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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix


How to Make Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix

INGREDIENTS

1 c
1 tsp
1 tsp
1 tbsp
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Grind coriander seed. Mix honey with cayenne and coriander. Heat oil. Brown sunflower seeds in oil and tamari. Remove from heat and place in a container. Mix with honey sauce.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

A grounding, oily in snack. Provokes Kapha in excess. Sour and salty tamari, pungent spices and sweet honey provide four of the six tastes.

WHAT IS HONEY & TAMARI SUNFLOWER SEED MIX?

A delicious warming snack, sweet, savory and spicy.

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Metabolic Effects of Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix

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

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / 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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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds, Cayenne Pepper, Tamari

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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
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying

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
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
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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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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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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Other Health Virtues

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

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

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

Active Ingredients: Coriander Seed

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix
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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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

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: Sunflower Seeds

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Satisfies Stomach

STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds, Honey

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: Coriander Seed, Cayenne Pepper

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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: Coriander Seed

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Constituents:
Phytates

STRONG 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.

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Fats

STRONG FATS

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Protein

STRONG PROTEIN

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Phosphorous

STRONG PHOSPHOROUS

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Vitamin E

STRONG VITAMIN-E

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Magnesium

STRONG MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

Active Ingredients: Sunflower Seeds

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix

  • Tempeh

    Tempeh has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Butternut Squash

    Butternut Squash has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Avocado

    Avocado has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Diuretic

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  • Buckwheat

    Buckwheat has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Popped Amaranth

    Popped Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Tofu

    Tofu has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Amaranth

    Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Diuretic

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  • Sorghum Flour

    Sorghum Flour has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Corn Flour

    Corn Flour has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Grits

    Grits has these Actions in Common

    Satisfies-stomach, Diuretic, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Honey & Tamari Sunflower Seed Mix

  • Blue Vervain

    Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Blue Cohosh

    Blue Cohosh has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Motherwort

    Motherwort has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Asparagus root

    Asparagus root has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive

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  • Elder flower

    Elder flower has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Massage with Oils

    Massage with Oils has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Cumin, Coriander, Fennel Tea

    Cumin, Coriander, Fennel Tea has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people 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 also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, 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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