Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Lemon Raspberry Sorbet


How to Make Lemon Raspberry Sorbet

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1/2 c
7 c
1 whole
2/3 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water, and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved and remove from heat.

2. Blend raspberries with juice from lemon until smooth. Strain solid material if desired for a smoother result. For more fiber, keep the solids.

3. Combine fruits and syrup. Cover and place in fridge overnight to chill.

4. Use an ice-cream maker if you have one. Otherwise place in the freezer. Stir every fifteen minutes when it starts to freeze.

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How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Nourishing to Vata and Pitta in the liver.

WHAT IS LEMON RASPBERRY SORBET?

Sweet, sour and filled with berry goodness! Like drinking summer sunshine.

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Metabolic Impact of Lemon Raspberry Sorbet

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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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Raspberry, Water

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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: Raw Sugar, Raspberry

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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

Active Ingredients: Raspberry, Lemon

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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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Lemon Raspberry Sorbet
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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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Lemon, Water

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Wakes You Up

STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Lemon

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Makes You Tired

STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Makes Jittery

STRONG MAKES-JITTERY

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Relaxes Eyes

MILD RELAXES-EYES

Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Refreshes Skin

MILD REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Calms Heart

MILD CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Constituents:
Flavonoids

STRONG FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

Active Ingredients: Raspberry, Lemon

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Carbohydrate

STRONG CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Tannins

STRONG TANNINS

Active Ingredients: Raspberry

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Polyphenols

STRONG POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

Active Ingredients: Raspberry, Lemon

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Quercitin

STRONG QUERCITIN

Active Ingredients: Raspberry

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Rutin

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: Lemon

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Lemon Raspberry Sorbet

  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Calms-heart, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst

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  • Orange

    Orange has these Actions in Common

    Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Quenches-thirst, Stimulates-energy

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  • Mint (Fresh)

    Mint (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Grapefruit

    Grapefruit has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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  • Coffee

    Coffee has these Actions in Common

    Makes-jittery, Wakes-you-up, Makes-you-tired, Stimulates-energy

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Raw Sugar

    Raw Sugar has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Wakes-you-up, Makes-jittery

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  • Seltzer Water / Club Soda

    Seltzer Water / Club Soda has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Lemon Raspberry Sorbet

  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Long inhale, short exhale

    Long inhale, short exhale has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Triphala Eye Wash

    Triphala Eye Wash has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes

    LEARN MORE

  • Reduced lemon juice

    Reduced lemon juice has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing

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  • Cold Shower / Bath

    Cold Shower / Bath has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE

  • Prickly Ash

    Prickly Ash has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Homemade Nasya Oil

    Homemade Nasya Oil has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Sniff raw onions, chopped

    Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE

  • Nasya Oil

    Nasya Oil has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)

    Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Lemon Raspberry Sorbet 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.

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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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