Kapha Diet

FRUITS

FAVOR

·         Generally most astringent fruits

·         Apples

·         Applesauce

·         Apricots

·         Berries

·         Cherries

·         Dried fruits from major category

·         Figs (dry)

·         Guava

·         Peaches

·         Pears

·         Persimmons

·         Pomegranates

·         Prunes

·         Quince

·         Raisins

·         Raspberries

 

MINOR

·         Grapes(red, purple, black)

·         Kiwi

·         Lemons

·         Limes

·         Mango

·         Oranges

·         Strawberries

·         Tangerine

 

AVOID

·         Generally most sweet and sour fruits

·         Avocado

·         Bananas

·         Cantaloupe

·         Coconut

·         Cranberries

·         Dates

·         Figs (fresh)

·         Fruits excessively sweet or sour or watery

·         Grapes (green)

·         Grapefruit

·         Kiwi

·         Mangos

·         Melons

·         Oranges

·         Papaya

·         Pineapple

·         Plums

·         Rhubarb

·         Soursop

·         Tamarind

·         Watermelon

VEGETABLES

FAVOR

·         In general, most pungent and bitter vegetables

·         Arugula

·         Asparagus

·         Beets

·         Bell Peppers

·         Bitter Melon

·         Bok choy

·         Broccoli

·         Brussels Sprouts

·         Burdock Root

·         Cabbage

·         Carrots

·         Cauliflower

·         Celery

·         Chilies

·         Chili peppers

·         Cilantro

·         Collard Greens

·         Corn

·         Daikon Radish

·         Dandelion Greens

·         Eggplant

·         Garlic

·         Green Beans

·         Green chillies

·         Horseradish

·         Jerusalem Artichokes

·         Kale

·         Karela

·         Kohlrabi

·         landcress

·         Leafy Greens

·         Leeks

·         Lettuce

·         Mushrooms

·         Mustard Greens

·         Okra

·         Onions

·         Parsley

·         Peas

·         Pokeroot

·         Peppers, Sweet & Hot

·         Potatoes, White

·         Prickly pear, fruit and leaves

·         Radishes

·         Rutabaga

·         Spaghetti Squash

·         Spinach

·         Sprouts

·         Squash, Winter

·         Tomatoes (cooked)

·         Turnips

·         Turnip green

·         Watercress

·         Wheat Grass

MINOR

·         Artichoke

·         Cassava

·         Gourd squash

·         Parsnips

·         Plantain

·         Summer squash

·         Zucchini

AVOID

·         In general, sweet and juicy vegetable

·         Beet greens

·         Buttercup

·         Butternut

·         acorn

·         Cucumber

·         Olives, black or green

·         Parsnips

·         Potatoes sweet

·         Pumpkin

·         Rutabaga

·         Spaghetti

·         Squash, Summer

·         Sweet Potatoes

·         Taro roots

·         Tomatoes (raw)

·         Zucchini

GRAINS

FAVOR
  • Amaranth
  • Barley
  • Buckwheat
  • Cereal (unsweetened, cold, dry or puffed)
  • Corn
  • Couscous
  • Crackers
  • Durham Flour
  • Granola
  • Millet
  • Muesli
  • Oat Bran
  • Oats (dry)
  • Polenta
  • Quinoa
  • Rice (basmati, wild)
  • Rye
  • Seitan (wheat meat)
  • Spelt
  • Sprouted Wheat Bread (essene)
  • Tapioca
  • Wheat Bran
AVOID
  • Oats (whole cooked)
  • Pancakes
  • Pasta
  • Rice (brown, white)
  • Rice cakes
  • Rice flour
  • Wheat
  • Whole wheat flour
  • Yeasted Bread

LEGUMES

FAVOR
  • Adzuki Beans
  • Black Beans
  • Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)
  • Lentils (red and brown)
  • Lima Beans
  • Mung Beans
  • Mung Dal
  • Navy Beans
  • Pinto Beans
  • Split Peas
  • Soy Milk
  • Soy Meats
  • Soy sausages
  • Split beans [yellow or green]
  • Tempeh

 

