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  2. Indian cookbooks - Wikipedia

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    Ayurvedic texts classify food into three categories: sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic. Tastes (rasa) are classified into six types known as shadrasa according to their qualities for an ideal meal: sweet, salty, sour, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Traditional meal presentation often includes all six of these qualities.

  3. Thali - Wikipedia

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    In Ayurvedic tradition, six tastes known as Shadrasa is used to classify foods according to their qualities for ideal meal. These six tastes include; sweet, salty, sour, pungent, bitter, astringent. Thali presentation often includes all six of these flavors. [10]

  4. Phyllanthus emblica - Wikipedia

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    The taste of Indian emblic is sour, bitter and astringent, and it is quite fibrous. Culinary. The amla fruit may be eaten raw or cooked, ... In Ayurveda, dried and ...

  5. Is the ayurvedic diet healthy? A dietitian explains the pros ...

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    The ayurvedic diet focuses on whole, plant-based foods that are inherently nutrient-rich. Research consistently supports the benefits of a plant-based diet for mental and physical wellbeing.

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  7. Charaka Samhita - Wikipedia

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    The tastes are six. They are sweet, sour, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent. Properly used, they nourish the body. Improperly used (excess or deficient), they verily lead to the provocation of the Dosha. The Dosha are three: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. When they are in their normal state, they are beneficial to the body.

  8. Bitter polyphenols in plant-based foods may help lower ...

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    Polyphenols in plant-based foods may trigger gastrointestinal hormones that could help reduce a person's risk for both obesity and type 2 diabetes, new research indicates.

  9. Sattvic diet - Wikipedia

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    A sattvic diet is a type of plant-based diet within Ayurveda [1] where food is divided into what is defined as three yogic qualities known as sattva. [2] In this system of dietary classification, foods that decrease the energy of the body are considered tamasic, while those that increase the energy of the body are considered rajasic.