Coconut & Sweet Potato Soup With Nettles |
| 1 c | |
| 3 c | |
| 2 c | |
| 1/2 inch | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 whole | |
| 1/4 lbs |
Express lime juice into a medium sauce pot. Grate ginger with a cheese grater. Add all ingredients except nettles to the pot. Bring to a boil them simmer on low heat until potatoes are tender. Puree in blender. Add nettles and parboil for 3 minutes. Note: if using dried nettles add 2 TBSP only. Serve.
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Active Ingredients: Water, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh), Lime
Active Ingredients: Water, Lime
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Sweet Potato
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: Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Water, Lime
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Water
STRONG 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: Coconut Milk, Sweet Potato
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk
MILD STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lime
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 Milk, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Sweet Potato, Stinging Nettles
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Ginger (Fresh)
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lime
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Stinging Nettles, Sweet Potato
MILD SOOTHES-THROAT Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk
MILD IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
MILD 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 (Fresh)
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: Stinging Nettles
MILD 5A-REDUCTASE-INHIBITOR Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
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: Sweet Potato
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles, Lime
MILD SILICA-SALTS Active Ingredients: Stinging Nettles
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Lime
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Coconut Milk
MILD INSOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
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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