Ayurvedic Nutrition Module 3
The Practical Ayurvedic Nutrition Training Programme is designed to provide immediate practical benefits. Emphasis is placed on identifying and customizing each participant's specific nutritional parameters, recognizing and adjusting personal eating habits. The goal is to facilitate significant improvements in participants' lifestyles by applying Ayurvedic nutrition principles to their daily lives.
From the topics covered in this module:
Detailed classification of foods according to the three maha-gunas
Detailed classification of foods according to the three maha-gunasGeneral notions about the three fundamental tendencies of nature, the maha-gunas: sattva, rajas and tamas. Detailed classification of foods according to the three maha-gunas. A conscious way of eating involves careful choice of ingredients for a predominantly sattva-ic nutrition.
Food selection according to taste (breed)
Food selection according to taste (breed)Extensive description of the 6 basic tastes that are important in nutrition, with detailed examples of ingredients. Effects of overuse of each of the 6 tastes (rasa) on internal organs and prevailing states in consciousness. Generally recommended tastes for each constitutional type: vata-prakriti, pitta-prakriti, kapha-prakriti.
Customized nutritional pyramid for each Ayurvedic constitutional type
Customized nutritional pyramid for each Ayurvedic constitutional typeThe three possibilities of action of a food on the 3 doshas that make up each human structure. Foods recommended for vata-prakriti, pitta-prakriti, kapha-prakriti. Foods not recommended for vata-prakriti, pitta-prakriti, kapha-prakriti.