Red Onion, Tomato & Herb Salad |
| 3 tbsp | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 4 whole | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 2 pinch | |
| 2 pinch |
Chop the tomatoes. Mix the other ingredients and pour over tomatoes.
Constitutional nutrition is tailored to the individual. In the kitchen, especially during your family’s formative years, you shape your family's lifelong health.
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.
Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine, constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body, so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance. See How it Works.
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Active Ingredients: Tomato
Active Ingredients: Basil, Red Onion (raw), Apple Cider Vinegar
Active Ingredients: Basil, Red Onion (raw), Apple Cider Vinegar
Active Ingredients: Basil, Raw Sugar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Thyme (fresh)
Active Ingredients: Tomato, Red Onion (raw), Raw Sugar
Active Ingredients: Tomato, Apple Cider Vinegar
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.
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.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Oregano, Thyme (fresh)
STRONG QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Tomato
Active Ingredients: Red Onion (raw)
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG GENERAL-LAXATIVE Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.
Active Ingredients: Tomato, Red Onion (raw), Apple Cider Vinegar
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Red Onion (raw), Apple Cider Vinegar, Thyme (fresh)
Active Ingredients: Red Onion (raw)
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Red Onion (raw), Thyme (fresh)
MILD CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Oregano
MILD WARMS-HEAD An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.
Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD WARMS-EARS Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.
Active Ingredients: Basil
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: Tomato, Apple Cider Vinegar
STRONG HYPOTENSIVE An herb that lowers blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Tomato, Red Onion (raw)
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: Basil
MILD CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
Active Ingredients: Olive Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar
STRONG APHRODISIAC Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.
Active Ingredients: Tomato, Red Onion (raw)
STRONG QUERCITIN Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG MELATONIN Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Red Onion (raw)
Active Ingredients: Red Onion (raw)
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Thyme (fresh)
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Olive Oil
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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