The following are the food items that need to be included in the diet for people with vata constitution -
- Wheat
- Rice
- Quinoa
- Amaranth
- Oats
- Black gram
- Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
- Sesame seeds
- Liquid diets
- Milk
- Curd
- Sweets
- Ghee
- Sesame oil
- Old Jaggery
- Caster oil
- Coconut
- Mustard
Vegetables
- Asparagus
- Eggplant
- Pointed gourd
- Snake gourd
- Onion
- Drumstick
- Elephant root
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Carrot
- Radish
- Beets
- Cilantro
- Cucumber
- Lady’s finger
- Pumpkin
- Carrot Anise
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Leafy greens
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mustard greens
- Okra
- Olives, black
- Parsley
- Parsnip
- Rutabaga
- Sweet potato
- Spinach
- Taro root
- Turnip
- Watercress
- Zucchini
The vegetables should preferably be steam-cooked
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Fruits
- Mango
- Pomegranate
- Pine apple
- Coconut
- Amalaki (Emblic myrobalan)
- Banana
- Lime
- Orange
- Sugarcane
- Berry
- Watermelon
- Mulberry
- Melons
- Avocado
- Berries
- Apple (cooked)
- Cherries
- Dates
- Figs (fresh)
- Grapes
- Kiwi
- Cherries
- Lemons
- Papaya
- Peaches
- Pineapple
- Prunes (soaked)
- Raisins (soaked)
- Rhubarb
- Strawberries
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Dry Fruits & nuts
Take only soaked dry fruit & nuts to prevent the aggravation of vata due to its dryness.
- Cashew nut
- Almond
- Pistachio nut
- Walnut
- Plum
- Raisins
Spices Advised for vata
- Ginger
- Dry ginger
- Tamarind
- Cumin seed
- Mustard seeds
- Tejapatram (Himalayan silver fir)
- Tulasi (Sacred Basil / Holy Basil)
- Pudina (Spear-Mint / Garden mint)
- Black pepper
- Lavangam (Clove)
- Garlic
- Chilly
- Fennel
- Rock salt
- Asafetida
- Cardamom
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Saffron
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Allspice
- Almond extract
- Anise
- Bay leaf
- Caraway
- Cayenne
- Dill Fenugreek
- Ajwain (ajamoda)
- Coriander seeds
- Dry mango powder
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Animal Products Milk
- Curd
- Buttermilk
- Butter
- Ghee
Especially 1 glass of hot milk with 1 spoon of ghee is very good to balance vata. This can be taken in evenings, which is said to be the vata kaala – the time when vata is predominant.
Diet restricted for people having vata constitution
Food Item
Legumes such as:
- Bengal gram
- Aconite bean
- Old Barley
- Corn
- Lentil
- Peas
Vegetables
- Raw vegetables
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Moth (Aconite bean)
- Bitter gourd
- Ivy gourd (Coccinia cordifolia)
- Potato
- Plantain
- Plantain flower
- Colacasia
- Flat beans
Fruits
- Jamun (Black berry)
- Jackfruit Bilvafal (Bael)
- Sitafal (Custard apple)
- Apple (raw)
- Dry Fruits
- Caltrops / Water chestnut /Singhara nut
- Betel nut
Edited by: Dr. Reeja Tharu
