Beets & Greens With Coconut |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 inch | |
| 1/2 lbs | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp |
Chop the beets and greens. Add remaining ingredients, 2c water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for until beets are soft. Remove cover and cook on medium high until liquid reduces to a 1/4" in the bottom of the pot.
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Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Beets, Ginger (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt), Beet Greens
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Ginger (Fresh), Beet Greens
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Coconut Oil, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Beets, Beet Greens
Active Ingredients: Beet Greens, Beets
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.
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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).
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Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD STIMULATES-PERISTALSIS An herb that promotes involuntary smooth muscle contractions to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract.
Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD 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 (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD STOMACHIC An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
STRONG GENERAL-LAXATIVE Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Beet Greens, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD STOOL-SOFTENER Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh), Beets, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Raw Sugar
MILD RELAXES-EYES Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD 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: Beets
STRONG BRAIN-TONIC An herb that strengthens the brain and thereby enhances memory or other cognitive functions and improves mental stamina or stability.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Coconut Oil, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Coconut Oil, Beets, Ginger (Fresh)
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
Active Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Beets
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Coconut Oil, Beets, Ginger (Fresh)
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: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG BLOOD-TONIC An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Black Pepper, Beets
STRONG VASODILATOR A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Beets, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Beet Greens, Beets
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: Beet Greens
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Coconut Oil, Beets
STRONG CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Beet Greens, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG RAISES-THYROID An herb that increases thyroid function.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Coconut Oil
MILD GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
MILD MUSCLE-RELAXANT Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.
Active Ingredients: Beets
STRONG SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Beets
Active Ingredients: Beets, Beet Greens
MILD BETAINE Used to reduce homocysteine in the blood, which supports proper liver function and prevents fatigue and blood clots. Improves muscle stamina and weight loss.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Beets, Raw Sugar
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
MILD CALCIUM Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD FOLATE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD MANGANESE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD MAGNESIUM Helps muscles relax. Laxative.
Active Ingredients: Beet Greens
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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