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How to Make Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro SmoothieSERVINGS: 1 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES SKILL LEVEL: EASY
INGREDIENTSSKILL LEVEL: EASY
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. Use the amount of aloe vera gel recommended on the bottle as each supplier has different concentrations
2. Place all ingredients in a blender and puree.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Refreshing and icy with antimicrobial refrigerants. Use in PK conditions and infection such as UTI.
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.
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Is Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro Smoothie Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
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You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro Smoothie' is a good fit.
Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.
See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.
INCREASES![Guna Help]()
Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)
Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.
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| COLD ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.
LEARN MORE ABOUT COLD CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR | TASTES![Taste Help]()
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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| ASTRINGENT ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.
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Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
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The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness.
Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency.
Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses.
The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
The 3 functional body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry.
Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro Smoothie ![Help]() 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.
, Antihistamine, Antimicrobial ANTIMICROBIAL
An agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Antimicrobial is an umbrella term that can be broken down into specific categories of target microorganism, such as anti-bacterials, fungals, and virals.
SEE ALL 'ANTIMICROBIAL' FOODS / HERBS , , Alterative ALTERATIVE
Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
SEE ALL 'ALTERATIVE' FOODS / HERBS , Antioxidant ANTIOXIDANT
An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
SEE ALL 'ANTIOXIDANT' FOODS / HERBS , Diuretic 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'LIVOTONIC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: , Tannins, , Resveratrol RESVERATROL
Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.
SEE ALL 'RESVERATROL' FOODS / HERBS , Flavonoids FLAVONOIDS
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
SEE ALL 'FLAVONOIDS' FOODS / HERBS , , Soluble Fiber, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Fats, Potassium, Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , , Glutamine |
Foods with a Similar Nature to Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro Smoothie
Cranberry
Cranberry has these Actions in Common
Refrigerant, Antihistamine, Blood-thinner, Livotonic, Alterative, Antimicrobial, Diuretic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Immune-calming
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Dandelion Leaves
Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Appetite-suppressant, Immune-calming, Stimulates-energy, Antimicrobial, Blood-thinner, Livotonic
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Blueberry
Blueberry has these Actions in Common
Livotonic, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antihistamine, Immune-calming, Refreshing, Alterative, Antioxidant
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Acai
Acai has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Refrigerant, Antioxidant, Quenches-thirst, Alterative, Appetite-suppressant, Refreshing
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Cilantro
Cilantro has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Immune-calming, Stimulates-energy, Blood-thinner, Refreshing, Alterative, Diuretic, Refrigerant
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Hibiscus
Hibiscus has these Actions in Common
Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Refreshing, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Refrigerant, Appetite-suppressant
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Strawberries
Strawberries has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Quenches-thirst, Alterative, Immune-calming, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic
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Grape
Grape has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Quenches-thirst, Anti-inflammatory, Immune-calming, Antioxidant, Livotonic, Alterative
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Green Tea
Green Tea has these Actions in Common
Blood-thinner, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Antioxidant, Immune-calming
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Turmeric
Turmeric has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Antioxidant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Antimicrobial, Immune-calming
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Watermelon
Watermelon has these Actions in Common
Refrigerant, Alterative, Livotonic, Antioxidant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Diuretic
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Aloe, Cranberry & Cilantro Smoothie
Neem Leaf
Neem Leaf has these Actions in Common
Antimicrobial, Blood-thinner, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory
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Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy
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Dandelion Root
Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Diuretic, Livotonic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refrigerant
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Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)
Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common
Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Quenches-thirst, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory
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Yarrow
Yarrow has these Actions in Common
Immune-calming, Livotonic, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Blood-thinner, Diuretic
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Ginkgo
Ginkgo has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Blood-thinner, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stimulates-energy
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Guluchyadi Kashayam
Guluchyadi Kashayam has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Immune-calming, Refrigerant
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Milk Thistle
Milk Thistle has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Livotonic
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Arjuna
Arjuna has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Appetite-suppressant, Diuretic, Refrigerant
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Bhringaraj
Bhringaraj has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Immune-calming, Livotonic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial
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About the Author
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
as well as public service work in South Asia.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion.
John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing.
In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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