by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 14, 2013 | Ayurveda, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Kapha, Pitta, Understanding the Doshas, Vata
What foods match your dosha? Fruits are naturally sweet sour and refreshing. Some fruits, like apples, also have an astringent or drying property, depending on variety, macs more than fiji, for example. Your mouth feels a bit dry after a bite of apple, or quite dry...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Sep 10, 2012 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Green Living, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes
http://www.organicvalley.coop/about-us/overview/our-history/ Briefly, Organic Valley’s Grass Fed Cow’s Milk is healthier, containing Omega 3’s, is not homogenized, and tastes much better. It smells and tastes what the free range milk in my...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 8, 2012 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer, Vata
Summer is a time when even cold dry (Vata) types or cold damp (Kapha) types can have little more raw foods. One of the ways to make raw foods more compatible for cold types with weaker digestive energy (Agni/Spleen Qi) is to have it in small amounts with other foods...
by Eyton Shalom | Apr 11, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Winter
Curried Quinoa Super Food: Pacify Kapha in Late Winter/Early Spring The ancient grain of the Incas, Quinoa has a delicate, nutty, slightly bitter flavor and the lightest texture of all grains. This combination of bitter taste and light texture make it an ideal grain...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 4, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Winter
Arugula is one of those green leafy vegetable that is so delicious both raw and cooked. It lends a nutty and spicy taste to other milder greens, and serves as a fine foil for feta cheese, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and dried Turkish apricots (those plump dark...