General Considerations
#People with a dominant Pitta dosha usually have a strong appetite that needs to be satisfied regularly. Unsatisfied appetite leads to intense hunger and to outbursts of irritation, even anger.
#Key qualities for Pitta diet are cool, slighdy dry (not soggy or oily) and a litde heavy. Avoid salt.
#Eat,main meals or at least a good size meal at midday.
#Avoid late night eating. Fresh fruit or vegetables are the best evening snack if appetite demands.
#Eating with an attitude of calm and gratitude is particularly helpful.
# Avoid eating when angry, irritated, or in competitive situations. Business lunches might be a bad idea.
#Pitta's strong digestion can lead to the development of abusive habits that cause problems eventually, i.e. overeating, eating excessively greasy foods, or excessively rich or hot, spicy food.
#Avoid salty, greasy, overly cooked, excessively rich, heavily spiced, or sour foods as well as caffeine, red meat, many eggs, alcohol, and sugar.
#Pitta is increased by summer at midday and midnight, intense heat, excessive sunlight. Be most mindful at these times.
#Qualities of food that balance Pitta: sweet, astringent, bitter; cool, heavy, dry. Take proportionately more of these.
#Qualities of food that unbalance Pitta: pungent:, hot:, sour; light,salty, oily. Take less of these and less frequently.
Daily Eating Routine for Pitta Types
#Eat 3 meals a day at regular times, leaving at least a 4-hour gap between meals.
#Eat a light breakfast and take an early lunch.
#Take 4-5 servings of whole grains.
# one and half servings to two servings of high quality protein
#3-4 servings for fresh vegetables
#1 and 1\2 servings fresh fruit or more
#Drink liquid moderately (more after exercise).
Shopping List for Pitta
reduce and/or copy and take with you when you shop and place one on the refrigerator (* means occasionally)
GRAINS: barley, white basmati rice, wheat, whole wheat tortillas, wheat pastas, rice cakes
LEGUMES:, Any beans except red lentil, tempeh
ANIMAL PRODUCTS: chicken (white meat), turkey (white meat), egg whites,*fresh water fish
VEGETABLES: acorn squash, artichoke, asparagus, bell pepper; broccoli, brussels sprouts, burdock, butternut squash, *black olives, cabbage, cilantro, com, cauliflower; collards, celery, cucumber; green beans, jicama, kale, lettuce, mushroom, okra, peas, parsley"parsnips, potato, rutabaga, sweet potato, summer squash, *watercress, zucchini
DAIRY: unsalted butter; cottage cheese, soft cheese, cow and goat milk, ghee, *ice cream, *yoghurt
FRUITS: apples, apricots. avocado, berries (sweet), coconut:, dates, figs,grapes, mango, melons, oranges, pears, pineapple; plum, pomegranate, prune; raisin, watermelon
NUTS and SEEDS: coconut, pumpkin, sunflower
DRINKS: aloe vera juice; fruit or vegetable juice; coconut milk, milk smoothies, Cafix, Roma, Pero, vegetable broth,and herbal teas such as barley, chamomile; fennel, hibiScus, jasmine; lavender, mint, raspberry, rose petal
SWEETENERS: barley malt syrup, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, juice concentrates, fructose; sugar cane juice; *sucanat.
CONDIMENTS: .sea vegetables, lemon, lime; lime pickle; mango chutney, mango pickle; soy mayonnaise; soy sauce; .yoghurt.
OILS: avocado, coconut, olive; sunflower, soy, walnut, *sesame.
SPICES: coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, mint, neem, peppermint, rosewater, saffron, turmeric
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