Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 I am looking for some ideas on what to cook for my husband in the evening. He is kapha body type and significantly overweight. Are beans ok at night? what grains would be ok? or should he have salad? I have also read that Kapha body type should not eat tofu. Why is this? and are other soy products ok for Kapha? like soy cheese, tvp, soy flakes etc. thank you tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 KAPHA FOOD PROGRAM Foods listed as "best" may be eaten without reservation on a daily basis. Foods listed as "small amounts" may be eaten in small portions fairly-often or in larger portions once or twice per week. Foods listed as "avoid" should be eaten only on rare occasions. Remember, it is not what you do occasionally that matters. Long-term habits determine your health. Healthy habits create a healthy life. Unhealthy habits lead to an unhealthy life. TASTES: Best: Pungent, bitter, astringent Avoid: Sweet, sour, salty FOOD GROUPS GRAINS: Toasted breads are very good as they are drier. Best: Barley, corn flour, basmati rice, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat. Small amounts: Millet, rye. Avoid: Wheat, whole wheat, long or short grain rice (white or brown), oats. DAIRY: It is best to use raw or organic milk. Milk should be drunk warm with a small amount of ginger and cardamom. Best: Goats milk, skim milk or soymilk. Avoid: Cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, ice cream, kefir, sour cream. SWEETENERS: Best: Ray honey only, (Look for honey that is more than six months old or store some jars). Avoid: Fructose, maple syrup, molasses, raw sugar, white, and brown sugars. OILS: Use all oils in small amounts. Even the best oils, overused will aggravate Kapha. Best: Corn, sunflower, canola, flaxseed, safflower, soy, mustard. Avoid: Almond, avocado, castor, coconut, olive, peanut, sesame. SPICES: When spicing, the overall spiciness is more important than individual spices. Even some avoid spices can be used if balanced with other spices on the best list. For Kapha, food should be spiced hot and never bland. Best: Anise, basil, bay leaves, black pepper, Calamus, chamomile, caraway, cardamom, catnip, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, fenugreek, garlic, ginger, horseradish, hyssop, marjoram, mustard, nutmeg, oregano, peppermint, poppy seeds, rosemary, saffron, sage, spearmint, star anise, thyme, turmeric. Hot spices are Best. Any spice not listed is probably fine. Avoid: Salt. FRUITS: Best: Prunes, apples, cranberries, grapefruit, pomegranate, cherries, raisins. Dried fruits as they are not too sweet Smaller amounts: Apricots, lemon, lime, papaya, pineapple. Avoid: Sweet fruits, grapes, banana, berries (raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, and strawberry), avocado, coconut, dates, figs, mango, pineapple, melons, watermelon, cantaloupe, oranges, plums, peaches, pears, persimmons, tangerines. VEGETABLES: Vegetables are best eaten raw during the summer and cooked during the winter and during times of digestive difficulty. In general, vegetables are good and even the "avoids" if eaten in small amounts will cause no harm. Best: Alfalfa sprouts, artichoke, asparagus, green beans, bell peppers, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, carrots, celery, chilies, hot pepper, cilantro, corn, lettuce and other leafy greens, mustard greens, onion, parsley, peas, potatoes, radish, seaweed, spinach, rutabagas/turnips. Small amounts: Mushrooms and tomato. Eat your vegetables raw during the summer and cooked during the winter, spring and fall. Avoid: Cucumber, sweet potato, zucchini, water chestnuts, beets, eggplant, okra and all squash. MEATS: If you choose to eat meat, limit consumption to 2-3 meals per week. Meat soups can be particularly nourishing during convalescence. Kapha individuals can thrive as a vegetarian. Best: Chicken and turkey, (dark meat only), rabbit, fresh water fish. Avoid: Seafood, beef, pork, lamb, duck, venison, shellfish, and eggs. LEGUMES: Best: Mung beans and red lentils, soybeans (tofu, soymilk), split peas. Small amounts: Adzuki, black gram, black beans, fava beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, lima beans. Avoid: Black lentils, chickpeas, peanuts. NUTS / SEEDS: Best: Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Small amounts: sesame seeds. Avoid: Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, coconut, filberts, lotus seeds, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pistachio, and walnuts. CONDIMENTS: Small amounts: Vinegar, catsup. Avoid: Salt, mayonnaise. BEVERAGES: Best: Two glasses of spring water per day in cool weather and three in hot weather unless doing extremely vigorous exercise and sweating. Herb teas (spicy or bitter), green vegetable juices, and cranberry juice. Small amounts: Tea, coffee, wheat grass juice, and carbonated mineral water. Avoid: Carrot juice, soft drinks, orange juice, and apple juice. FOR RECIPES SEE THE AYURVEDIC COOKBOOKS AVAILABLE AT HEALTH FOOD STORES Noel Gilbert Counselor Body, Mind & Soul LifeStyle Counselor Ayurveda - Herbalism Nutrition - Medical Astrology ayurveda [ayurveda] On Behalf Of tracey_rao Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:23 AM ayurveda <ayurveda> Ideas for Kapha dinner I am looking for some ideas on what to cook for my husband in the evening. He is kapha body type and significantly overweight. Are