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Apples With Honey & Cinnamon


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How to Make Apples with Honey & Cinnamon

INGREDIENTS

1 whole
1/2 tsp
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Slice in 1/4" thick circles instead of in wedges. Garnish with honey and cinnamon.

Slices taste better than wedges because less apple skin touches the tongue. The apple tastes better than the skin!

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Cinnamon helps Vata digest the astringency of uncooked apples. Honey, cinnamon and apples are drying. A wonderful dessert for Kapha dosha.

WHAT IS APPLES WITH HONEY & CINNAMON?

Sharper, but a classic, healthy dessert.

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.

Is Apples with Honey & Cinnamon Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Apples with Honey & Cinnamon' 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.

Metabolic Nature of Apples with Honey & Cinnamon

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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
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Vata 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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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 and oily with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body. Vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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AGGRAVATES
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Apples with Honey & Cinnamon
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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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Appetizer

APPETIZER

Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.

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Carminative

CARMINATIVE

Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.

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Constipative

CONSTIPATIVE

An herb that binds stools / stops diarrhea. When used in excess, these herbs and foods can cause constipation.

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

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Styptic

STYPTIC

A herb that contracts tissue or blood vessels. Generally styptics are astringent. They are often used topically as a hemostatic to stop bleeding, or to reduce secretions.

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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.

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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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Lowers Blood Sugar

LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR

An herb that lowers blood sugar.

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Galactagogue

GALACTAGOGUE

Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.

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Emmenagogue

EMMENAGOGUE

Herbs which stimulate menstruation. Emmenagogues are used for scanty menstruation, to relieve menstrual pain, and improve blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus.

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Constituents:
Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

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Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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, Tannins

Foods with a Similar Nature to Apples with Honey & Cinnamon

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Appetizer, Emmenagogue, Lowers-blood-sugar, Carminative, Galactagogue, Styptic

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Galactagogue, Styptic, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Emmenagogue, Livotonic

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  • Parsley (Fresh)

    Parsley (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Digestive, Appetizer, Emmenagogue, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Nutmeg

    Nutmeg has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Emmenagogue, Constipative, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Styptic

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Galactagogue, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Emmenagogue, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Turmeric Root (Fresh)

    Turmeric Root (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antioxidant, Emmenagogue

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  • Turmeric

    Turmeric has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antioxidant, Emmenagogue

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  • Apple (raw)

    Apple (raw) has these Actions in Common

    Constipative, Styptic, Livotonic, Antioxidant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Bay Leaf

    Bay Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Lowers-blood-sugar, Emmenagogue

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  • Cranberry

    Cranberry has these Actions in Common

    Constipative, Styptic, Livotonic, Antioxidant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Dill

    Dill has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Galactagogue, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Apples with Honey & Cinnamon

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Carminative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Styptic

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  • Musta

    Musta has these Actions in Common

    Emmenagogue, Galactagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Appetizer, Digestive

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  • Dandelion Root

    Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Galactagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Livotonic, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Carminative, Digestive, Emmenagogue, Internal-detoxicant

    LEARN MORE

  • Mugwort

    Mugwort has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Carminative, Digestive, Emmenagogue, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Haritaki

    Haritaki has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Appetizer, Carminative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Digestive, Emmenagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Antioxidant

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Emmenagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Appetizer, Constipative

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  • Pippali

    Pippali has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Emmenagogue, Galactagogue, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Triphala Guggulu

    Triphala Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Emmenagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Trikatu

    Trikatu has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Appetizer

    LEARN MORE


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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. 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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