Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Sweet Potatoes With Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup


How to Make Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp
2 tbsp
4 c
1/3 c
1/4 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Preheat oven to 350F.

1. Slice 4 sweet potatoes in half. Slice the surface and place in a casserole.

2. Drizzle ghee, crushed walnuts and maple syrup over the top.

3. Sprinkle salt.

4. Cook until tender or 20 minutes.

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Metabolic Impact of Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup

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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato, Ghee, Walnuts

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Maple Syrup

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato, Ghee

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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: Maple Syrup, Sweet Potato, Ghee

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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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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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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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Other Health Virtues

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup
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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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

Active Ingredients: Ghee

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

MILD 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: Sweet Potato

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato, Walnuts

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Builds Stamina

MILD BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Tonic

MILD TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

Active Ingredients: Ghee

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Maple Syrup, Sweet Potato, Ghee, Walnuts

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Livotonic

LIVOTONIC

An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato, Ghee

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Constituents:
Fats

FATS

Active Ingredients: Ghee, Walnuts

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Catechins

MILD CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Betaine

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: Sweet Potato

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Tannins

MILD TANNINS

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Alpha Linolenic Acid

MILD ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Phytates

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Potassium

MILD POTASSIUM

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Vitamin C

MILD VITAMIN-C

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Vitamin A

MILD VITAMIN-A

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Protein

MILD PROTEIN

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Carbohydrate

MILD CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Essential Fatty Acids

MILD ESSENTIAL-FATTY-ACIDS

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Insoluble Fiber

MILD INSOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids

MILD OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACIDS

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Melatonin

MILD MELATONIN

Active Ingredients: Walnuts

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Beta Carotene

MILD BETA-CAROTENE

Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup

  • Butternut Squash

    Butternut Squash has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Nutritive

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  • Pumpkin

    Pumpkin has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Nutritive, Livotonic, Relieves-burning

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  • Beef

    Beef has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Nutritive, Livotonic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Livotonic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Nutritive, Tonic, Relieves-burning

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  • Bone Marrow / Fat

    Bone Marrow / Fat has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Tonic, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Tempeh

    Tempeh has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Sweet Potato

    Sweet Potato has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Egg Yolk

    Egg Yolk has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Avocado

    Avocado has these Actions in Common

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

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup

  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Tonic

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Massage with Oils

    Massage with Oils has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Joint Oil Soak (Sandhi / Kati / Griva Basti)

    Joint Oil Soak (Sandhi / Kati / Griva Basti) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Bala Taila

    Bala Taila has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Shatavari Ghee

    Shatavari Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Tonic

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Draksha Digestive Tonic

    Draksha Digestive Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Dashamoola Powder

    Dashamoola Powder has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Schisandra

    Schisandra has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Sweet Potatoes with Roasted Walnuts & Maple Syrup. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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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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