Watermelon & Grated Raw Beet Salad |
| 2 c | |
| 2 c | |
| 1 lbs | |
| 1/2 c |
1. Deseed and cube watermelon.
2. Grate raw beets.
3. Layer watermelon and beets over a bed of arugula.
4. Garnish with alfalfa sprouts.
Preparation notes:
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Active Ingredients: Arugula, Beets, Watermelon, Alfalfa Sprouts
Active Ingredients: Beets, Alfalfa Sprouts, Arugula, Watermelon
Active Ingredients: Arugula, Watermelon, Alfalfa Sprouts
Active Ingredients: Arugula, Alfalfa Sprouts, Watermelon
Active Ingredients: Arugula, Watermelon
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 RED-BLOOD Red blood (Rakta Dhatu) includes red blood cells and blood vessels.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Watermelon
MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Arugula
Active Ingredients: Arugula, Beets, Alfalfa Sprouts
MILD RELAXES-EYES Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.
Active Ingredients: Beets
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: Beets
MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Alfalfa Sprouts
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Beets
Active Ingredients: Alfalfa Sprouts, Beets, Watermelon
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: Watermelon, Alfalfa Sprouts
MILD IRRITATES-KIDNEY Tight, sharp pain just below ribs in the back.
Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD 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: Beets, Watermelon
Active Ingredients: Beets, Arugula
MILD MUSCLE-RELAXANT Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.
Active Ingredients: Beets
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Beets, Arugula, Watermelon
Active Ingredients: Beets, Alfalfa Sprouts
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: Beets
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Beets, Alfalfa Sprouts
MILD OMEGA-3-FATTY-ACIDS Active Ingredients: Arugula
MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD MANGANESE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Beets
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: Arugula
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD FOLATE Active Ingredients: Beets
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Arugula
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