beans ok at night? what grains would be ok? or should he have salad? I have also read that Kapha body type should not eat tofu. Why is this? and are other soy products ok for Kapha? like soy cheese, tvp, soy flakes etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 thankyou for this list, it is very helpful. This list says tofu is good for Kapha type, but elsewhere I have read it is not. Does it depend on other factors? Also, buttermilk was recommended to me for Kapha and here it says to avoid. I would especially like to know about the tofu, as my husband was eating this regularly and I don't know if that was causing him difficulty in losing weight. tracey ayurveda, "Noel" <sattva wrote: > > KAPHA FOOD PROGRAM > Foods listed as "best" may be eaten without reservation on a daily basis. > > Foods listed as "small amounts" may be eaten in small portions fairly-often > or in larger portions once or twice per week. > > Foods listed as "avoid" should be eaten only on rare occasions. Remember, > it is not what you do occasionally that matters. Long-term habits determine > your health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Tofu and buttermilk are ok if eaten hot and spiced up. Most people cook something in with their Tofu. So add some hot spices at this time. Buttermilk can be very hard to digest if drank Cold. It should be warm with spices Also. Noel Gilbert Counselor Body, Mind & Soul LifeStyle Counselor Ayurveda - Herbalism Nutrition - Medical Astrology ayurveda [ayurveda] On Behalf Of tracey_rao Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:14 PM ayurveda <ayurveda> Re: Ideas for Kapha dinner thankyou for this list, it is very helpful. This list says tofu is good for Kapha type, but elsewhere I have read it is not. Does it depend on other factors? Also, buttermilk was recommended to me for Kapha and here it says to avoid. I would especially like to know about the tofu, as my husband was eating this regularly and I don't know if that was causing him difficulty in losing weight. tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Dear Tracey, Aside from the most excelent suggestions that have been provided by our members, I would like to add one simple addition. I think taking Kitcheree or Kitchadi is very effective to reduce Ama (toxins) and also reduce excess Kapha. Kitchadi is made from split mung (moong) beans and basmati rice. Using anti-kapha spices in this dish will help to balance the excess Kapha also. Taking Triphala is also a good method, and will balance all doshas. It took me a while to develop a recipe for Kitchadi that my family likes, so, experiment with it, and have fun doing so. You can find many many recipes on the web. Good luck and God Bless. Kind Regards, ayurveda, tracey_rao <no_reply wrote: > > I am looking for some ideas on what to cook for my husband in the > evening. He is kapha body type and significantly overweight. Are beans > ok at night? what grains would be ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 thankyou! so when choosing between milk and buttermilk for kapha type, which is preferable? tracey ayurveda, "Noel" <sattva wrote: > Tofu and buttermilk are ok if eaten hot and spiced up. Most people cook > something in with their Tofu. So add some hot spices at this time. >> Buttermilk can be very hard to digest if drank Cold. It should be warm with spices Also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ok Tracey ... I think we need to back up here for a moment. Correct me if I am wrong here, but sounds to me like you're trying to put your husband on a weight lose program using a Kapha pacifying diet. If this is the case you can be making a big mistake; just because your husband is over weight, doesn't mean that he has a Kapha constitution or even a Kapha imbalance. You can be over weight and have a Vata imbalance and if you put him on a Kapha pacifying diet with a Vata imbalance you very well could push him into a Vata Disease. You need to look at all his Pathology, signs and symptoms; and his Prakruti {primordial constitution you are born with} is not as near as important as his Vikruti {Doshic imbalance}. You really need to find a specialist in your area. The milk! The lighter the milk the better it will be for a Kapha imbalance... But! It should be raw milk, heated with some added spices to make it digestible. If you are dealing with a serous Kapha problem, then all milk should be avoided. There are a lot of other things he can drink... Noel Gilbert Counselor Body, Mind & Soul LifeStyle Counselor Ayurveda - Herbalism Nutrition - Medical Astrology thankyou! so when choosing between milk and buttermilk for kapha type, which is preferable? tracey ayurveda, "Noel" <sattva wrote: > Tofu and buttermilk are ok if eaten hot and spiced up. Most people cook > something in with their Tofu. So add some hot spices at this time. >> Buttermilk can be very hard to digest if drank Cold. It should be warm with spices Also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Thankyou Noel, yes we saw an ayurvedic doctor in NZ and along with several herbal medicines including gugul, liv 52, brento and some others i can't remember, he has recommend an anti-kapha diet. he said my husband is Kapha-vata constitution. and unfortunately he used to eat a lot of junk food (as a single guy) causing him to be close to 100 pounds overweight. now he is about 60 pounds overweight. even if he eats the same size meal as