1.To keep this physiological type in balance and healthy, you should the follow the Kapha Diet Plan from late Fall (autumn) to end of Winter, the Pitta Diet Plan from early Spring until mid-Summer and the Vata Diet Plan from late Summer to late Fall (autumn).

2. Awake early ideally at 4am.

3. On rising drink 300ml of warm/hot water.

4. Massage gums with coconut or sesame oil.

5. Learn how to do Jal Neti (nasal washing) and practice this a few times per week

6. Drink Ginger Masala Chai or 1 Cup of Coffee. Try to have only 1 drink containing caffeine per day ideally before lunch.

7. Drink only caffeine free herbal teas after lunch.

8. Do I-Yoga Sun Salutation every morning. Start with as many sequences as you can cope with and try to build up to 108 cycles daily

9. Do I-Yoga Moon Salutation and a Deep Stretch and Relax Yoga flow every evening.

Eat Right to maintain this Tridosha Balance

10. Breakfast should include fresh fruit and should ideally be taken after 10am.

11. Lunch should be a small meal. If tired or sleepy after eating lunch then the quantity of food  was too much for you. Adjust your portions until you find what works for you.

12. Dinner should be a smaller portion than lunch and food should be lighter. Ideally you should have soups and stews for dinner. And you should try to have dinner before 6pm.

13. If you crave sweets late in the evening then your dinner was not nourishing enough for you. You need to include osme sweet vegetable like sweet potato or squash for dinner.

14. Try to get to bed by 10pm.

15. Ensure that you read books or engage with content that inspires you.

A vata pitta kapha dosha diet should consist of an abundance of fresh and seasonal vegetables.

These vegetables should be mostly cooked and use a variety of spices in your cooking to help increase the food’s digestibility.

For balanced tridoshic people, follow a vata diet in the fall and early winter, a kapha diet in the late winter and early spring, and a pitta diet in the late spring and summer.

For imbalanced tridoshic people, following a sattvic and tridoshic diet plan will help to create balance.

BEST VEGETABLES – eat more raw food

Artichokes, asparagus, bok choy, broccoli, broccoli rabe, carrots, collards, corn (fresh), daikon, green beans, Jerusalem artichoke, jicama, kale, mustard greens, onion (cooked), okra, parsnips, spinach, sprouts, summer & winter squash, sweet potatoes, watercress

VEGETABLES TO REDUCE

Avocado, chillies, radish, tomatoes, aubergine

BEST FRUIT

Apricots, berries, cherries, grapes (red), lemons, limes, mango, peaches, pomegranate, raisins, strawberries, tamarind

FRUITS TO REDUCE

Dates, figs, grapes, papaya, pineapple (sour), strawberry

BEST GRAINS

Barley, basmati rice (white & brown), millet, quinoa, oats (cooked), wheat, wild rice

GRAINS TO REDUCE

Buckwheat, rye.

DAIRY

BEST MEAT

None

MEAT TO AVOID

Beef, duck, egg yolk, lamb, pork, seafood, venison.

BEST BEANS

Adzuki beans, mung daal, tofu, urad daal

BEANS TO REDUCE

NUTS AND SEEDS

HERBS & SPICES