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Banana With Ghee & Cinnamon


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How to Make Banana with Ghee & Cinnamon

INGREDIENTS

1 tsp
1 c
2 pinch
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

For best results deep fry the bananas in ghee. Otherwise, slice bananas and sautee them in ghee, tossing gently to avoid mushing the banana. Garnish with spices. Optionally try cardamom - an Ayurvedic favorite.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

When you're hungry and in need of a quick snack, simply heat up some ghee, toss in some bananas, and watch them sizzle. A dash of spices, cinnamon and ginger, make these morsels quite delicious! This rich, nourishing snack couldn't be easier to make or more satisfying from tummy to soul. Enjoy as a quick snack, or a light breakfast, or as a healthy dessert.

Soothing & Comforting
Bananas in sizzling ghee are heavy, hearty and ojas-building. They are ideal for autumn, when your body needs sweet, fatty foods to prepare for winter. As fall approaches, warm sweaters, richer foods, and cozy evenings offer comfort from the cooler temperatures and anxiety of a busy fall schedule.

The pastiness of banana (gooey quality on Joyful Belly) coats and soothes your gut, helping you to relax. Sugar and fats 'sweeten' your digestive tract, bringing comfort and ease. Cinnamon and ginger warm the gut, relaxing muscles that may be tense from the hustle and bustle. Spices help your body assimilate a fall diet rich in sweets and fats while keeping the lungs clear of Kapha mucus.

Healthy Indulgence
Feeling persistently hungry but need to take it easy on snacks? Bananas are a healthy way to keep your stomach satisfied for a few hours because they contain complex carbohydrates. This snack is a healthy way to honor and indulge your sweet cravings. The natural sweetness of the bananas and the fats in ghee also make this dish a perfect midday pick-me-up in lieu of harder-to-digest snacks that destroy your appetite and disrupt your digestive routine. You may need easy, nourishing options when your digestion is impaired from too much indulgence. Bananas with ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon is a simple recovery meal to give your digestion a rest.
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Medicinal Effects of Banana with Ghee & Cinnamon

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / 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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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Banana, Ginger (Dried), Ghee, Cinnamon

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

Active Ingredients: Banana, Cinnamon

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried)

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), 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.

Active Ingredients: Banana, Cinnamon, Ghee

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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
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
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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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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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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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 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: Cinnamon

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Banana with Ghee & 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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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Stimulates Peristalsis

STIMULATES-PERISTALSIS

An herb that promotes involuntary smooth muscle contractions to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract.

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Appetizer

STRONG APPETIZER

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

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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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.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried)

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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: Banana

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Stimulates Energy

STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Banana, Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Banana, Ghee

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Diaphoretic

STRONG DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Demulcent

STRONG DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

Active Ingredients: Banana, Cinnamon

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Antipruritic

ANTIPRURITIC

Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Irritates Throat

STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Warms Chest

STRONG WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Soothes Throat

MILD SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Cardiac Stimulant

STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Warms Ears

WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried)

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Hemostatic

MILD HEMOSTATIC

An herb that stops bleeding.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Emmenagogue

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Aphrodisiac

MILD APHRODISIAC

Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Constituents:
Nitric Oxide

STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Potassium

POTASSIUM

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Melatonin

MELATONIN

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Soluble Fiber

SOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Vitamin C

VITAMIN-C

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Carbohydrate

CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Banana

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Coumarin

MILD COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Banana with Ghee & Cinnamon

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Soothes-throat, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Hemostatic

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  • Banana

    Banana has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Demulcent, Quenches-thirst, Stimulates-peristalsis, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Antipruritic, Nutritive

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  • Ginger (Dried)

    Ginger (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Sialogogue, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Antipruritic, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Irritates-throat, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Antipruritic, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Irritates-throat, Warms-ears

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Antipruritic, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Irritates-throat, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Crystallized Ginger

    Crystallized Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Warms-chest, Appetizer, Sialogogue, Warms-ears

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Quenches-thirst, Aphrodisiac, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Demulcent, Nutritive

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Demulcent, Quenches-thirst, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Demulcent, Quenches-thirst, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Sorghum Molasses

    Sorghum Molasses has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst, Warms-chest, Sialogogue, Warms-ears

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Banana with Ghee & Cinnamon

  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Warms-ears, Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Sialogogue, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Warms-chest, Warms-ears, Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Soothes-throat, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Hemostatic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Hemostatic, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue, Stimulates-energy

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Hemostatic, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst

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  • Jasmine Flower

    Jasmine Flower has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Emmenagogue, Hemostatic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Irritates-throat, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-peristalsis

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Soothes-throat

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Antipruritic

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  • Trikatu

    Trikatu has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat

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  • Osha

    Osha has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach 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. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC

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Larissa Demalteris Golden, CO
2013-09-12
“Because it's approaching fall in Colorado, my bananas were unripe and I cooked them along with the other ingredients. It was a great breakfast and especially helpful during menstration."
Catherine Perry Bronx, NY
2014-10-17
“The bananas all went to mush. I think larissa is right to use unripe ones, because the ripe ones just didn't stay solid. Maybe I'll just by plantains instead, which are in every grocery store and corner market. It really is like making maduros, just with different spices. I also had to be carefull not to sautee them for too long, because they developed a candy-like coating. It was good, though! "
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