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Carrot Soup With Sunflower Seeds & Raisins


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"This is so good and so easy. I have been wanting to really like a carrot soup for years and this one is it. I think..."
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How to Make Carrot Soup with Sunflower Seeds & Raisins

INGREDIENTS

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

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Chop carrots. Add all ingredients to a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Cook until carrots and sunflower seeds are tender.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

An easy to digest meal.

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.

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Metabolic Nature of Carrot Soup with Sunflower Seeds & Raisins

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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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

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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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AGGRAVATES
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 & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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Other

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Carrot Soup with Sunflower Seeds & Raisins
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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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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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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Antilithic

ANTILITHIC

An herb that dissolves / breaks up stones (gallstones or kidney stones) so that it can be passed.

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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.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Skin Tonic

SKIN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens and nourishes skin, improving tone, color, moisture and complexion.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

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

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Lung Tonic

LUNG-TONIC

Strengthens the lungs. Lung tonics include antifibrotic, vessel tonic, or nourishing herbs with an affinity for the lungs. They aid recovery in acute or chronic lung conditions.

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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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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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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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Constituents:
Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

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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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, Soluble Fiber, Fats, Protein,
Magnesium

MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

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, Phosphorous, Vitamin K, Vitamin A,
Phytates

PHYTATES

Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.

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, Vitamin E, Carbohydrate, Beta Carotene, Sodium

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  • Carrot

    Carrot has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Opthalmic, Alterative, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Lung-tonic, Skin-tonic, Antilithic, Cholagogue, High-fiber-laxative, Nutritive, Tonic, Antioxidant, Diuretic

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Opthalmic, Cholagogue, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Alterative, General-laxative, Nutritive, Skin-tonic

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  • Dates (dried)

    Dates (dried) has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Stinging Nettles

    Stinging Nettles has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Antilithic, Lung-tonic, Strengthens-resolve, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, Alterative

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  • Butternut Squash

    Butternut Squash has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive, Tonic, Livotonic, Opthalmic, Alterative, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Nutritive, Tonic, High-fiber-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Blood-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Skin-tonic

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  • Pomegranate

    Pomegranate has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, High-fiber-laxative, Nutritive, Cholagogue, Livotonic, Alterative, General-laxative, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Sorghum Flour

    Sorghum Flour has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Nutritive, Diuretic, Lung-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, High-fiber-laxative, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Prunes (dried)

    Prunes (dried) has these Actions in Common

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

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Carrot Soup with Sunflower Seeds & Raisins

  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Tonic, Antilithic, Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Lung-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Opthalmic, Skin-tonic, Tonic, Alterative, Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Nutritive

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Strengthens-resolve, Tonic, Alterative, Antioxidant, Blood-tonic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Skin-tonic, Tonic, Alterative, Antilithic

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  • Bhringaraj

    Bhringaraj has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic, Opthalmic, Skin-tonic, Tonic, Blood-tonic

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Tonic, Alterative, Diuretic, Livotonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Bhumyamalaki

    Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Livotonic, Skin-tonic, Alterative, Cholagogue, Diuretic

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  • Milk Thistle

    Milk Thistle has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Antilithic, Antioxidant, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Livotonic

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  • Red Clover

    Red Clover has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic, Alterative, Antilithic, Diuretic, Lung-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Anantamul

    Anantamul has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Diuretic, Skin-tonic, Tonic, Alterative

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  • Triphala

    Triphala has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Diuretic, General-laxative, Opthalmic, Skin-tonic

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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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Alise Dresser, WI
2013-12-04
“Wonderful, light soup. Add more raisins and eat it all up the first day if you want more sweetness; leave some for the next day to enjoy melded flavors and even more tender sunflower seeds."
Laura Brink Santa fe, NM
2017-03-26
“This is so good and so easy. I have been wanting to really like a carrot soup for years and this one is it. I think because it is so simple it really is about the carrots. yum. Thank you very much."
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