Plus too much fruit may throw your blood sugar off. That's why a little piece at a time with the pineapple.
Depending on what you are doing to pacify kapha it may raise vata and pitta. And that may need to be done anyway. One Indian MD who learned ayurveda from his grandfather actually teaches that reducing kapha by increasing the other doshas because it was easier for people to understand it that way. MAPI teas have those additional herbs to moderate that as do other formulas. Usually if one is kapha but has a pitta primary constitution you might want to moderate the use of spicy foods and ginger. Ayurved is not woo-woo in any way. It may seem that way because it is using the elements to explain things. But it is biochemistry. Primarily it will help regulate the rate that you metabolize your food especially carbs. If you burn carbs too fast you can get hypoglycemia or too slow same and then that can make you fat. Of course I also have learned other systems including metabolic typing. I like to look at kapha, pitta and vata as a straight vertical line with kapha at the bottom being a slow metabolism, vata at the top being fast and pitta in the middle. At least that is how it works with my body. Also basic physics, heat expands and cold contracts. Think about that too in relation to these. MD's need to become a lot more hip in this science but the pharmaceutical companies will hate it because there is no money in it. On 03/03/2013 04:57 AM, Share Long wrote: > Oh, I see. I'm not as familiar with containers of fruit as I am with cans. > So that's what caused the glitch in my memory. Anyway, what you say about > samadosha brings up a question I've had for quite a while: if one pacifies > kapha, for example, are vata and pitta automatically increased? > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur > > > > No, I didn't say I ate a whole can. I said I went to the store and > bought a container of pineapple slices because I didn't want to cut up a > *whole* pineapple. The fresh foods section where the packaged fresh > lettuce, spinach, etc. also has small containers of fresh sliced > fruit. Much less messy than cutting up a whole pineapple and a small > container cheaper too. Also a whole pineapple might have spoiled before > I used it up. This was a good way to test. I only ate a slice (cube) > or two at a time. > > I first read heard about returning the body to prakriti a few years back > in several articles. Perhaps samadosha was assumed by newbie ayurveda > followers. I recall one of the instructors at Dr. Lad's school telling > me that samadosha wasn't so wonderful as people with that prakriti still > had problems and correcting them often proved difficult. > > On 03/02/2013 07:51 AM, Share Long wrote: >> Well, you said you ate a whole can and it went away! I couldn't manage that >> amount but I ate quite a bit. Chunks. Organic. Very yummy. >> No comment about prakriti maybe being more settled than samadosha for some? >> >> Yeah, I always think the true saints of Fairfield are the people from CA who >> move here and stay. Mostly it's for their kids. >> >> Funny what you said about making a living selling crystals. >> Ok, I see what you mean about right vs left brain dominance. I still >> experience the spiritual and material as interpenetrating each other. >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur >> >> >> >> A half a can of pineapple? I think the web page only mentions a few >> slices a day. Pineapple is an anti-inflammatory so will help if the >> tinnitus is due to that. But as the web page mentions there are >> different reasons for tinnitus. >> >> Haha, I was able to do my morning walk wearing shorts it was already >> that warm. That's why some of us like to live in Kalifornia. >> >> Actually the conflict might be between left and right brained people not >> so much materialism and spirituality. Or maybe the spiritual folks will >> come out on the winning side anyway. >> >> On 03/01/2013 12:03 PM, Share Long wrote: >>> Hmmm, that's very interesting about switching emphasis from samadosha to >>> prakriti. My guess is that prakriti has a built in settledness whereas >>> trying to be samadosha could produce strain in someone who's not. >>> >>> BTW, I ate half a can of pineapple the other day. I think the ringing in >>> ears decreased some. Thanks for tip. >>> >>> And I thought FF had changeable weather! One learns to layer clothing. >>> >>> About materialism and spirituality: some days the most concrete aspects of >>> earthly life are also the most divine (-: >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 11:14 AM >>> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 03/01/2013 02:48 AM, navashok wrote: >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >>>>> You mean the monsoon season? Today in California it was winter >>>>> overnight, spring in the morning, summer in the afternoon and fall in >>>>> the evening. :-D >>>>> >>>>> I found the tape. I need to digitize it so it's easier to find sections >>>>> and EQ it better. >>>>> >>>>> "Om Rama Krisna Hari" is for pitta but may also be tridoshic. >>>> Do you know why this is so? Does it have anything to do with the deities, >>>> like Vishnu usually being associated with water, Devi with fire etc. or is >>>> it purely phonetic? Btw. I'm samadosha, last time they checked (which is >>>> long time ago) >>> A bit of both since the deities are associated with the elements and >>> their names create the effect. I recall the goal in ayurveda was to >>> function samadosha but now the prevailing thought is to return you to >>> your constitution (prakrati). >>> >>> >>> >> > >
