College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Peaches With Blueberries & Mint


How to Make Peaches with Blueberries & Mint

INGREDIENTS

2 whole
1/2 tsp
1/4 tsp
1/4 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Cut peaches in flat circles as opposed to wedges, exposing more surface area to taste buds. Slice blueberries in half.

Place peaches in a bowl and sprinkle with raw sugar. Chop fresh mint finely. Garnish with blueberries and mint.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Each little sweet bite of blueberry cools the mind. Mint is a refreshing aromatic digestive clearing the stomach. Peaches are slightly warming and sour. The gush of hydrating juiciness that we enjoy in a peach comes from its slight sourness. Sour taste tingles the taste buds and, wipe your chin, causes a burst of saliva that actually enhances the sensitivity of your taste buds and your experience eating them.

Peaches & Digestive Juices

How do you know When peaches and others foods are a digestive? The same impulse that releases saliva cascades into the stomach. When we feel the surge of saliva in the mouth, its an indicator that all digestive glands have been stimulated. Sour even affects and keeps the colon juicy, not to mention it's fiber content encourages healthy elimination.

WHAT IS PEACHES WITH BLUEBERRIES & MINT?

Sticky peach fingers are the joyful and juicy abundance of summer. As peach stands pop up in your local neighborhood, capture the opportunity to enjoy one of nature's healthiest and refreshing desserts. Mint cleanses the palate. Peaches with blueberries and mint is best enjoyed as an appetizer 1 hr before a meal.

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 Peaches with Blueberries & Mint Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Peaches with Blueberries & Mint' 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.

Metabolic Nature of Peaches with Blueberries & Mint

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). 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.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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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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.

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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

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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

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Peaches with Blueberries & Mint
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

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Stool Softener

STOOL-SOFTENER

Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.

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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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High Fiber Laxative

HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE

A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

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

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Constituents:
Salicylates

SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

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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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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

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

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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, Soluble Fiber, Vitamin K,
Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

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Resveratrol

RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

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Flavonoids

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.

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, Vitamin C

Foods with a Similar Nature to Peaches with Blueberries & Mint

  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    High-fiber-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst

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  • Peaches

    Peaches has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, General-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive, Wakes-you-up

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  • Apple (cooked)

    Apple (cooked) has these Actions in Common

    High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener, Nutritive, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst

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  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stool-softener, Quenches-thirst, High-fiber-laxative, Refreshing

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, General-laxative, Stool-softener, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, High-fiber-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive, Wakes-you-up

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, General-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • Apricot (dried)

    Apricot (dried) has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, General-laxative, Stool-softener, High-fiber-laxative

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  • Almond Butter

    Almond Butter has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Stool-softener, High-fiber-laxative, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Peaches with Blueberries & Mint

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Stool-softener, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Nutritive

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  • Cleaning the Colon: Safe Enema at Home

    Cleaning the Colon: Safe Enema at Home has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • How to Do a Home Enema Guidebook

    How to Do a Home Enema Guidebook has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • Psyllium Seed Fiber Supplement

    Psyllium Seed Fiber Supplement has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, High-fiber-laxative, Stool-softener

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Nutritive, Stool-softener

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Refreshing

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Refreshing

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Long inhale, short exhale

    Long inhale, short exhale has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda 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. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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