Choice of Food
 
In planning the diet it is necessary to know which food to have or avoid based on ones personal doshic constitution or imbalance. For easy reference therefore some of the acceptable and avoidable items for each doshic type has been listed below :
Fruits
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
apples Avocades apples(sour) apples(sweet) bananas apples
dates grapes berries(sour) berries(sweet) dates berries
figs (dry) lemons cranberries coconuts grapes cranberries
pomegranate bananas strawberries dates water melons pomegranates
raisin sweet oranges banana figs sweetners dried fruits
pears plum lemon avocados melons strawberries in small amounts
  figs (fresh) peaches sweet melons mango  
  mango   plums coconut  
      pomegranates    
Dairy
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
cheese dairy yogurt fresh ghee milk just a little dairy
cow’s milk fresh, whole sour cream fresh whole un-homogenized milk clarified butter cheese goat milk and ghee in moderation
powdered un-homogenized milk        
yogurt ghee        
  little butter        
  white meat (chicken, fish or turkey – baked or broiled)        
  chicken broth        
Grains
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Barley white or brown basmati rice Corn white or brown basmati rice, wheat Bread(with yeast) barley buckwheat cousous millet
corn wheat millet barley oat(cooked) muesli
cereals oats oat(dry) oat bran wheat oats
granola quinoa quinoa oats white rice oat bran
millet   polenta wheat or wheat bran cane small amount of wheat
tapioca          
Meat
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
turkey white meat (chicken, fish and turkey - baked or broiled) meat baked or broiled chicken, turkey or white fish in moderate amounts beef fresh water fish
rabbit chicken broth chicken buffalo shrimp
pork   ducks chicken rabbit
lamb   eggs duck venison
    pork   small amount of white meat
    salmon    
    sardines    
Vegetables
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Cabbage(raw) beets Beet asparagus Cucumber asparagus
Cauliflower(raw) cauliflower(cooked) greens broccoli Olives beets
Peas leeks Carrots cabbage Potato bitter
Potatoes carrots Garlic cucumber Pumpkin melons
Spinach asparagus Green Chillies cooked onions Spaghetti broccoli
Eggplant cilantro Onion sweet Squash beet greens
Mushroom fennel and a little bit of garlic Peppers potatoes Tomato(raw) cabbage
Raddish(raw) green beans Prickly pear sprouts   garlic
Spinach greens chillies Radishes squash and a small amount of okra and cauliflower   fennel
Tomatoes(raw) okra Spinach     carrot
  parsnips Turnips     horseradish
  pumpkins       leafy greens
  radishes( preferably cooked)       leeks
          lettuce
          okra
          cooked onions
          spinach
          sprouts
          squash
          turnip and a small amount of artichoke, burdock root and brussels sprouts
Spices
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Carawas   Ajwan Ajwan Black pepper Salt   chillies,
Almond extract Anise cardamom ginger, cinnamon, clove, fenugreek and bay leaves
Aruise Asafoctida coriander Ajawan
Basil Basil seeds Arvise
Bay leaf Bay leaf cinnamon Asafoetida
Black pepper Garlic cilantro Bay leaf
All spices are good. Ginger fennel seeds Caraway
cilantro, cummin, corriander and fennel seeds, turmeric and asafoetida(hing) Mace fresh basil Cinnamon
  Pippai dill Dill
  Mustard turmeric and a small amount of cumin and fresh ginger Mace
  Seeds      Nutmeg
      Saffron
Nuts
Vata Pitta Kapha
No Yes No Yes No Yes
None small amount of almonds Almonds sunflower seeds and almonds in moderate amount Almonds small amount of almonds ,
pecans and sesame seeds Cashew Black Walnuts charole
  Peanuts Brazil nuts  
  Pinenuts Filberts  
    Hazelnuts  
    Peanuts  
    Pine nuts  
    Walnuts  
Food Chart
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DOSHA
Animal Food
Beef  Sweet Heating Sweet Heavy, Thick
Buffalo  Sweet Cooling Sweet Heavy, Dull
Chicken, Light  Astringent, Sweet Heating Sweet Light Unctuous
Chicken, Dark  Sweet Heating Sweet Heavy, Heating
Duck  Sweet, Pungent Heating Sweet Heating, Heavy
Eggs  Sweet Heating Sweet Unctuous, Heavy
Eggs, Yolk  Sweet Heating Sweet Cholesterol
Food Chart
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DOSHA
Dairy
Butter  sour Cooling Pungent Light, Binds the stool
Buttermilk  Sweet, Sour Cooling Sweet heavy, Unctuous
Cheese, Hard  Sour Heating Sour Heavy, Oily, Congestive
Cheese, Soft  Sour Heating Sour Heavy, Unctuous
Cottage Cheese  Sour, Salty Heating Pungent Lighter, Less, Heating
Cow's Milk  Sweet Cooling Sweet Laxative, Heavy, Mucus
Ghee  Sweet Cooling Sweet Kindles Agni, Digestive
Goat's Milk  Sweet Cooling Pungent Light, Strengthens Mucus
Sour Cream Sour Heating Pungent Heavy, Unctuous
Yogurt Sweet, Sour Cooling Sweet Hydrophilous, Mucus
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DOSHA
Fruits
Apple  Astringent Cooling Sweet Rough, Light
Avocado  Astringent Cooling Sweet Oily, Heavy, Soft
Apricots  Sweet Heating Sweet Liquid, Heavy, Sour
Berries,  Sour Heating Pungent Sharp, Light
Berries,  Sweet Cooling Sweet Unctuous, Liquid
Banana,  Astringent Heating Pungent Soft, Light
Banana, ripe  Sweet Heating Sour Smooth, Heavy
Cantaloupe  Sweet Heating Sweet Heavy, Watery
Cherries  Astringent, sour Heating Pungent Light, Liquid
Coconut  Sweet Cooling Cooling Oily, Hard
Carnberries  Astringent, Sour Heating Pungent Light, Dry, Liquid
Dates  Sweet Cooling Sweet Heavy, Energizer
Figs  Sweet Cooling Sweet Heavy, Energizer
Grapes,green  Sour Heating Pungent Liquid, Strengthening
Grapes,red  Sweet Cooling