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Carrot Salad With Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit


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How to Make Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit

INGREDIENTS

4 whole
1/4 c
1/2 tsp
1/2 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Grate the carrots. Peel the grapefruit and slice into triangles. Add remaining ingredients and toss until well mixed.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Summer, Blood and the Heart

The long days of intense summer heat can push you and your heart to overexertion. The heart beats an extra ten times per minute with every one degree rise in body temperature. A faster heart beat moves more blood close to the skin. Your body also dilates the blood vessels near the surface of the skin, which could make your face appear flushed during the hot summer months. Hot blood close to the surface of the skin radiates heat, cooling your body between trips to the beach.

Summer, the Liver & Kidney

The heart is an extroverted organ. Summer festivals and late night gatherings with friends can seem all the more attractive in summer months. However, the overexertion eventually exhausts the liver, leaving you feeling irritable and depleted. Burning the midnight oil and extended sunlight hours can cause your eyes to sting and burn. Sweating also takes a significant toll on your body, bringing a loss of important electrolytes. The loss of electrolytes depletes the kidneys as well.

Summer and Your Emotions

The sweetness of carrots and raisins help cool your blood, soothe your liver and relax irritated tissues. Beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A, directly supports your liver and calms the eyes. Delicate orange blossom water provides a perfume that delights your senses, cooling an overheated summer mind. Together, the dish serves as the equivalent of sitting under a cool waterfall, refreshing your body, giving you more energy and peace of mind.

WHAT IS CARROT SALAD WITH ORANGE BLOSSOM, RAISINS & GRAPEFRUIT?

This salad makes a great picnic or summer potluck food - a colorful and playful celebration on the summer table.

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 Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit' 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 Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). 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.

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit
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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High Fiber Laxative

HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE

A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Blood Tonic

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.

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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.

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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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Opthalmic

OPTHALMIC

Benefits the eyes, vision tonic.

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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.

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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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Cholagogue

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.

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Constituents:
Soluble Fiber,
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

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

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

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, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Beta Carotene, Carbohydrate,
Rutin

RUTIN

Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit

  • Carrot

    Carrot has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Diuretic, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, High-fiber-laxative, Opthalmic, Alterative, Cholagogue, Livotonic

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, High-fiber-laxative, Opthalmic, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Alterative, Diuretic, Nutritive

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  • Dates (dried)

    Dates (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, High-fiber-laxative, Opthalmic, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Diuretic, Nutritive

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  • Pomegranate

    Pomegranate has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Alterative, Cholagogue, Opthalmic, Antioxidant, Livotonic

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  • Prunes (dried)

    Prunes (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Diuretic, Antioxidant, High-fiber-laxative, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Watermelon

    Watermelon has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Livotonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Alterative, Diuretic

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  • Cranberry Juice

    Cranberry Juice has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Diuretic, Antioxidant, Livotonic, Blood-tonic, Opthalmic

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  • Blueberry

    Blueberry has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Opthalmic, Alterative, Livotonic

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Nutritive, Alterative, High-fiber-laxative, Antioxidant, Livotonic

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Livotonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Cholagogue, Opthalmic

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  • Raisins

    Raisins has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, High-fiber-laxative, Alterative, Livotonic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Carrot Salad with Orange Blossom, Raisins & Grapefruit

  • Milk Thistle

    Milk Thistle has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic, Alterative, Antioxidant

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  • Bhringaraj

    Bhringaraj has these Actions in Common

    Opthalmic, Blood-tonic, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, Cholagogue, Diuretic

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Opthalmic, Alterative

    LEARN MORE

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, Diuretic, Nutritive, Alterative

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  • Punarnasava

    Punarnasava has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Alterative, Antioxidant, Cholagogue

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  • Guduchi

    Guduchi has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic

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  • Anantamul

    Anantamul has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-tonic, Diuretic, Livotonic

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  • Mahasudarshan

    Mahasudarshan has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic

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  • Bhumyamalaki

    Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Alterative, Cholagogue, Diuretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Dandelion Root

    Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Livotonic, Alterative, Cholagogue

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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. John, his wife Natalie and their 7 kids live in Asheville, NC

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