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What Goes Into an Ayurvedic Breakfast for Vata Types?

PIOR Living / Ayurvedic Diet & Recipes / What Goes Into an Ayurvedic Breakfast for Vata Types?

August 19, 2019 by Joseph Oliveto

In Ayurveda, eating a healthy breakfast involves more than eating wholesome food. Eating an Ayurvedic breakfast is also about balancing your dosha type and/or current dosha imbalance.

If you’re a Vata dosha type or experiencing a Vata imbalance, you may be wondering what to include in an Ayurvedic breakfast for Vata. This guide will help.

Components of an Ayurvedic Breakfast for Vata Dosha Types

Vata types need stabilizing breakfasts in the morning. Eat the wrong foods, and you may struggle with feelings of anxiety and physical discomfort over the next few hours. Eat the right foods, and you’ll feel energized yet calm.

To plan a breakfast that’s right for your Vata dosha, you’ll need to offset your cold, light, and dry attributes. This means you’ll want to eat foods that are:

Warming

Cooling foods, such as smoothies or fruit salads, can increase Vata energy and the potential for anxiety. If you have that experience, you may want to emphasize warm breakfasts and beverages whenever possible. Oatmeal or cream of rice with herbal tea makes a very warming breakfast.

Heavy & dense

Eating a hearty breakfast is important for Vata dosha types. Specifically, root vegetable stirfrys and eggs with lots of ghee (or better yet, Ghruta) are grounding and will support your energy.

Moist & oily

Vata dosha types should avoid dry and stale meals, like plain toast. Instead, they should focus on making their foods moist and oily by incorporating lots of healthy fats, like ghee, olive oil, and sesame oil.

Sweet, sour & salty

Vatas benefit from sweet, sour, and salty flavors and should minimize bitter, astringent and pungent tastes (e.g. bitter leafy greens, legumes, and spicy foods).

Ayurvedic Breakfast Ideas for Vata Types

Now that you know the components of a Ayurvedic Vata breakfast, consider these recipe ideas:

  • Warm cereal like oatmeal and rice porridge with cinnamon, cardamom, Ghruta, and maple syrup
  • Eggs, Ghruta & sea salt
  • Stewed apples or pears with ginger and cloves in Ghruta
  • Vegetable stirfry in sesame oil with cumin and tahini sauce
  • Baked sweet potato, yam or acorn squash with a nut or seed butter, topped with cinnamon

Don’t forget to add Vata balancing spices to your meals, like cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, ginger, and cloves!

Unlike Kapha and Pitta types, Vata types can also incorporate moderate amounts of sour foods, like green grapes, oranges and grapefruit.

With respect to beverages, Vatas should be careful with coffee and caffeine. These stimulants can create Vata imbalance, resulting in anxiety or feelings of scatteredness. Instead, Vatas should sip on warm water with lemon or Vata teas. If you want an energy boost, consider incorporating Chyawanprash into your morning ritual. Chyawanprash contains ingredients, like adaptogenic herbs, which give your body a natural, balanced boost.

Just remember that the more you experiment with Vata balancing breakfasts, the more you’ll come to understand what types of Vata foods are right for your energies. Soon, you’ll have a list featuring plenty of breakfast meals that help you feel your best each day.

 

Reviewed by Dr. Jayant Lokhande, MD (Botanical Drugs), MBA (Biotechnology)

Category iconAyurvedic Diet & Recipes,  Vata Tag iconayurvedic food,  breakfast,  recipes,  vata,  vata dosha

Disclaimer: The information provided here is for education and reference purposes only. It is not meant as actual medical information. For advice about illnesses or healthcare, please visit a qualified physician.

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