Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Orange Pound Cake


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"My question is, is it truly 1 pound of butter we are to use, or 2 sticks? Thank you"
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How to Make Orange Pound Cake

  • SERVINGS: 8
  • PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 90 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    MEDIUM

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: MEDIUM
2 c
1 c
1/3 c
6 whole
5 whole
3 c
1 tbsp
1 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE


  • Soften butter & preheat oven to 350
  • Cream all but 1 tbsp of the butter by whipping it in a stand-mixer. Remember to scrape the sides of the bowl 1/2 through for an even mixture.
  • Beat in 2c sugar and all the orange zest from the 6 oranges until the mixture is smooth. Remember to scrape the sides of the bowl and the zest off the mixer 1/2 through for an even mixture.
  • With a fork, slightly beat the eggs, juice from the oranges (about 3/4c), vanilla extract and salt. Mixing on medium low speed, pour the egg mixture slowly into the butter mixture. Scrape the sides then mix on high speed for 30 seconds.
  • Add the flour, 1/4c at a time, mixing on medium-low speed. Scrape the sides then mix on high speed for 30 seconds until the batter is completely even.
  • Grease a tube cake holder with the remaining butter. Sprinkle the remaining sugar around the sides.
  • Bake for 90 minutes on 350. Batter is done when a few crumbs still stick to the wooden skewer - ensuring the result is both cooked and not dried out. Note: A toothpick is not long enough to check the status of the pound cake.
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How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

This rich, heavy cake can help a Vata person to gain weight. Orange zest provides aromatic taste, which helps to digest the heaviness of the cake. The orange juice provides sour taste, which also helps to digest the food and balance the effects of the sugar.

The heavy, oily & sweet nature of this recipe will aggravate Kapha.

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Metabolic Impact of Orange Pound Cake

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, Orange Zest, Orange

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Butter (unsalted), Raw Sugar, Orange, Spelt Flour

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Butter (unsalted), Raw Sugar, Spelt Flour, Eggs

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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: Butter (unsalted), Raw Sugar, Spelt Flour, Orange, Eggs

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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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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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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

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: Orange Zest

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly & Magnolia Hill College, 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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Cora Wilfinger Manitowoc, WI
2021-04-07
“My question is, is it truly 1 pound of butter we are to use, or 2 sticks? Thank you"
Katie Clinton Ferndale, sligo, AL
2021-04-09
“This recipe uses 2cups of butter which, I believe, is about 230g!"
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