Vata Vegetables
Vata pacifying vegetables will generally be sweet, moist, and cooked. Root vegetables are grounding and stabilizing because they grow underground. This is especially beneficial for Vata. Avoid dry, rough, cold and most raw vegetables. If for any reason you must have any of the Vata-aggravating vegetables eat them in small quantities at midday when digestive strength is its strongest. Thorough cooking or a well-spiced, oily dressing can help diminish some of the dry, rough qualities of these foods.
Favor
- Asparagus
- Avocado
- Beets
- Carrots, Cooked
- Chilies (in very small quantities)
- Cilantro
- Cucumber
- Garlic
- Green Beans
- Green Chilies
- Leeks
- Mustard Greens
- Okra
- Olives (black)
- Onion, Cooked
- Parsnip
- Peas, Cooked
- Pumpkin
- Sweet Potatoes
- Rutabega
- Spinach, Cooked
- Squash, Summer
- Squash, Winter
- Watercress
- Zucchini
Avoid
- Artichokes
- Beet Greens
- Bell Peppers
- Bitter Melon
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Burdock Root
- Cabbage
- Carrots, Raw
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chilies (in excess)
- Corn, Fresh
- Dandelion Greens
- Eggplant
- Jerusalem Artichokes
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Lettuce
- Mushrooms
- Olives, Green
- Onion, Raw
- Peas, Raw
- Peppers, Hot
- Potatoes, White
- Radishes
- Spinach, Raw
- Sprouts
- Tomatoes
- Turnips