Vata Diet

FRUITS

FAVOR
  • Generally most sweet fruit
  • Use fresh and seasonal fruits
  • Applesauce
  • Apricots
  • Avocado
  • Bananas (ripe, not green)
  • Berries
  • Cantaloupe
  • Cherries
  • Coconut
  • Dates (fresh, cooked, or soaked)
  • Figs (fresh, cooked, or soaked)
  • Grapefruit
  • Grapes
  • Kiwi
  • Lemons
  • Limes
  • Mango
  • Melons
  • Oranges
  • Papaya
  • Peaches
  • Pineapple
  • Plums
  • Prunes (cooked or soaked)
  • Raisins (soaked)
  • Tamarind
  • Tangerines
  • Rhubarb
  • Strawberries
  • Soursop
  • Chikkoo
  • Jackfruits
  • Casaba
  • Muskmelon
  • Jaamun
MINOR
  • Apples [cooked]
  •  Craneberries
  • Dried fruits, cooked
  •  Pears
  • Pomegranate
  • Guava
  • Quince
  • Raisins, cooked
AVOID
  • Generally most dried fruit,
  • Apples (raw)
  • Bananas (green)
  • Cranberries
  • Dates (dry)
  • Dried Fruit, in general
  • Figs (dry)
  • Pears
  • Persimmons
  • Pomegranate
  • Prunes (dry)
  • Raisins (dry)
  • Watermelon
  • Custard apple

VEGETABLES

FAVOR
  • In general vegetables should be cooked
  • Use fresh and seasonal vegetables
  • Asparagus
  • Avocado
  • Beets
  • Bok choy
  • Carrots, Cooked
  • Cabbage* (cooked)
  • Chilies (in very small quantities)
  • Cilantro
  • Cauliflower*
  • Daikon radish*
  • Fennel (Anise)
  • Garlic
  • Green Beans
  • Green Chilies
  • Leeks, cooked
  • Leafy greens*
  • Okra
  • Olives (black)
  • Onion, Cooked
  • Parsley*
  • Peas, Cooked
  • Potatoes, sweet
  • Pumpkin
  • Rutabega
  • Spaghetti squash*
  • Squash, Summer [yellow crockneck, zucchini]
  • Squash, Winter [acorn, buttercup, butternut]
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Watercress
  • Zucchini
MINOR
  • Broccoli
  • Burdock root,
  • cooked moist
  • Cassava
  • Collards
  •  Corn, fresh
  • Cucumber, seedless
  • Gourd squash
  • Jerusalem artichoke
  •  Jicama
  •  Kale, well cooked
  • Karela
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard greens
  • Parsnips
  • Plantain
  • Radishes
  • Spinach
  • Sprouts
  •  Taro roots
  •  Turnip greens
  •  Winter squash [spaghetti]
AVOID
  • Generally frozen, raw or dried vegetables
  • Artichokes
  • Beet Greens
  • Bell Peppers
  • Bitter Melon
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Burdock Root
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots, Raw
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Chilies (in excess)
  • Corn Fresh
  • Dandelion Greens
  • Eggplant
  • Endive
  • Jerusalem Artichokes
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lettuce
  • Mushrooms
  • Olives Green
  • Onion Raw
  • Peas Raw
  • Peppers, Hot
  • Pokeroot
  • Potatoes White
  • Radishes
  • Spinach Raw
  • Sprouts
  • Swiss chard
  • Tomatoes
  • Turnips
  • Prickly pear (fruit & leaves)
  • Wheat grass
  • Sprouts

GRAINS

FAVOR
  • Basmati rice, brown or white
  • Brown rice, all grains or sweet
  • Durham Flour
  • Oats, whole Cooked
  • Pancakes
  • Rice (all types)
  • Seitan
  • Sushi rice, white
  • Sprouted Wheat Bread
  • Wheat berries
MINOR
  •   Amaranth
  • Barley
  • Quinoa
AVOID
  • Barley
  • Bread (with yeast)
  • Buckwheat
  • Cereals (cold, dry, or puffed)
  • Corn
  • Couscous
  • Crackers
  • Granola
  • Millet
  • Muesli
  • Oat Bran
  • Oats, Dry
  • Pasta, Wheat
  • Polenta**
  • Rice Cakes
  • Rye
  • Sago
  • Spelt
  • Tapioca
  • Wheat Bran

