AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE ON FEEL UNDERWEIGHT

A low body weight may cause an unsettling sense of lightness, ungroundedness, or weakness. It is important to determine the cause of weight loss. Unexplained weight loss can be serious - please see a doctor if you have chronic weight loss issues. Common causes of weight loss:

• Insufficient caloric intake
• Malabsorption, loose bowel movements, & vomiting
• Excess urination or sweating causing electrolyte depletion
• Hyperactivity, hyperthyroid
• Excessive thinking, intense emotions, or stress
• Parasites, cancer

Try eating regular meals and soups that are warm and nourishing (ojas building), using plenty of oil and ghee. Grains like basmati rice, vegetables like sweet potatoes, and warming spices like cinnamon are good for grounding and strengthening the body. Salt can improve water retention, essential for improving absorption of calories.

Find grounding through exercises like gentle yoga, stretching, and light walking can prove beneficial. Avoid energy burning activities like thinking and vigorous exercise. Reduce hyperactivity. Take a tip from sumo wrestlers: The most effective way to gain weight is resting, and even sleeping, after meals.

Take note of any fluid loss, as these will deplete electrolytes. Common signs of fluid loss include loose stools, clear urine, and excessive sweating. Avoid sweating where possible.

Avoid cleansing, raw foods, and a diet high in greens - these activities increase weight loss. Avoid spicy foods, and other foods that increase metabolism.

Augment your diet with these specially chosen ingredients below which may be useful for 'Feel underweight'. Individual results vary depending the cause of your imbalance and by constitution. Please research the ingredients below to find which are most helpful for you, and check with your doctor before making any changes to your health and wellness routine. Please check with your medical doctor before making any changes to your health & wellness routine, and for the proper use of these products.

WEIGHT LOSS TIPS

DISCLAIMER: The pathogenesis of each person's condition is unique, and so the diet must be fit to the individual and the unique root causes of the condition in your body. The information on this page is for educational purposes only and should not be used to treat a medical condition. It is not a substitute for medical care. Please check with your doctor before making any changes to your health and wellness routine.

Everything you eat has an effect on your body, which Ayurveda categorizes in a simple and easy way, using biocharacteristics (gunas). Biocharacteristics are qualities (like cold and hot) that describe the effect a food or herb has on your body. Cooling foods like cucumber, decrease metabolism. Heating foods like chili pepper, stimulate your body and increase metabolism. For 'Feel underweight', you should select foods with the following biocharacteristics. Individual results will vary, based on your body type and the root cause of your imbalance.

Mind, Stress & Sleep:

Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Sedative

SEDATIVE

Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.

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Energy Vitality:

Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

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.

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Heart & Circulation:

Rebuild Electrolytes

REBUILD-ELECTROLYTES

Substances that increase your electrolyte balance. Electrolytes help you retain water, keep your palate moist, and truly quench your thirst.

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Rebuilds Fluids

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

Herbs or substances that create moisture in the body and increase fluids.

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Strength, Muscle Health:

Ojas

OJAS

Ojas is the essence of healthy tissue, immunity, stable energy and happiness. Substances that improve ojas are recommended after long-term illness, debility, emotional and physical trauma, and even sadness.

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Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

AVOID ACCUMULATION IN STAGE OF DISEASE 0

FEEL UNDERWEIGHT IS IN STAGE OF DISEASE 0 - POTENTIAL CAUSE

Potential causes increase and disturb your imbalanced doshas and biocharacteristics, causing them to accumulate and spiral out of control. For example, if you're overheated and eat a chili pepper, heat may become excessive and cause disease. As a dosha or biocharacteristic accumulates in your body according to your dietary and lifestyle habits, it is more and more likely to cause disease. You can reduce an imbalanced dosha or biocharacteristic in two ways, by removing, or lessening the frequency of aggravating causes from your diet and lifestyle, as well as by favoring balancing diet and lifestyle practices. For example, try eating something as cool as a cucumber when you're overheated, instead of a chili pepper. (See all disease stages on JB)

GET MY FREE AYURVEDA BODY MAP 'Feel underweight' is likely to aggravate the following doshas and biocharacteristics. If you have a systemic imbalance of one of these doshas or biocharacteristics, Ayurveda would generally recommend removing, substitute or lessen the frequency of 'Feel underweight'.

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The following symptoms & habits may be related to 'Feel underweight'. See your quiz results for a computerized assessment of your body type. Please click on the symptoms below to learn more about them. On average the biocharacteristics of people reporting Feel underweight were less aggravated than 72% of other symptoms. From the 2,358 people who reported Feel underweight average deviation in biocharacteristic levels were the following:

Risk Factors of Feel underweight

Complications of Those Reporting Feel underweight

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