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Almond Smoothie With Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar


How to Make Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp
1 tsp
1 c
2 pinch
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

I usually start with whole almonds, soak them overnight, then boil and peel. I blend them until they are smooth and strain. Mix the remaining ingredients with the almond milk, warm, and serve.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS


Almonds, ghee, sugar and saffron are sattvic foods that build ojas as long as the sugar is raw. Refined sugar is rajasic. Peel the almonds before cooking.

WHAT IS ALMOND SMOOTHIE WITH SAFFRON, NUTMEG, GHEE & SUGAR?

Smooth almonds blended into warm milk with ethereal, delicately perfumed saffron and pungent nutmeg. Discovered by Joseph in Dr. Vasant Lad's book, The Complete Book of Ayurveda Home Remedies.

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Metabolic Impact of Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). 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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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Saffron

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Nutmeg, Almond Milk, Ghee

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Almond Milk, Ghee

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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.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Almond Milk, Ghee

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Saffron

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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 Health Virtues

Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Saffron

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar
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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Makes You Tired

STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Nutmeg

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Wakes You Up

STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Makes Jittery

STRONG MAKES-JITTERY

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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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.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg

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Nervine

STRONG NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Saffron

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Sedative

STRONG SEDATIVE

Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Saffron

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Almond Milk, Saffron, Ghee

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Diuretic

MILD DIURETIC

Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Muscle Relaxant

MUSCLE-RELAXANT

Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg

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Constituents:
Carbohydrate

STRONG CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Almond Milk, Ghee

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Saponins

MILD SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar

  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Nutritive, Muscle-relaxant, Sedative, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Sedative, Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Nutritive

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  • Beer

    Beer has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Muscle-relaxant, Diuretic, Nutritive

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  • Pumpkin

    Pumpkin has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Makes-you-tired, Nutritive, Muscle-relaxant, Sedative

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Muscle-relaxant, Nutritive, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Chamomile

    Chamomile has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Diaphoretic, Nervine, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • Coffee

    Coffee has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Makes-jittery, Wakes-you-up, Makes-you-tired

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  • Nutmeg

    Nutmeg has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Sedative, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Makes-you-tired, Nervine

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Nervine, Diaphoretic, Nutritive

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up, Muscle-relaxant

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Sedative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant

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  • Kava Kava

    Kava Kava has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Sedative, Diuretic, Makes-you-tired

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Nutritive, Sedative, Diuretic

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Sedative, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Kapha Shirodhara Oil

    Kapha Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Sedative

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  • Blue Vervain

    Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Sedative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Sedative, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Dashamoola Powder

    Dashamoola Powder has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Nutritive

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  • Blue Cohosh

    Blue Cohosh has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine, Nutritive, Sedative

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

    Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar 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 recipe to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Almond Smoothie with Saffron, Nutmeg, Ghee & Sugar. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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