LEGUMES

FAVOR

  • Lentils, Red
  • Miso
  • Mung Beans
  • Mung Dal, Split or whole
  • Soy Cheese
  • Soy Milk (served warm)
  • Soy Sauce
  • Soy sausages*
  • Soy Meats
  • Tofu (served hot)
  • Toor Dal
  • Urad Dal
MINOR
  • Black chickpeas
  •  Muth beans
  •   Urad dal

AVOID

  • Adzuki Beans
  • Black Beans
  • Black-Eyed Peas
  • Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)
  • Kidney Beans
  • Lentils, Brown
  • Lima Beans
  • Miso**
  • Navy Beans
  • Peas (dried)
  • Pinto Beans
  • Soy Beans
  • Soy Flour
  • Soy Powder
  • Split Peas, green or yellow
  • Tempeh
  • White Beans

DAIRY

FAVOR
  • Most dairy is good
  • Butter
  • Buttermilk
  • Cheese soft
  • Cottage Cheese
  • Cow’s milk, certified raw
  • Ghee
  • Goat’s cheese
  • Goat’s Milk
  • Ice Cream (in moderation)
  • Yogurt (fresh diluted & spiced*)
MINOR
  • Cheeses, hard
  •  Ice cream, homemade
  • Sour cream, in moderation
AVOID
  • Frozen Yogurt or with fruits
  • Cow’s milk Powdered
  • Goat’s milk Powdered
  • Dairy products, commercial or powdered

MEATS AND EGGS

FAVOR
  • Beef
  • Buffalo
  • Chicken (especially dark)
  • Duck
  • Eggs
  • Fish (fresh and salt water)
  • Salmon
  • Sardines
  • Seafood
  • Shrimp
  • Tuna Fish
  • Turkey (dark)
AVOID
  • Lamb
  • Mutton
  • Pork
  • Rabbit
  • Venison
  • Turkey (white)

OILS

FAVOR
  • For internal & external use
  • Almond Oil
  • Avocado Oil
  • Castor Oil
  • Ghee
  • Peanut Oil
  • Sesame Oil, dark or light
MINOR
  • Coconut oil
  • Mustard oil
  • Olive oil
  • Safflower oil
  • Soy oil
  • Walnut oil

AVOID

  • Animals fats
  • Canola Oil
  • Corn Oil
  • Flax Seed Oil
  • Soy Oil
  • Vegetable, mixed

SWEETENERS

FAVOR
  • Amasake [rice milk]
  • Brown rice syrup
  • Brown sugar, unrefined
  • Date Sugar
  • Fructose
  • Fruit Juice Concentrates
  • Honey (raw and uncooked)
  • Jaggary
  • Maple Syrup (in moderation)
  • Rice Syrup
  • Sucanat
  • Sugarcane juice
  • Turbinado
MINOR
  • Barley malt
  • Dried fruits, cooked [apricots, bananas, papaya, peaches, pineapples, raisins]
  • Molasses
AVOID
  • Artificial Sweeteners
  • White Sugar
  • Honey (heated or cooked)
  • Maple syrup**
  • Sugar substitutes[saccharin, sweet n low, nutrasweet]

SPICES

FAVOR
  • All spices are good
  • Ajwan
  • Allspice
  • Almond extract
  • Anise
  • Asafetida (hing)
  • Basil
  • Bay Leaf
  • Black Pepper
  • Black cumin
  • Caraway
  • Cardamom
  • Cayenne*
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Coriander (seeds or powder)
  • Cumin (seeds or powder)
  • Curry powder
  • Dill leaves or seeds
  • Fennel
  • Garam masala
  • Fenugreek*
  • Ginger (fresh or dried)
  • Kudzu
  • Mace
  • Mango powder
  • Marjoram
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Nutmeg
  • Oregano peel
  • Oregano
  • Paprika
  • Peppermint
  • Pippali
  • Poppy Seeds
  • Rosemary
  • Saffron
  • Sage
  • Salt
  • Savory
  • Spearmint
  • Star anise
  • Tamarind
  • Tarragon
  • Thyme
  • Turmeric
  • Vanilla
  •  
MINOR
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Cilantro
  • Curry leaves
  • Chili Powder
  • Fenugreek
  • Garlic
  • Horseradish
  • Neem Leaves
  • Mint
  • Parsley
AVOID
  • Garlic, raw
  • Extremely bitter and astringent herbs and spices

