Raw and Ayurveda?

[eatyourbroccoli]

wonder if anyone could direct me to a site regarding the combination of raw and ayurveda?

or if even such a site exists?

thanks
:o

[Sunshine9]

"Conscious Eating" by Gabriel Cousens is the only resource I know of.

You can look at a regular aryuvedic site and then adapt it to raw... Cousens guide is more complete though.

Especially for vatas, because they are the dosha that supposedly requires mostly cooked food. The general rule there is anything warm, soupy, oily usually does a vata well.. more juices and smoothies and less fiber.

:)

[eatyourbroccoli]

oh fabulous...im vata :rolleyes:

thanks for the advice though! ill look into him. i think i actually knew that i didnt know why i didnt remember.

:)

[Azianbee]

I spoke to my ayurveda doctor and she told me that raw food is hard to digest, but I told her that I'm feeling really good on raw and she said it's ok, but she told me to take digestive enzymes.

[Sharon in Colorado]

I once had several appointments with a Chinese Chiropractor. I told her I was raw and she seemed concerned about the lack of "heat" in my digestive track. I just told her I eat garlic, cayenne and ginger and that seemed to ease her mind.

[eatyourbroccoli]

i eat a lot of cinnamon..is that warming? :p

[Sharon in Colorado]

i eat a lot of cinnamon..is that warming? :p

Yes, that is. There's a great book called The Whole Food Encyclopedia by Rebecca Wood. It has all kinds of info, including ayurvedic information about almost every type of whole food imagineable.

http://www.amazon.com/New-Whole-Foods-Encyclopedia-Comprehensive/dp/0140250328/sr=8-1/qid=1159935779/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5074682-0732826?ie=UTF8&s=books

I am sure that anything that causes your tongue to feel a burning sensation is considered warming.

[eatyourbroccoli]

thanks for the link! :)

[misslinda]

Cousens has a couple of books that touch upon raw food diet and ayurvedic principles.

He says that warming spices/herbs such as cardamom,cinnamon,cayenne,tarragon,marsala,masalas etc and warming up dishes is helpful.

Here is a site that discusses in general in case you don't have Cousen's book
http://www.rawfoods.com/articles/ayurveda.html

Sharon, thanks for that reference--definately sounds like a book I will find useful!

[honeybee joy]

Originally Posted By Sharon in Colorado
Yes, that is. There's a great book called The Whole Food Encyclopedia by Rebecca Wood. It has all kinds of info, including ayurvedic information about almost every type of whole food imagineable.

Do you like that book? It looks really interesting. Is it really informative?

EDIT: ya, I just looked at the amazon page...and it does look like a really good book. Thanks for posting that Sharon!