Vata information

Characteristics of Vata

Vata principle of movement.
Vata is the constitution which is formed by the element of fire under the influence of the element ether. It is the lightest and most mobile of the three doshas. Air you can not grab and so it is with this type of person.
Regarding disease is said that 60% of all diseases to have a vata disturbance. Vata may cause imbalance in Pitta and Kapha, Vata because movement and is present in all the systems of the three forces. It regulates and activates the other two doshas.

Disturbance

Vata disorders are related to a disturbance of regularity, rest, warmth. Also, concerns and other nervous system damaging types of stress have a vata-increasing effect. Diseases arise partly from thinking and are perhaps the major diseases of our time, such thinking in judgments and prejudices, think state living under pressure.
The bodily functions are governed by Vata: the basis of movement in all systems, the circulatory system, nervous system, muscles and breathing.

Seat of Vata in the body: head, the colon

Physical characteristics of Vata: small stature, dry tight skin, the hair is often dry and dark with a tendency to baldness, big teeth sometimes irregular, nails are rough, dry and / or fragile, eyes are dry and small bowel is irregular, voice is high, sexual life is irregular, rapid gait and movement, erratic eater, sleep is light, hates cold weather.

Mental characteristics of Vata

Full of enthusiasm, creative, cheerful, resourceful, quick-witted and quick to speak of; bright appearance, short-term memory is good, long-term memory is poor, gives easy money.

Vatadosha - element of air / ether - quality is movement

Vatabalancerend living and nutrition

Ensure regularity in your life. Make a rough schedule for your daily schedule so that you can keep it and do it consistently. Place them three meals at set times as a kind of anchor points.
Get plenty of rest of your days. Plan your work so that there is sufficient spread over the working and caring also for leisure / day (s) out there for you.
Get plenty of sleep, at least eight hours. Although you do not have to get up very early, sleeping late is not good unless exceptionally when you are very tired. It is better to get up at a normal time between 6:30 and 7:30 am and between 22:00 and 23:00 to go to bed. Clean only in exceptional cases later. When it is needed and it fits into your schedule, there is no objection to a short break in the early afternoon.
Take time for a morning ritual, for example, (possibly stimulate chakras) a self-massage with warm (sesame) oil and then a long shower When you meditate, it is good to do so now. Then Always breakfast. Consider lunch as the main meal and when that is not possible, see him at least as important. Spend there care. Lunch between 12:00 and 13:30. The evening meal, place between 18.00 and 19.30. Eating while not too particular. Better you shortly before bedtime take another small snack (22:00)

taste

Vata-balancing diet, the taste sweet and salty. Think of not sweet at first (refined) sugars, which are also for vata's not so good. The sweet taste is also generated by the digestion of carbohydrates, especially grains like. The flavors raise bitter and sour just the vatadosha. Because a good ayurvedic meal contains all six tastes (sweet, salty, sour, pungent, bitter and astringent / astringent) can be of different flavors or (very) small amounts of processing in the meal. The use of ghee and / or (sesame) oil in the meal is good. Please use the cold-pressed sesame oil, you can buy organic / health food store.

Hot foods to soothe vata. Also hot herbal tea (eg gotu-kola tea) is good. Caffeine and theine are not suitable for vata. Try to limit or avoid alcohol as well. Warming spices are good for vata-meal. Fresh ginger is very good in tea, minced with salt as an appetizer, be cooked or baked. Warm milk is good for vata. Put a spoonful of honey.

By using preference *:

Vegetables: asparagus, beets, turnips, cucumber, radish, green beans, onion / garlic (raw not), carrots, sweet potatoes.
Legumes: chickpeas, mung beans, lentils, tofu, soy (not too much)
Fruit: apricots, pineapples, avocados, bananas, currants, dates, grapes, cherries, coconut, mango, melons, nectarines, peaches, plums, oranges (sweet), figs, ripe and sweet fruit iha
Cereals: oats, rice, wheat.
Dairy: all dairy products (but do not take yogurt or cottage cheese after dinner)
Meat: chicken, turkey, fish and shellfish.
Oils: all allowed. Sesame oil is preferred (see above).
Sweeteners: all can, but in moderation.
Nuts / seeds: all can, but in moderation. Almonds are preferred.
Herbs:

anise, basil, tarragon, mace, ginger, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin, cloves, marjoram, mustard seed, nutmeg, oregano, sage, thyme, fennel, liquorice, black pepper (moderate)

For all other products, it is good to limit the use. Stewed in oil makes many vegetables for vata better suited. Avoid fruit with a bitter or sour taste, such as chicory. Avoid or limit raw vegetables. Also avoid cabbage and Brussels sprouts (gas is vata-increasing). No herbs like fenugreek, coriander, parsley, celery. Do not use unripe fruit. Also avoid red meat.

Many people fear that makes a vata-balancing dietary fat (sweet). It is not necessary. It is important therefore to meter the amount of food good. Especially the evening meal is less easily processed. Keep it limited. However, a small snack at 16.00 and 22.00 will not hurt at an empty feeling in the stomach.

