Minty Berry Juice |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 2 pinch |
1) If using fresh fruits, juice them in a juicer or puree in a blender with 5-10 mint leaves. You may also use blueberry or pomegranate juice, mixing them into the elixir afterwards.
2) Add coconut water and ground cardamom
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Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.
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Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Mint, Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate, Coconut Water
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate, Coconut Water, Mint
Active Ingredients: Mint, Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Coconut Water, Pomegranate
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: Cardamom, Mint
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
MILD QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
STRONG APPETIZER Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint
STRONG ANTACID Herbs that neutralize acidity in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach in particular.
Active Ingredients: Pomegranate, Coconut Water
Active Ingredients: Mint
Active Ingredients: Mint
Active Ingredients: Mint
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: Blueberry, Coconut Water
Active Ingredients: Mint
STRONG ANTIDEPRESSANT Herbs that lift feelings of depression, benefit the mind and improve mental function.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Mint
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Mint
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint
Active Ingredients: Mint
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG REFRIGERANT An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate, Coconut Water
STRONG 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: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG OPTHALMIC Benefits the eyes, vision tonic.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG ANTIOXIDANT An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
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: Cardamom
STRONG KIDNEY-TONIC An herb that strengthens the kidneys.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry
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: Blueberry, Pomegranate, Coconut Water
STRONG ANTISPASMODIC Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint
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: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG POLYPHENOLS Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry, Pomegranate
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Blueberry
STRONG VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Blueberry
STRONG SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Blueberry
STRONG RESVERATROL Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.
Active Ingredients: Blueberry
STRONG TANNINS Active Ingredients: Pomegranate
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Mint
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Pomegranate
Active Ingredients: Mint
Active Ingredients: Mint
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Coconut Water
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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