MINOR

·         Black-eyed peas

·         Mung dal, split or whole

·         Tofu, cooked

·         Toor dal

·         Urad daL

·         White beans

AVOID
  • Kidney Beans
  • Miso
  • Soy Beans
  • Soy Cheese
  • Soy Flour
  • Soy Powder
  • Soy Sauce
  • Tempeh

DAIRY

FAVOR
  • Buttermilk
  • Cottage Cheese (ideally from skimmed goat’s milk)
  • Ghee
  • Goat’s Cheese (unsalted, not aged)
  • Goat’s Milk (skim)
  • Yogurt (fresh and diluted)

 

MINOR

·         Ghee

·         Goat’s milk

·         Yogurt drinks

·         Goat’s cheese, unsalted

AVOID
  • Butter (salted)
  • Butter (unsalted)
  • Cheese
  • Cow’s Milk
  • Dairy products commercial or powdered
  • Frozen Yogurt
  • Ice Cream
  • Sour Cream
  • Yogurt (plain, frozen or with fruits, store-bought)

NUTS AND SEEDS

FAVOR
  • Charole Nuts
  • Chia Seeds
  • Flax Seeds
  • Popcorn (without salt or butter)

 

MINOR
  • Coconut
  • Poppy seeds
  • Pumpkin seeds, roasted
  •  Sesame seeds
  • Sunflower seeds, roasted
AVOID
  • Almonds (soaked and peeled)
  • Black walnuts
  • Brazil Nuts
  • Cashews
  • Coconut
  • Filberts
  • Hazelnuts
  • Macadamia Nuts
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans
  • Pine Nuts
  • Pistachios
  • Sesame Seeds
  • Tahini
  • Walnuts

MEAT AND EGGS

FAVOR
  • Chicken (white)
  • Eggs (not fried, and in moderation)
  • Fish (freshwater)
  • Rabbit
  • Shrimp
  • Turkey (white)
  • Venison
AVOID
  • Beef
  • Buffalo
  • Chicken (dark)
  • Duck
  • Fish (sea, saltwater)
  • Lamb
  • Pork
  • Salmon
  • Sardines
  • Seafood
  • Tuna Fish
  • Turkey (dark)

OILS

FAVOR
  • For internal and external use in small amounts:
  • Almond Oil
  • Seasame oil (external)
  • Ghee
MINOR
  • Canola
  • Corn
  • Mustard
  • Safflower
  • Sunflower
AVOID
  • Avocado Oil
  • Apricot Oil
  • Coconut Oil
  • Flax seed oil
  • Olive Oil
  • Primrose Oil
  • Safflower Oil
  • Sesame Oil
  • Soy Oil
  • Walnut Oil

SWEETENERS

FAVOR
  • Fruit Juice Concentrates
  • Honey (raw and unprocessed)
MINOR
  • Amasake[rice milk]
  •  Barley rice syrup
  • Brown rice syrup
  • Dates
  • Dried fruits
  • Fruit juice concentrates
  • Maple syrup
AVOID
  • Artificial Sweeteners
  • Barley Malt
  • Brown sugar, unrefined
  • Date Sugar
  • Fructose
  • Honey (cooked, heated, or processed)
  • Jaggary
  • Molasses
  • Rice Syrup
  • Dried or fresh sugar cane juice
  • Sucanat
  • Sugar substitutes [saccahrin]
  • Turbinado
  • White Sugar

SPICES

FAVOR
  • All spices are good
  • Ajwan
  • Allspice
  • Anise
  • Asafetida [hing]
  • Basil
  • Bay Leaf
  • Black Pepper
  • Caraway
  • Cardamom
  • Cayenne
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Coriander (seeds or powder)
  • Cumin (seeds or powder)
  • Curry leaves
  • Dill leaves or seeds
  • Eucalyptus
  • Garlic
  • Ginger (dried)
  • Garam masala
  • Horseradish
  • Hot peppers
  • Marjoram
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Neem Leaves
  • Nutmeg
  • Onion
  • Orange peel
  • Oregano
  • Paprika
  • Parsley
  • Peppermint
  • Pippali
  • Poppy Seeds
  • Rosemary
  • Saffron
  • Sage
  • Savory
  • Spearmint
  • Star anise
  • Tarragon
  • Thyme
  • Trikatu
  • Turmeric
MINOR
  • Fennel
  • Fenugreek
  • Ginger, fresh
  • Mace
  • Mint
  • Mugwort
  • Tamarind
  • Vanilla
  • Wintergreen
AVOID
  • Salt
  • Mango powder

