diet during DETOX

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The cusp between winter and spring is the best time to do an internal

cleansing program, to allow your body to remove the toxins that may

have collected over the long cold winter.

 

Detailed recommendations for this cleansing are already covered on this list

earlier at

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/635

 

Seeing that important dietary choices for pacifying each dosha are missing in

above article, they are provided here:

 

SIMPLIFIED DIET TO PACIFY- KAPHA

Favour Foods that are

• Dry

• Warm

• Light

• Spicy

• Bitter (green leafy vegetables, spices like fenugreek).

• Astringent (beans, lentils, unripe fruits)

 

Reduce food that are

• Oily

• Cold

• Heavy

• Sweet (sugar, wheat, rice, grapes, mangoes)

• Salty (pickles, chips)

• Sour (sour cream, cheese, yogurt, lime, orange)

 

SIMPLIFIED DIET TO PACIFY PITTA

Favour foods that are:

• Oily

• Heavy

• Cold

• Bitter

• Sweet (milk, rice)

• Astringent

 

Reduce foods that are:

• Dry

• Light

• Warm

• Salty

• Spicy

• Sour (cheese, tomatoes)

 

SIMPLIFIED DIET TO PACIFY " VATA "

This diet may be too heavy for `vatas' if their digestion is irregular or weak.

Favour foods that are:

• Oily

• Heavy

• Warm

• Sweet (rice, milk, wheat)

• Sour (yogurt, tomatoes, citrus fruit)

• Salty.

 

Reduce foods that are:

• Dry

• Light

• Cold

• Spicy

• Bitter (green leafy vegetables)

• Astringent (beans, apples).

 

Drink plenty of luke warm water through the day

Warm water helps flush toxins out of the body through the urine.

 

After the 45 days of cleansing are over, take a few days to gradually

introduce heavy foods and slowly come back into your regular diet.