Shrimp, Plantain & Spinach Soup With Chickpea |
| 1 1/2 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 lbs | |
| 1/2 lbs | |
| 1/4 tsp |
* Peel, slice plantain
* Add all ingredients to a pot, cover with water.
* Bring to a boil then lower to a simmer.
* Simmer for 15 minutes.
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Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Shrimp, Olive Oil, Green Plantain
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo)
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Spinach, Green Plantain
Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Green Plantain
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 APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Green Plantain
Active Ingredients: Shrimp
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Green Plantain
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Shrimp, Green Plantain
STRONG BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Spinach
MILD REDUCES-SWEATING Suppresses sweating, often by cooling the metabolism, reducing blood flow to the skin, or closing pores.
Active Ingredients: Green Plantain
Active Ingredients: Shrimp
MILD CALMS-HEART An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'
Active Ingredients: Green Plantain
Active Ingredients: Shrimp
STRONG IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Shrimp, Spinach
STRONG TANNINS Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Green Plantain
STRONG PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Chickpea (Garbanzo)
STRONG PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Chickpea (Garbanzo)
STRONG VITAMIN-E Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Spinach
STRONG MAGNESIUM Helps muscles relax. Laxative.
Active Ingredients: Shrimp, Spinach
STRONG SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Spinach
STRONG FOLATE Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo), Spinach
Active Ingredients: Shrimp
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo)
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo)
Active Ingredients: Chickpea (Garbanzo)
MILD BETAINE Used to reduce homocysteine in the blood, which supports proper liver function and prevents fatigue and blood clots. Improves muscle stamina and weight loss.
Active Ingredients: Spinach
MILD NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Spinach
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Spinach
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Green Plantain
MILD RESISTANT-STARCH Active Ingredients: Green Plantain
MILD SALICYLATES Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.
Active Ingredients: Spinach
MILD CALCIUM Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
Active Ingredients: Spinach
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Spinach
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
Founder of Joyful Belly Ayurveda, John Immel, answers the question ‘What is Ayurveda?’
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