Nutrition Consultation

An in depth consultation focusing on detailed dietary advice for your dosha type and imbalance.  

Ayurvedic nutrition is a system that involves matching the correct foods with a person’s individual constitution and needs. This takes into account the nutritional content of the food and the person’s ability to absorb its nutrients.  For example, if a person has had diarrhea and due to that has become anemic, he is advised to avoid meat. Although one may think the iron from the meat will be beneficial to him, it is heavy to digest and his system will be so taxed that he will be unable to absorb the nutrients. A more appropriate meal would include mung beans, lentil soup and rice.

Although Ayurvedic nutrition is beneficial for general wellbeing it stresses that some foods are not suitable for some body types. Vata types are aggravated by cold foods and drinks and gas producing foods such as kidney beans. They are balanced by warm foods such as soups, warm drinks, spicy foods and ginger.  A person suffering from a skin allergy or eczema would be advised to abstain from citrus, sour, spicy and salty food.

You may require more of certain foods and less of others in the case of certain sickness and to assist healing your body system.

Ayurvedic nutrition stresses what an individual requires for optimum health by defining what food types agree with your constitution and personal needs.