An Ayurveda breakfast takes into account your dosha or Ayurvedic body type and follows certain guidelines to ensure good digestion. Let’s take a look at some healthy breakfast ideas from Ayurveda.
The Importance Of A Healthy Breakfast
We all know that a balanced breakfast is important for starting the day. In particular, breakfast is a critical meal when Vata dosha is elevated.
After an overnight fast, a healthy breakfast helps nourish Vata, the Ayurvedic element of air and space responsible for all forms of movement in the body.
From an Ayurvedic perspective, one should eat in accordance with their hunger alone. Skipping breakfast might also disturb the sadhaka Pitta which is responsible for maintaining an even temper, joy, and contentment.
An Ayurveda Breakfast: 10 Tips + Ideas
Drink fresh fruit or vegetable juices. This will help in rehydrating the body and give overall wellness.
Whole grains and fresh fruits can also make for a good start to the day.
Maintain a regular eating schedule. This helps the body’s circadian rhythms set the time for releasing enzymes and starting the digestion process.1
A pinch of rock salt and ginger before breakfast helps in the proper secretion of enzymes and aids in digestion.
Sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent – this is the order of tastes one should eat according to an Ayurvedic diet plan. An ideal breakfast should have all these six tastes.
Slow eating is advised for those desiring weight loss.
A power-packed meal of eggs, ghee, sauteed veggies, and creamy oatmeal is an ideal breakfast for those predominantly in Vata dosha. Almonds, dates, figs, and raisins make a good choice as well.
A healthy fruit salad, egg whites, oatmeal with milk, ghee, raisins, and coconut are a good choice of breakfast for Pitta dosha.
A serving of fruit salad, millet porridge, stewed apples, freshly juiced fruit, and barley cereal are ideal breakfast choices for Kapha dosha. Green tea or black tea is also an ideal choice for Kapha-dominant people.
It’s important to eat according to one’s hunger and Agni or digestive strength. Remember to have water in between breakfast. This will aid in easy digestion.
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About the Author
Arya Krishna is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, educator, and speaker. She completed her Bachelors in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from Amrita School of Ayurveda, Kerala, India. She is registered as an Ayurveda doctor (Reg No: 14664) under the Indian Medical Council. She received a Fellowship in Orthopedic Rehabilitation from Apollo group of Institutions, Hyderabad. An editor with the International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, she previously served as the associate editor of the American Ayurvedic Journal of Health. Before moving to the US in 2015, she was Resident Medical Officer (Ayurveda) in AyurVAID hospital, Bangalore and has knowledge and experience in precision and evidence-based Ayurveda. She was an Ayurveda Domain expert with Health Connect 24 – a unique platform to bring together Ayurveda, Yoga and swadeshi. She is efficient in performing all Panchakarma procedures (purification therapies) and has knowledge of Marma Therapy. Other areas of expertise include Ayurveda diet and lifestyle, women’s health, and rasayana (rejuvenation). She works for the promotion and propagation of Ayurveda by offering lectures, webinars and contributing to various journals. She is a resource person for the Council of Ayurveda Research (CAR) and is an Ayurvedic blogger with Mother Earth Living. Currently, she is residing in Danville, Pennsylvania and is listed as a BAMS doctor with AAPNA (Association of Ayurveda Practitioners of North America). She is an Ayurveda Consultant and Educational coordinator with Be Mind Body Skin, New Jersey and Subject Matter Expert at At Home with Ayurveda, UK.
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