The ayurvedic nutrition : Food as medicine

Ayurveda works on desease prevention through listyle, nutrition and specially in giving you back the power to take full responsibility of your health rather than blaming something or someone else or giving the power to another person to heal you.

In today’s world life style-based disorders abound. We are more stressed and anxious than ever. It’s never been easier to get compensation with food. The cost of health insurances are going up and we cannot continue ignoring this problem.

So that is why it’s important to get a diet that supports physical and mental health. A personnalised diet suited to your innate constitution. That will restore your metabolism, give you energy, make you feel good and help you have a clear mind.

In ayurveda the digestive fire is the key to our health. If our digetive fire is weak, even the best food may be harmful to our bodies. So we need to increase the digestive fire first and learn which foods are easier to digest for us.

The time of the day when we take the heaviest meal counts. In general between 12 am and 2 pm it’s the best time when our digestive fire is the strongest.

The ayurvedic diet is lacto-vegetarian, however, it adapts to vegan and all eaters diets.

Food attributs

Sattva	They give you a clear mind and harmony like sweet fruits, fresh, local and seasonal , butter, ghee, vegetable milks, fresh organic milk, honey, dates, sprouts and nuts. These food have high contents of prana and are sweet in taste.
Rajas	They give you energy like acid taste fruits, garlic, onion, cheese, coff ee/ tea. To consume with moderation.
Tamas	They give you a feel of heaviness like aged cheese, eggs, meat, fi sh, poultry, alcohol, industrialised food, food that it’s been refrigerated for more than 24h, and fermented food. To avoid or to consume with moderation because there is no more prana left and the excess will create toxines that will build up in the body.

The six tastes

Sweet	Pacifies Vata & Pitta, disturbs Kapha in excess	Pungent	Pacifies Kapha, disturbs Pitta & Vata in excess
Sour	Pacifies Vata, disturbs Pitta & Kapha in excess	Astringent	Pacifies Kapha & Pitta, disturbs Vata in excess
Salty	Pacifies Vata, disturbs Kapha & Pitta in excess	Sour	Pacifies Kapha & Pitta, disturbs Vata in excess

The ayurvedic nutritional pyramide

Carbohydrates 40 - 50 %	Good for brain and muscles . Rice, wheat, potatos, lentils, beans, vegetables.
Lipids 30 - 40%	Good for production of energy, lubrifi cation and caloric intake. Less fat can increase sugar cravings. Specially good fat from vegetable sources for a good balance of omegas 3, 6 & 9. Avoid all trans fats.
Proteins 15 - 20%	Good for muscle building and functionning. Idealy proteins form vegetables like quinoa, vegetable milk, beans, lentils, tempeh, seitan and tofu. Ghee, butter, cheese and fresh milk are good sources of B12. Eggs, fish, poultry and meet are tamasic, so a moderated intake is ok. Get them from organic farms free from antibiotics and hormones. Avoid industrialised cooking methods and food that comes from them.

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