Pitta Fruits

Fruits that pacify pitta will generally be sweet and somewhat astringent. Dried fruits are typically also acceptable, but are best in small quantities, so as not to further accelerate pitta’s tendency toward rapid digestion. Fruits to avoid are those that are exceptionally heating or sour (like bananas, cranberries, and green grapes).

You’ll find many fruits in both the favour and avoid columns below because different varieties of the same fruit can truly be pacifying or aggravating, depending on how sweet or sour they are. When trying to balance pitta, learning to distinguish between these tastes and choosing sweet fruits over sour ones is always very helpful.

Fruits and juices are best enjoyed alone. Ideally 30 minutes before or an hour after any other food for it to optimally be digested. This rule does not apply to fruits that we typically consider vegetables like avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.. You will find these fruits listed among the “vegetables”.