BEVERAGES

FAVOR
  • Alcohol (beer; white wine)*
  • Almond milk
  • Aloe vera juice or drinks
  • Apple cider
  • Apricot juice
  • Berry juice (except for cranberry)
  • Carob*
  • Carrot juice
  • Chai (hot spiced milk)
  • Cherry juice
  • Chicory blends
  • Coconut milk
  • Date shake
  • Grain “coffee”
  • Grape juice
  • Grapefruit juice
  • Lemonade
  • Mango juice
  • Miso broth
  • Orange juice
  • Papaya juice
  • Peach nectar
  • Pineapple juice
  • Rice milk
  • Salted drinks
  • Sour juices
  • Soy milk (hot & well-spiced)*
MINOR
  • Lassi[sweet yogurt drink]
  • Mixed vegetable juices
  • Carob-banana shake
  • Milk shakes
AVOID
  • Alcohol (hard; red wine)
  • Apple juice
  • Black tea
  • Caffeinated beverages
  • Carbonated drinks
  • Chocolate milk
  • Cold drinks
  • Coffee
  • Cold dairy drinks
  • Cranberry juice
  • Iced tea
  • Icy cold drinks
  • Pear juice
  • Pomegranate juice
  • Prune juice**
  • Pungent drinks
  • Soy milk (cold)
  • Tomato juice**

SEEDS

FAVOR
  • Chia
  • Flax
  • Halva
  • Pumpkin
  • Sesame
  • Sunflower
  • Tahini
AVOID
  • Popcorn
  • Psyllium**

CONDIMENTS

FAVOR
  • Black pepper*
  • Chutney, coconut or mango
  • mango (sweet or spicy)
  • Coriander leaves*
  • Daikon, grated
  • Dulse
  • Gomashio
  • Hijiki
  • Kelp
  • Ketchup
  • Kombu
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Lime pickle
  • Mango pickle
  • Mayonnaise, non commercial
  • Mirin
  • Mustard, noncommercial
  • Olives, black or green
  • Pickles, ginger or lime or general
  • Rock salt
  • Sea Salt
  • Scallions
  • Seaweed
  • Soy sauce
  • Sprouts*
  • Tamarind
  • Umeboshi plum
  • Vinegar, brown rice or herbal or umeboshi
  • Yogurt, spiced
MINOR
  • Cilantro
  • Chili pepper
  • Coconut, grated
  • Coconut milk
  • Rose water
AVOID
  • Chocolate
  • Garlic, raw
  • Horseradish
  • Ketchup
  • Mayonnaise, commercial
  • Onion, raw
  • Preservatives and additives, chemical

HERBAL TEAS

FAVOR
  • Ajwan
  • Bancha [twig]
  • Basil
  • Catnip*
  • Chamomile
  • Chicory*
  • Cloves
  • Comfrey
  • Elder Flower
  • Eucalyptus
  • Fennel
  • Fenugreek
  • Ginger (fresh)
  • Hyssop
  • Hawthorne
  • Juniper berry
  • Kukicha*
  • Lavender
  • Lemon grass
  • Licorice
  • Lotus
  • Marshmallow
  • Oat straw
  • Orange peel
  • Pennyroyal
  • Peppermint
  • Peruvian bark
  • Rose flowers
  • Rosehips
  • Saffron
  • Sage
  • Sarsaparilla
  • Sassafras
  • Spearmint
MINOR
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Raspberry
  • Strawberry
  • Violet
AVOID
  • Alfalfa**
  • Barley** [grain tea]
  • Basil**
  • Blackberry
  • Borage**
  • Burdock
  • Cinnamon**
  • Corn silk
  • Dandelion
  • Ginseng
  • Hibiscus
  • Hops**
  • Jasmine**
  • Lemon balm**
  • Mormon tea
  • Nettle**
  • Passion flower**
  • Red clover**
  • Red Zinger**
  • Violet**
  • Yarrow
  • Yerba Mate**
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