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Multigrain Pancakes

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How to Make Multigrain Pancakes

SERVINGS: 2
PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 15 MINUTES

MEAL: BREAKFAST
STYLE: WESTERN

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp
1 c
1 tsp
1 tsp
1/2 c
1/4 c
1/4 c
1/4 tsp
2 pinch
2 pinch
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Mix the water, sucanat, and sunflower oil. Mix together the remaining ingredients in a separate container. Combine. Let sit for 5 minutes. Stir and make pancakes as normal.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Bran is high in fiber and thus supports the colon and regular bowel movements. But wheat is heavy and the griddle can be buttery provoking Kapha dosha.

WHAT IS MULTIGRAIN PANCAKES?

These brancakes are soft and moist with crunchy edges, and fill the whole house with a nutty aroma.

AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

Is Multigrain Pancakes Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Multigrain Pancakes' is a good fit. Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.
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INCREASES
Guna Help

Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)

Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick. Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

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TASTES
Taste Help

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.

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.

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DOSHAS
Dosha Help

The Three Doshas / Body Types

According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine, people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person. Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness. Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency. Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses. The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.

The 3 functional body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha). Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry. Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed. Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.

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PACIFIES
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta aggravating
HAS THE FOLLOWING
Subtaste:
Aromatic

STRONG 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.

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Bland

BLAND

Bland means doesn't have much taste. In Chinese medicine, bland taste refers to afood without little macronutrients, such as cabbage, radish or bok choy.

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HERBAL ACTIONS
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Multigrain Pancakes
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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.

Nerve Relaxant Grounding

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.

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Sedative

SEDATIVE

Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Dries Mouth

DRIES-MOUTH

Makes the mouth feel dry, or pasty.

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Diuretic

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.

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Constituents:
Carbohydrate,
Phytates

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.

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Inositol

INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Multigrain Pancakes

Sorghum Flour

Sorghum Flour has these Actions in Common

Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative, Diuretic, Nutritive, Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach

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Tempeh

Tempeh has these Actions in Common

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

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Hemp Seed

Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

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

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Tofu

Tofu has these Actions in Common

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

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Saffron

Saffron has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Sedative, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive

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Beer

Beer has these Actions in Common

Diuretic, Sedative, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach

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Potato

Potato has these Actions in Common

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

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Millet

Millet has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash has these Actions in Common

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

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Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Egg Yolk

Egg Yolk has these Actions in Common

Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach

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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Multigrain Pancakes

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative, Stimulates-energy

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Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common

Sedative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Elecampane

Elecampane has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Sedative, Stimulates-energy

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Gokshura

Gokshura has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Sedative, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Vidari

Vidari has these Actions in Common

Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Soothes-throat

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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Sedative

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Kapha Shirodhara Oil

Kapha Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

Sedative, Diaphoretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Shirodhara Treatment

Shirodhara Treatment has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Sedative, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Self Massage

Self Massage has these Actions in Common

Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Sedative

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Hops

Hops has these Actions in Common

Diuretic, Sedative, Diaphoretic

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Blue Cohosh

Blue Cohosh has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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About John Joseph Immel

About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel, as well as public service work in South Asia. John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem. His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion. John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing. In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.

John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots, and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church. Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick. That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well. Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.

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Comments & Impressions of 'Multigrain Pancakes'

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Great question - with many answers. There are many ways to leaven bread. Even whipping air into the batter helps. Baking soda may work if you add a pinch of sour, like vinegar or yogurt to the batter.
what is sucanat?
- hila, Tel aviv , 08-22-13 (Reply)
Sucanat is a variety or raw, unrefined evaporated cane sugar. Just click on the ingredient to get more detail.

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