Vata guidelines summarized:

Warm food because vata is cold in nature. Soft cooked cooked food that digests easily. Think stews, casseroles, hot milk, porridge;
Regularity in the diet, empty stomach upsets vata;
Add butter and fat because vata is dry;
Tastes sweet, acid, and salt;
take nutritious breakfast, for example, rice pudding or semolina, porridge;
In the afternoon, when the vata energy drops, hot tea with something sweet;
Herbs like fennel, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom;
As a snack for example salted nuts, heavy, oil-rich, calm vata. Especially almonds are good, best when ground into paste and almonds overnight soaked in water and peeled. Also, tahini, sesame paste is good, warms and balances vata;
Sweet fruit, apples and pears cook;
Salad limit and with an oil-rich sauce;
"Wrong" vegetables you can stew in oil;
Pasta kinds calming;
Coffee, tea, nicotine disturb vata.

Vata properties are identified by the following characteristics:

physically normal to undeveloped, flat chest;
too long or too small, with visible joints;
poor muscle development;
curly or frizzy, sometimes flax hair;
often thin and delicate eyelashes, sometimes very long;
deep but active and expressive eyes;
cold, dry and cracked skin, sometimes combined with an impure skin;
brittle nails and rough;
curved or very straight, slightly large nose;
little urine or urinating often very little;
little sweat or perspiration coming slowly, sometimes bursts of perspiration;
sleep disturbances;
little sleep;
cold hands and feet.

Digestion, appetite, food and drink of the Vata type

Like sour and salty tastes;
Varying appetite;
Keep hot beverages.

Characteristics of the type Vata

Short memory when there is little interest;
long and good memory when there's interest exists;
quick-witted;
weak willpower
mentally unstable;
quickly irritated;
lack of trust;
lack of courage;
nervousness;
anxiety;
restlessness;
give money very easy out, so are often poor.

Get it in balance Vata

Routine is very important for the Vata type. Without routine takes the vata type quickly out of balance. Food and sleep at regular intervals is one of the most important things for Vata to get back into balance. Take adequate rest and thereby always choose an environment, relationships and power that balances Vata and loves. Feelings of fear and anxiety will already to a large extent will decrease. Always stay so warm and calm as possible. Steam and moisture can help well. Avoid lots of travel, especially by air, loud noise, drugs, sugar and alcohol, but also avoid exposure to cold and a little cold dishes.

In short, you can best keep the following in mind:

spend more routine;
eat and sleep regularly and get plenty of rest;
help steam and moisture;
Avoid lots of travel, especially by air;
Avoid loud noises;
do not do drugs;
Avoid sugar;
avoid alcohol;
do not eat cold food;
do not drink cold drinks;
Avoid stress;
Avoid overwork;
avoid time pressure;
Avoid uncooked foods;
Avoid cold and windy weather, so stay inside;
do not smoke.

Food

Vata types can eat fruit or something light. People with Vata is out of balance, respond very well to hot, humid and heavy food with grease or oil. Raw or cold foods you should avoid. Choose prefer hot meals. Even feel vata types are often attracted to foods with a bitter, astringent taste, yet their constitution is only brought into balance by eating sweet, sour and salty tastes.

Vata is rather unbalanced in the fall and winter. In these periods would each type which can take some nourishment vata reduced, thus again bringing more balance. The list below can be used to balance vata again.

VATA

* Means this food can often be eaten
# Means the food can be eaten occasionally.

General Information: Fruit always apart consuming the meal, preferably one hour before a meal.

FRUIT

NO

YES
dried   Sweet
icebound   strawberries
apples   apricots
Dates   pineapples
cranberries   Apples (cooked)
Pomegranates   avocados
quinces   bananas
pears   berries
prunes   lemons
watermelons   Dates (fresh)
    grapes
    Grapefruit
    Cherries
    coconuts
    Limes
    mangos

VEGETABLE

NO

YES
Dried or raw   Cooked
potatoes   Potatoes (sweet)
Aardoeren *   artichokes
Eggplants   asparagus
Beet Green *   beets
chlorophyll *   Beans (cooked green)
Cauliflower   courgettes
Broccoli#   Fenegriekgroen
mushrooms   Fleskalabas (yellow)
peas   cucumbers
Kliswortels   kohlrabi
turnip   Horseradish#
Turnip Green *   mustard Green
kohlrabi   Okra (cooked)
peppers   Olives (black / goen)
Oeterselie *   Parsnip
Celery   pumpkins
lettuce *   Pumpkins (summer)
Kool (close)   Leeks (cooked)
Spinach*   Radish (daikons)
Sprouts*   Onions (cooked)
Tomatoes   Watercress
Onions (raw)   winter Pumpkins
Corn (fresh)   carrots
chicory

CEREALS

NO

YES
Cold. dry andor   Amaranth *
intumescent grains   Oats (cooked)
Buckwheat   Rice (all types incl. Brown)
Barley#   Wheat
Millet   wild rice
Oats (dry)
oat Bran
Maize
muesli
Quinoa
Rice Cake #
Rye
Wheat bran (excess)

