Carrot With Coconut Butter & Nettles |
| 1 c | |
| 4 whole | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 lbs |
1) Follow the directions for making two cups of coconut butter in advance.
2) Chop carrots and nettles. Place in medium saucepan with 2tbsp coconut butter and salt. Add water to just cover the vegetables.
3) Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until carrots and nettle are tender and liquid is reduced to 1/3.
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Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Carrot
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
Active Ingredients: Carrot
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Carrot
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.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles, Salt (Mineral Salt)
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
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Carrot, Stinging Nettles
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Carrot, Stinging Nettles
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Stinging Nettles
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, Carrot, Stinging Nettles
STRONG 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: Carrot, Stinging Nettles
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, Carrot
STRONG RAISES-THYROID An herb that increases thyroid function.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
STRONG PROMOTES-VIRILITY Encourages virility and potency.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Stinging Nettles
STRONG SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Carrot
STRONG FATS Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Carrot
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD 5A-REDUCTASE-INHIBITOR Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD SILICA-SALTS Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
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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