Kapha Pacifying Foods

Fruits

Favor	Avoid
Apples Applesauce Apricots Berries Cherries Cranberries Figs (dry) Grapes (red, purple, black) Kiwi Lemons Limes Oranges Peaches Pears Persimmons Pineapple Pomegranates Prunes Raspberries Strawberries Watermelon	Bananas Cantaloupe Coconut Dates Figs (fresh) Grapes (green) Grapefruit Mango Melons Papaya Plums Raisins Rhubarb Tamarin

 

Vegetables

Favor

Reduce or Avoid

Artichoke Asparagus Beet Greens Beets Bell Peppers Bitter Melon Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Burdock Root Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chilies Cilantro Collard Greens Cucumber Daikon Radish Dandelion Greens Garlic Green Beans Horseradish Jerusalem Artichokes Kale Kohlrabi Leafy Greens Leeks Lettuce Mustard Greens Okra Onions Peas Peppers, Sweet & Hot Pumpkin Radishes Rutabaga Spaghetti Squash Spinach Sprouts Summer Squash Tomatoes (cooked) Turnips Watercress Winter Squash Wheat Grass Zucchini

Avocado Corn Eggplant Olives Parsnips Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Tomatoes (raw)

 

Grains

Favor	Avoid
Amaranth Barley Buckwheat Cereal (unsweetened, cold, dry) Couscous Crackers Durham Flour Granola Millet Muesli Oat Bran Oats (dry) Polenta Quinoa Rice (wild) Rice Cakes Rye Seitan Spelt Sprouted Wheat Bread Tapioca Wheat Bran	Corn Oats (cooked) Pancakes Pasta Rice (brown, white) Wheat Yeasted Bread

 

Legumes

Favor	Avoid
Adzuki Beans Black Beans Black-Eyed Peas Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) Lentils Lima Beans Mung Beans Mung Dal Navy Beans Pinto Beans Split Peas Tempeh Toor Dal White Beans	Kidney Beans Miso Soya Beans Soya Cheese Soya Flour Soya Powder Soya Sauce Soya Milk Soya Meats Tofu  Urad Dal

 

Dairy

Favor	Avoid
Buttermilk Cottage Cheese (ideally from skim goat’s milk) Goat’s Cheese (unsalted, not aged) Goat’s Milk (skim) Yogurt (fresh and diluted)	Butter Cheese Cow’s Milk Frozen Yogurt Ghee Ice Cream Sour Cream Yogurt (store-bought)

 

Nuts & Seeds

Favor	Avoid
Almonds (soaked and peeled) Charole Nuts Chia Seeds Popcorn (without salt or butter) Pumpkin Seeds Sunflower Seeds	Brazil Nuts Cashews Coconut Filberts Flax Seeds Macadamia Nuts Peanuts Pecans Pine Nuts Pistachios Sesame Seeds Tahini Walnuts

 

Meat & Eggs

Favor	Avoid
Chicken (white) Eggs (not fried, and in moderation) Fish (freshwater) Shrimp Turkey (white) Venison	Beef Buffalo Chicken (dark) Duck Fish (saltwater) Lamb Pork Salmon Sardines Seafood Tuna Fish Turkey (dark)

 

Oils

Favor	Avoid
Almond Oil Coconut Oil Olive Oil Sunflower Oil	Avocado Oil Apricot Oil Corn Oil Flax Seed Oil Ghee Primrose Oil Sesame Oil Soya Oil Walnut Oil

 

Sweeteners

Favor	Avoid
Honey (raw and unprocessed) Stevia and other sugar substitutes	Avoid all Fruit Juices Artificial Sweeteners Barley Malt Date Sugar Fructose Honey (cooked, heated, or processed) Jaggary Maple Syrup Molasses Rice Syrup Sucanat Turbinado White Sugar

 

Spices

Favor

Avoid

Ajwain / Bishop's Weed Anise Basil Bay Leaf Black Pepper Caraway Cardamom Cayenne Cinnamon Cloves Coriander (seeds or powder) Cumin (seeds or powder) Dill Fennel Fenugreek Garlic Ginger (fresh or dried) Himalayan pink salt Hing (Asafoetida) Mace Marjoram Mint Mustard Seeds Neem Leaves Nutmeg Oregano Paprika Parsley Peppermint Pippali Poppy Seeds Rosemary Saffron Savory Spearmint Tarragon Thyme Trikatu Turmeric Vanilla Wintergreen

Use less Salt