ADD MORE ➕ PROTEIN for Pitta Dosha

I hope you've had a terrific week thus far!

Did you get a chance to make that limeade recipe I shared last week?

If you missed it, check it out ​here​. (You'll discover the perfect Ayurvedic limade and it's NOT to be missed!)

Let me know how you like it and if you made any adjustments to customize or jazz it up for your taste.

This week I have a list of grains, nuts and seeds that can add some additional protein sources for pitta season, along with some healthy carbohydrates and fiber.

The Nuts/Seeds listed below are the most supportive of pitta dosha, so they make better choices for the warm summer months when we try to limit heavy, oily foods.

• Almonds (soaked overnight and peeled for easier digestion)

• Charoli Nuts

• Coconut

• Flax Seeds

• Halva

• Popcorn (buttered, limit salt as it can aggravate pitta)

• Pumpkin Seeds

• Sunflower Seeds

Grains that pacify pitta are cooling, sweet, dry, and grounding and include.

• Amaranth

• Barley

• Cereal (dry)

• Couscous

• Crackers

• Durham Flour

• Granola

• Oat Bran

• Oats

• Pancakes

• Pasta

• Quinoa

• Rice (​basmati​, white, wild)

• Rice Cakes

• Seitan

• Spelt

• Sprouted Wheat Bread

• Tapioca

• Wheat

• Wheat Bran

As always these are **suggestions.** If you are gluten free, then you’ll obviously eliminate the gluten items from that grains list. And if you have an allergy to nuts, same thing.

You know your body better than anyone else, so take that knowledge and combine it with these recommendations to make well informed food choices to best fuel your body, mind, and spirit.

Next week - we’ll take a little break from pitta-pacifying foods and learn a simple breathing technique that can help you cool off in just a few minutes.

P.S. Curious if a food not on these lists is a pitta supportive item?

Contact me if you’re wondering about one of your food faves that we haven’t covered and I’ll let you know where it lands from an Ayurvedic nutrition perspective.