Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Dates With Shredded Coconut


How to Make Dates with Shredded Coconut

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Split the date, turn inside out and mash with finger. Roll in coconut flakes and serve.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Dates with coconut build ojas. Add some ginger for digestibility. Drying for Vata - eat with alternate sips of warm water.

WHAT IS DATES WITH SHREDDED COCONUT?

Dates are the tropical fruit of the first decade in millenium 2000. Coconut brings texture and fats.

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Metabolic Impact of Dates with Shredded Coconut

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). 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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Dates (dried)

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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.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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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Other Health Virtues

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

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

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Dates with Shredded Coconut
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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Antacid

MILD ANTACID

Herbs that neutralize acidity in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach in particular.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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General Laxative

MILD GENERAL-LAXATIVE

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

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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High Fiber Laxative

MILD 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

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Brain Tonic

MILD 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

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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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.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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Demulcent

MILD DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Anti Inflammatory

MILD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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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.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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Alterative

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Opthalmic

MILD OPTHALMIC

Benefits the eyes, vision tonic.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Diuretic

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: Dates (dried)

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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.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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Raises Thyroid

MILD RAISES-THYROID

An herb that increases thyroid function.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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Promotes Fertility

MILD PROMOTES-FERTILITY

An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Promotes Virility

MILD PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

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Aphrodisiac

MILD APHRODISIAC

Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Uterine Tonic

MILD UTERINE-TONIC

An herb that tonifies and strengthens the uterus. Helpful for menstrual difficulties and fertility. Often herbs that increase ojas, but also circulation to reproductive system.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Muscle Tonic

MILD MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Constituents:
Soluble Fiber

SOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried), Coconut Flakes

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Potassium

MILD POTASSIUM

Active Ingredients: Dates (dried)

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Dates with Shredded Coconut

  • Dates (dried)

    Dates (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Livotonic, Opthalmic, Uterine-tonic, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-fertility, Alterative, Demulcent, High-fiber-laxative, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, High-fiber-laxative, Opthalmic, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Livotonic, Tonic, Alterative, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Nutritive, Uterine-tonic, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Coconut Cream

    Coconut Cream has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Blood-tonic

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  • Coconut Flakes

    Coconut Flakes has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Coconut Butter

    Coconut Butter has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, General-laxative, Nutritive, Tonic, Blood-tonic, High-fiber-laxative, Promotes-virility, Brain-tonic, Muscle-tonic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Stimulates-energy, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, Antacid, General-laxative, Raises-thyroid

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  • Carrot

    Carrot has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Flower / Bee Pollen

    Flower / Bee Pollen has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Promotes-virility, Aphrodisiac, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Promotes-fertility, Tonic

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  • Coconut Oil

    Coconut Oil has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid

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  • Ghee

    Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Antacid, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, General-laxative, Nutritive, Tonic, Livotonic, Promotes-fertility

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Dates with Shredded Coconut

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Antacid, Promotes-virility, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, General-laxative, Nutritive, Alterative, Opthalmic

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Promotes-virility, Anti-inflammatory, Tonic, Aphrodisiac, Uterine-tonic, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Diuretic, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Uterine-tonic, Demulcent, Diuretic, Livotonic, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Alterative, Tonic

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  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Tonic, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility

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  • Anantamul

    Anantamul has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Diuretic, Livotonic, Promotes-fertility, Tonic, Alterative, Uterine-tonic

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  • Saw Palmetto

    Saw Palmetto has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Raises-thyroid, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Uterine-tonic, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Muscle-tonic

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, General-laxative, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Tonic, Antacid, Uterine-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Aphrodisiac

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Uterine-tonic, Alterative, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Diuretic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Tonic

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  • Draksha Digestive Tonic

    Draksha Digestive Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Uterine-tonic, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Blood-tonic

    LEARN MORE


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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Dates with Shredded Coconut may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Dates with Shredded Coconut may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Dates with Shredded Coconut. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, offers professional clinical training in 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's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, classical Christian philosophy for mental wellness, languages (French, Arabic, Bengali), 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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