunger?

10
8
6
4
2
0
0
3
8
8
1
Much less hungrySlightly less hungrySameSlightly hungrierMuch hungrier
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
14
2
0
Much reliefSlight reliefSameSlightly more burningMuch more burning
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

TONGUE

How did Pineapple affect the color of your tongue body?

15
12
9
6
3
0
1
9
0
10
PalerRedderBluerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your tongue coating?

15
12
9
6
3
0
5
0
0
3
12
YellowerBrownerGrayerWhiterNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the swelling of your tongue body?

20
16
12
8
4
0
2
1
17
More SwellingLess SwellingNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the stillness of your tongue?

25
20
15
10
5
0
1
19
0
More stillNo ChangeMore Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?

15
12
9
6
3
0
1
5
13
1
0
Much smallerSlightly lessSameSlightly larger coatingMuch larger
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the cracks on your tongue?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
16
4
0
Larger/longer/more cracksSlightly moreSameSlightly less/smaller/shorterMuch less
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

STOOL

How did Pineapple affect your stool lightness?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
17
0
0
Much lighterSlightly lighterSameSlightly darkerMuch darker
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your stool smell?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
15
3
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your stool consistency?

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12
9
6
3
0
0
6
13
1
0
Much softerSlightly softerSameSlightly harderMuch harder
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your stool frequency/quantity?

15
12
9
6
3
0
0
2
12
6
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your stool color?

20
16
12
8
4
0
2
0
1
0
17
More yellowMore grayMore greenMore orangeSame
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

URINE

How did Pineapple affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
17
1
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMany more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your urine clarity?

20
16
12
8
4
0
1
16
3
More cloudySameMore clear
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your urine smell?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
1
17
2
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your urine lightness?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
15
2
1
Much lighterSlightly lighterSameSlightly DarkerMuch Darker
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your urine frequency/quantity?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
14
4
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

SWEAT

How did Pineapple affect your sweat quantity?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
1
16
3
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your sweat smell?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
18
2
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

SKIN

How did Pineapple affect your freckles/moles?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
20
0
DarkerNo ChangeLighter
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your acne?

20
16
12
8
4
0
2
17
1
More acneNo ChangeLess acne
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the dryness of your skin?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
20
DrierOilierNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of your skin?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
3
0
17
Yellower/GreenerPalerRedderGrayerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

EYE

How did Pineapple affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Redder/BloodshotYellowerGrayerBrownerWhiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the color of the lower eye lid?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
19
1
More green/dark greenMore purpleNo ChangeLess green/purple
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
19
1
PuffierNo ChangeLess Puffy
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

ENT

How did Pineapple affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?

20
16
12
8
4
0
1
17
2
More thickNo ChangeLess thick
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your ear temperature?

20
16
12
8
4
0
4
16
0
HotterNo ChangeCooler
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your congestion?

20
16
12
8
4
0
1
16
3
More congestionNo ChangeLess congestion
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your ear pressure?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
20
0
More pressureNo ChangeLess pressure
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your throat soreness?

20
16
12
8
4
0
1
18
1
More soreNo ChangeLess sore
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

HEART

How did Pineapple affect your heart rhythm?

25
20
15
10
5
0
1
19
0
More palpitationsSameLess palpitations
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?

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20
15
10
5
0
0
1
19
0
0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your heart rate?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
1
16
3
0
Much slowerSlightly slowerSameSlightly fasterMuch faster
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

SYSTEMIC

How did Pineapple affect your energy levels?

15
12
9
6
3
0
0
0
11
9
0
Much less energySlightly lessSameSlightly more energyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your muscle tension?

20
16
12
8
4
0
1
1
17
1
0
Much less tensionSlightly lessSameSlightly more tensionMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your anxiety?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
16
0
0
Much less anxietySlightly lessSameSlightly more anxietyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

How did Pineapple affect your temperature?

15
12
9
6
3
0
0
2
13
4
1
Much colderSlightly colderSameSlightly warmerMuch warmer
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:102 (2022-06-05 - 2022-08-28)

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THESE SYMPTOMS

Pineapple 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

Pineapple 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

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Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2016-05-23
“True, fruit is best eaten alone according to Ayurveda. Pineapple is often combined with other foods like pizza, ham, etc in modern culture. It's digestive enzymes make this less offensive than combining other types of fruit with other foods. A strict Ayurvedic diet would recommend eating all fruits alone."
Tamara Macginty Cloughjordan, WA
2016-05-23
“The restrictions for eating fruit as part of an Ayurvedic dietary life style is always a little confusing to me. It seems that the only time you can safely eat fruit is in the morning. You can't combine fruit with other foods, you can't eat it between meals and so on. Now you are recommending that it can be eaten on pizza on ham or in a Pina Colada. This just adds to my confusion. Can you clarify for me with a little more detail about the proper time to eat fruit and how to correctly combine fruit with other foods."
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