CONDIMENTS

FAVOR

·         Chutney, mango (spicy)

·         Coriander leaves

·         Dulse

·         Hijiki

·         Lemon

·         Mustard(without vinegar)

·         Scallions

·         Seaweed

MINOR

·         Black pepper

·         Chili pepper

·         Cikantro

·         Daikon, grated

·         Endive

·         Garlic

·         Horseradish

·         Kudzu

·         Lettuce

·         Lime juice

·         Mint leaves

·         Mustard, non commercial

·         Rosewater

·         Rocksalt

·         Seasalt

·         Sprouts

·         Vinegar, brown rice or herbal

·         Wasabi

·         Yogurt, spiced

AVOID

·         Almond extract

·         Coconut milk

·         Chocolate

·         Chutney, mango (sweet)

·         Cow’s milk, certified raw

·         Gomasio

·         Kelp

·         Ketchup

·         Lime

·         Lime pickle

·         Mango pickle

·         Mayonnaise

·         Miso

·         Olives, black or green

·         Pickles

·         Salt, iodised

·         Soy sauce

·         Tamari

·         Vinegar, commercial

·         Yogurt

BEVERAGES

FAVOR

·         alcohol (dry wine, red or white)

·         aloe vera juice

·         apple cider

·         apple juice

·         apricot juice

·         berry juice

·         black tea (spiced)

·         carob

·         carrot juice

·         Chai [hot, spiced milk]

·         Cherry juice[sweet]

·         Cranberry juice

·         Grain ‘coffee’

·         Peach nectar

·         Pear juice

·         Pineapple juice

·         Pomegranate juice

·         Prune juice

·         Soy milk [hot and well-spiced]

 

 

MINOR

·         Alcohol

·         Almond drink

·         Almond milk

·         Caffeinated drinks

·         Grape juice

·         Mango juice

·         Vegetable broth, unsalted

·         Yogurt drink, spicy

AVOID

·         Alcohol (hard, beer, sweet wine)

·         Almond milk

·         Banana shake

·         Caffeinated beverages

·         Carbonated drinks

·         Chocolate drinks

·         Coconut milk

·         Cold drinks

·         Cherry juice (sour)

·         Chocolate milk

·         Coffee

·         Cold dairy drinks

·         Fig shake, with dates

·         Grapefruit juice

·         Iced tea

·         Icy cold drinks

·         Lemonade

·         Miso broth

·         Orange juice

·         Papaya juice

·         Rice milk

·         Sour juices

·         Soy milk[cold]

·         Salted and sour drinks

·         Tomato juice

·         V-8 juice

HERBAL TEA

FAVOR

·         Alfalfa

·         Ajwan

·         Bancha

·         Barley

·         Basil

·         Blackberry

·         Chamomile

·         Chicory blends

·         Chrysanthemum

·         Cinnamon

·         Clove

·         Comfrey

·         Dandelion

·         Elder flowers

·         Eucalyptus

·         Fenugreek

·         Ginger, dried

·         Hibiscus

·         Hops

·         Jasmine

·         Juniper berry

·         Kukicha

·         Lavender

·         Lemon balm

·         Lemon grass

·         Mormon tea

·         Nettle

·         Passion flower

·         Peppermint

·         Pennyroyal

·         Orange peel

·         Raspberry

·         Red clover

·         Rose flower

·         Saffron

·         Sage

·         Sarsaparilla

·         Sassafras

·         Spearmint

·         Strawberry

·         Violet

·         Wintergreen

·         Yarrow

·         Yerba mate

 

MINOR

·         Borage

·         Burdock

·         Fennel

·         Ginger, fresh

·         Ginseng

·         Hyssop

·         Lotus

AVOID

·         Comfrey

·         Licorice

·         Marshmallow

·         Pungent teas

·         Red zinger

·         Rosehip

FOOD SUPLLEMENTS

FAVOR

·         Aloe vera juice

·         Amino acids

·         Barley green

·         Bee pollen

·         Brewer’s yeast

 

AVOID

·         MINERALS

Potassium