Vata Dosh Diet

Vata Dosha Diet Guidelines & Recipes

Aim to eat three meals at the same times each day: morning, noon, and evening—and try not to skip meals (which can aggravate Vata and lead to irregular digestion, mental fog, anxiety) It’s also better to avoid overeating and under-eating, maintaining balance and regular meal times is key.

Try to eat in a quiet, relaxing environment to avoid overstimulation, too many distractions can contribute to nervousness and anxiety. Whenever possible favor organically grown foods and avoid genetically modified foods (GMOs).

Vata Diet

FAVOR: Warm, heavy, unctuous, and oily foods, warm food and drinks. Favor sweet, sour, and salty tastes.

REDUCE: Light and dry food; avoid cold food and drinks; minimize pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes.

Grains

Wheat products, rice (basmati, jasmine, and heavy sweet rice are all good), cooked oat flakes.

Barley, corn, millet, rye, buckwheat, and raw oats (all harder to digest for delicate Vatas).

Soup of mung beans, split whole mung beans, red lentils, yellow mung dhal (soak overnight for quick cooking)

Dairy

All dairy products. Cheese should be soft and fresh (paneer, cottage cheese, fresh mozzarella, and cream cheese are all examples of easy-to-digest, lightly-aged cheeses).

Sweeteners

All sugar cane products such as unprocessed white rock sugar/natural candy sugar, raw cane sugar, molasses, maple syrup, and raw unheated honey.

Oils

All oils are great for Vata bodies because it increasing unctuousness and prevents dryness in the body. Ghee is especially recommended for cooking

Nuts & Seeds

All nuts except peanuts; seeds in small amounts.

Spices and Condiments

Cumin, ginger, mustard seeds, fenugreek, asafoetida, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, anise, fennel, black pepper (small amounts), salt, lemon juice, tamarind (Asian fruit)

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Vegetables

FAVOR: Asparagus, beets, cabbage (cooked), cucumber, fennel, garlic, green beans, green chilies, leeks, okra, olives, black, parsnip, peas (cooked), potatoes, sweet, pumpkin, radishes (cooked), rutabaga, spaghetti squash, spinach, zucchini

Fruits

FAVOR: Ripe, sweet, and juicy fruits: apricots, avocado, bananas, berries, cherries, dates (fresh), figs (fresh), grapefruit, grapes, kiwi, lemons, limes, mangoes, melon, oranges, papaya, peaches, pineapple, plums, prunes (soaked), raisins (soaked), rhubarb, strawberries

AVOID: Unripe, dry, sour fruits: apples (raw), dates (dry), figs (dry),pears, pomegranate, raisins (dry), prunes (dry), watermelon