me, he will gain weight and I will not. So it is hard for him as he likes to eat a lot! especially sweets, and indian fried foods! what recommendations do you have instead of milk? the ayurvedic practitioner in NZ said in the morning cereal with skim milk would be ok, and also warm buttermilk. Not sure what would be the best kind of breakfast though. We didn't have a lot of time to discuss foods. Tracey ayurveda, "Noel" <sattva wrote: sounds to me like you're trying to put your husband on a > weight lose program using a Kapha pacifying diet. If this is the case you > can be making a big mistake; just because your husband is over weight, > doesn't mean that he has a Kapha constitution or even a Kapha imbalance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 dear tracy not all forms of obesity are created equal in fact, in is very common to see a vata-variant of obesity, which relates to a deficiency of key nutrients in tandem with an excess of others - basically, the mineral/vitamin depleted north american diet that is also rich in rapidly-digesting carbohydrates in such circumstances, the typical recommendations regarding diet to reduce kapha may not be appropriate, and in fact make the condition worse true kapha obesity will be symetrical, whereas the vata-type will be localized, particularly in the truncal-abdominal region two different conditions, and two VERY different approaches in diet are required for each best... todd caldecott ayurveda, tracey_rao <no_reply wrote: > > I am looking for some ideas on what to cook for my husband in the > evening. He is kapha body type and significantly overweight. Are beans > ok at night? what grains would be ok? > > or should he have salad? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 ayurveda, tracey_rao <no_reply wrote: > > thankyou for this list, it is very helpful. This list says tofu is > good for Kapha type, but elsewhere I have read it is not. Some info here suggests soy products not good for asians and particularly developing children: http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Dear That is a very interesting point you make about Kapha obeisity. It is interesting, because actually my husband has quite skinny legs and arms and carries all the weight in the stomach. he doesn't appear to be "big boned" although he is tall (6'1"). He currently weighs 225 pounds. Please can you point me in the direction of more information about this vata obeisity? thank you again, tracey > true kapha obesity will be symetrical, whereas the vata-type will be localized, particularly > in the truncal-abdominal region > > two different conditions, and two VERY different approaches in diet are required for each > > best... todd caldecott > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Hi Tracey . You really need to see an Ayurvedic specialist more then once or twice. Follow up and follow through is just as important as the first diagnose. Its important for the practitioner too see the reaction to the food and herbs; to fully understand the condition of the Srotas {Pathology or path ways through the body} a man has 14 where as a women has 16. Is that Srota dry? Wet? Inflamed? Does it have a fast flow? Excess flow? Blockage? or perforation? These are just a few things that have to be assessed and followed up on. Ayurveda is as close to an exact science that there can be. it has the least amount of trial and error that there is. You can even see the disease before the manifestation state. There are four stages of disease before this state, Accumulation, aggravation, overflow, relocation and finally manifestation. If your husband was born Kapha/Vata then he is probably ok with a Kapha pacifying diet for the short term. But if he has a Kapha/Vata imbalance then a Kapha pacifying diet could push him into developing tumors, {Vata pushing Kapha} and if this is the case then oily-ation is required before the Kapha pacifying diet. This forum {I believe} should be more for the exchange of Ayurvedic Knowledge, not a forum for diagnostics and prescribe treatment. Not that I don't want to help you but it is next to impossible to treat someone through e-mail. It is very important to see clients face to face, where as it could be life threating other wise. I do treat people online, but only when there is no other way. Breakfast! . Forget the milk . Breakfast is the best time to eat fruit... Noel Gilbert Counselor Body, Mind & Soul LifeStyle Counselor Ayurveda - Herbalism Nutrition - Medical Astrology Thankyou Noel, yes we saw an ayurvedic doctor in NZ and along with several herbal medicines including gugul, liv 52, brento and some others i can't remember, he has recommend an anti-kapha diet. he said my husband is Kapha-vata constitution. and unfortunately he used to eat a lot of junk food (as a single guy) causing him to be close to 100 pounds overweight. now he is about 60 pounds overweight. even if he eats the same size meal as me, he will gain weight and I will not. So it is hard for him as he likes to eat a lot! especially sweets, and indian fried foods! what recommendations do you have instead of milk? the ayurvedic practitioner in NZ said in the morning cereal with skim milk would be ok, and also warm buttermilk. Not sure what would be the best kind of breakfast though. We didn't have a lot of time to discuss foods. Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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