Vegetable soup for the soul

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this is not necessarily a healthy diet from my estimation, and

certainly not Ayurvedic - many people have sensitivities to wheat, soy

and dairy - also, some of it appears to be a food combining

nightmare... maybe its ok for someone born and living in the punjab,

but i know i would have problems if i ate this way on a daily basis

 

dear Jagannath - while many of your contributions are interesting,

technically speaking, many also have nothing to do with Ayurveda and I

fail to see why these messages take up so much of the bandwidth

 

todd caldecott

 

 

On 30-Aug-05, at 3:58 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> Two pieces of handmade bread (rotis) made of wholemeal and soya flour

> mixed together. To be taken with a seasonal vegetable preparation or

> curd.

>

> • Lunch: Rice (preferably brown) with a bowl of lentil soup (dal) or

> kidney bean/chickpea cooked according to taste. Fresh vegetable salad

> made with tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, broccoli etc. Any seasonal

> fruit.

>

> • Dinner: Two pieces of handmade wholemeal bre-ad with a paneer

> preparation. Salad. Bowl of rice pudding or any other dessert.

> Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com

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a balanced ayurvedic diet depends upon the vikriti and prakriti

in my estimation a vegetarian diet is primarily useful to treat ama and

balance kapha

however, it can be modified based on the needs of the individual

 

first, we must address the issue of satmya: what is an appropriate diet

for this person based on ancestry and the current location

 

my analysis of this is that vegetarian diets are best implemented in

people whose ancestry has had the greatest exposure to it, i.e. fertile

"bread baskets" of early human agriculture, e.g. the middle east,

india, southern/central china and meso-america - europeans, north

american indians, northern asians, africans etc. have a lesser

ancestral tolerance to these foods

 

similarly, living in colder regions necessitates heavier, warmer foods

of which the most obvious, commonly used and effective choice are

animal products

 

two, we must acknowledge that vegetarian diets are inherently

ill-suited to vattika conditions and in vattika prakritis - but just

as a kapha or pitta condition can tolerate certain kinds of animal

products, a vegetarian diet can be structured for vata, but there are

inherent problems that must be overcome - certainly, vegan diets are a

very poor choice to balance vata

 

when i have time, i hope to be able to post a comprehensive menu-plan

adapted to the West, based on the needs of the particular doshas - when

i have it done i will also post it here

 

best...

Caldecott

www.toddcaldecott.com