ANIMAL PRODUCTS

NO

YES
rabbit   Duck and duck eggs
Lamb   Eggs
Varkensvles   "Fruits de mer"
venison   Shrimps
    Chicken or turkey
    (White meat)
    Beef
    freshwater fish

PULSES

NO

YES
channa dal   Moderation:
Chinese beans   aduki beans
Lentils (ordinary)   Lentils (red and black)
Kala channa *   mung beans
chickpeas   soy Cheese
kidney beans   Soy milk (liquid)
lima beans   tofu
Pinto Beans   Tur dal
soybeans   Turkish beans
soybean meal
soybean Powder
Split Peas
tempeh
White beans
Black beans

NOTES

NO

YES
peanuts   Moderation:
    Almonds
    cashews
    hazelnuts
    brazil nuts
    pecans
    Pain Bean Seeds
    pistachios
    walnuts

SEEDS

NO

YES
psyllium #   Pumpkin
    Sesame
    Flax
    Sunflower

SWEET MAKERS

NO

YES
White sugar   Maple syrup
    maple Syrup
    fructose
    Fruit (most types)
    barley malt Syrup
    Honey
    Molasses
    Palm sugar
    Rietsuikerpap
    Rice syrup (or ozya)
    Juice (conc)
    Sucanaat

seasonings

NO

YES
chillies *   Lemon (pickle)
Gemder (dry)   dulse
Ketchup   Ginger (fresh)
sprouts *   ghee
Ui (raw)   gomasio
    Hiziki
    Cheese (grated)
    kelp
    Garlic
    Coconut
    Kombu
    Coriander leaves *
    Cottage cheese
    Lime
    Mangchutney
    mango Pickle
    mayonnaise
    horseradish
    Mustard
    Mint leaves *
    papaya Chutney
    Radish (daikon)
    Sesame seeds (black)
    lettuce *
    soy sauce
    Tamari
    Ui (cooked)
    Yogurt
    sea vegetables
    salt
    Black pepper


HERBS AND SPICES

NO

YES
curry Leaves   Ajwan
    almond extract
    amchoor
    Anise
    Asafoetida (hung)
    Basil
    Savory
    Cayenne *
    Dill
    tarragon
    fenugreek *
    mace
    Ginger (fresh)
    Cinnamon
    cardamom
    Caraway
    Garlic
    tumeric
    Cumin
    Coriander leaves *
    Clove
    mint
    Laurie Journal
    Marjoram
    horseradish *
    mustard Seeds
    Mint leaves *
    nutmeg
    Oregano
    poppy Seeds
    Bell pepper
    Pepper (black)
    Peppermint
    Parsley
    allspice
    pippali
    rosemary
    pink Water
    Saffron
    Sage
    Orange peel
    Steramoks
    Tamarind
    Thyme
    Ui (cooked)
    Vanilla
    Fennel
    evergreen

DAIRY

NO

YES
Goat milk (powder)   all dairy products
    Moderation:
    goat Cheese
    Goat Milk (liquid)
    Ice*
    Cheese (hard) *
    Cheese (soft)
    Buttermilk
    cow milk
    Cream (sour) *
    Yogurt

OILS

NO

YES
    All oils are good, especially
    sesame oil

DRINKS

NO

YES
Alcohol*   apricot juice
Apple juice   aloes
Caffeine   Almond
Carob #   pineapple juice
cranberry juice   banana Shake
pomegranate juice   Bessesap
Iced drinks   Chocolate*
Carbonated drinks   grape juice
pear juice   cereal Drinks
Pruimesap #   grapefruit juice
Tea (sharp) #   Vegetable stock*
Tomato juice   cherry juice
figs Shake   Coconut milk
Dairy (cold)   Lemonade
Coffee   mango juice
    Milk (hot, gedruid)
    Misoboullion
    papaya
    peach Nectar
    orange juice
    Soy milk (hot and spicy) *
    Fruit Juices (mixed)
    Carrot-ginger
    Root vegetable mix
    Wrtelsap
    Dairy Beverages (warm, fresh)
    Acidic juices / teas

HERBAL

NO

YES
Strawberry*   Ajwan
borage   Bansha
blackberry   Basil
Nettle*   lemon balm
Chrysantheum *   eucalyptus
Duizenblad   fenugreek
Barley#   Raspberry*
Hibiscus*   Ginger (red, wild, fresh)
Hop*   ginseng *
Hasmijn *   haw
Kliswortels   oat Straw
Luzerne **   marshmallow
corn Plume   Hyssop
Mormons Tea   juniper
Dandelion   camomile
Passion *   Cinnamon
Red clover *   catnip
Violet*   Clove
Wintergreen *   Lavender
Yerba maté   Lemongrass
    Lotus
    Mint (green)
    Osha
    Peppermint
    Pennyroyal
    hip
    pink Blossom
    Saggraan
    Sarsaparilla
    Sassagras