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Tahini & Honey Cereal


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How to Make Tahini & Honey Cereal

  • SERVINGS: 1
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • MEAL: BREAKFAST
  • STYLE: WESTERN
  • PREPARATION: RAW

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp
2 c
1 tbsp
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Mix tahini and honey with 2c warm water. Pour over cereal in bowl.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Warming Tahini and honey make this a perfect early morning winter snack!

WHAT IS TAHINI & HONEY CEREAL?

Warming, slightly pungent and sticky, making cereal into a kind of Rice Krispie(tm) treat or energy bar. Experiment with alternatives to milk in cereal. Great for a snack! Discovered by Rose in Albuquerque.

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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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Medicinal Effects of Tahini & Honey Cereal

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / 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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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

Active Ingredients: Puffed Rice, Honey

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Honey

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

Active Ingredients: Puffed Rice, Honey

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Puffed Rice

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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: Honey, Tahini

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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
Kapha pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating Vata 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
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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AGGRAVATES
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Tahini & Honey Cereal
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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Warms Abdomen

MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN

Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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General Laxative

STRONG GENERAL-LAXATIVE

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

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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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: Tahini

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Stimulates Energy

STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini

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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: Tahini

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Satisfies Stomach

MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Puffed Rice, Tahini

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Tonic

STRONG 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: Honey, Tahini

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Soothes Throat

MILD SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Promotes Virility

STRONG PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini

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Testosteronic

MILD TESTOSTERONIC

Androgenic. Stimulates testosterone.

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Muscle Tonic

STRONG MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini

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Constituents:
Coumarin

STRONG COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Aromatase Inhibitor

STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Carbohydrate

CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Puffed Rice

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Magnesium

MILD MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Calcium

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: Tahini

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Protein

MILD PROTEIN

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Iron

MILD IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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    Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-abdomen, General-laxative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, General-laxative, Nutritive

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, General-laxative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

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  • Lamb

    Lamb has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Honey

    Honey has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Soothes-throat, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Lamb's Quarters

    Lamb's Quarters has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Egg Yolk

    Egg Yolk has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Warms-abdomen, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Eggs

    Eggs has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Promotes-virility, Muscle-tonic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Tahini & Honey Cereal

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Testosteronic

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  • Balarishta- Vitality Tonic

    Balarishta- Vitality Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Damiana

    Damiana has these Actions in Common

    Testosteronic, Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Builds-stamina

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Eleuthero Ginseng

    Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

    Testosteronic, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Testosteronic

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  • Ashwagandha Arishta

    Ashwagandha Arishta has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-stamina, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Testosteronic

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  • Dashamoola Powder

    Dashamoola Powder has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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  • Saw Palmetto

    Saw Palmetto has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Testosteronic, Tonic

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About the Author

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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“Yes, it is supposed to be the consistency of milk..."
monty Ajax, ON
2014-01-04
“Hi John is honey bad for Vata ? how about raw honey"
Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2016-09-08
“Honey is generally contraindicated for Vata because it has a scraping/cleansing action in the body and Vata generally tends toward deficiency."
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