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Diet for Vata

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Diet for Vata

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The following are the food items that need to be included in the diet for people with vata constitution -
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Quinoa
  • Amaranth
  • Oats
  • Black gram
  • Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
  • Sesame seeds
  • Liquid diets
  • Milk
  • Curd
  • Sweets
  • Ghee
  • Sesame oil
  • Old Jaggery
  • Caster oil
  • Coconut
  • Mustard

Vegetables

  • Asparagus
  • Eggplant
  • Pointed gourd
  • Snake gourd
  • Onion
  • Drumstick
  • Elephant root
  • Ginger
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Radish
  • Beets
  • Cilantro
  • Cucumber
  • Lady’s finger
  • Pumpkin
  • Carrot Anise
  • Jerusalem artichoke
  • Leafy greens
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard greens
  • Okra
  • Olives, black
  • Parsley
  • Parsnip
  • Rutabaga
  • Sweet potato
  • Spinach
  • Taro root
  • Turnip
  • Watercress
  • Zucchini
The vegetables should preferably be steam- cooked


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good article!
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