Vaata Pacifying Foods

Fruits

Favor	Avoid
Apples (cooked) Applesauce Apricots Bananas (ripe, not green) Berries Cantaloupe Cherries Coconut Dates (fresh, cooked, or soaked) Figs (fresh, cooked, or soaked) Grapefruit Grapes Kiwi Lemon Lime Mango Melons Oranges Papaya Peaches Pineapple Plums Prunes (cooked or soaked) Raisins (cooked or soaked) Tamarind	Apples (raw) Bananas (green) Cranberries Dates (dry) Dried Fruit, in general Figs (dry) Pears Persimmons Pomegranate Prunes (dry) Raisins (dry) Watermelon

 

Vegetables

Favor	Reduce or Avoid
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 Rutabega Spinach, Cooked Squash, Summer Squash, Winter Sweet Potatoes Watercress Zucchini	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

 

Grains

Favor	Avoid
Amaranth Durham Flour Oats, Cooked Pancakes Quinoa Rice (all types) Seitan Sprouted Wheat Bread Wheat	Barley Buckwheat Cereals (cold, dry, or puffed) Corn Couscous Crackers Granola Millet Muesli Oat Bran Oats, Dry Pasta, Wheat Rice Cakes Rye Spelt Tapioca Wheat Bran Yeasted Bread

 

Legumes

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

 

Dairy

Favor	Avoid
Butter Buttermilk Cheese Cottage Cheese Cow’s milk Ghee Goat’s Milk Sour Cream (in moderation) Yogurt (fresh)	All Cold Beverages Ice Cream (in moderation) Frozen Yogurt Powdered Milk

 

Nuts & Seeds

Favor	Avoid
Almonds Brazil Nuts Cashews Coconut Hazelnuts Macadamia Nuts Peanuts Pecans Pine Nuts Pistachios Pumpkin Seeds Sesame Seeds Sunflower Seeds Walnuts	Popcorn

 

Meat & Eggs

Favor	Avoid
Beef Chicken (especially dark) Duck Eggs Fish (fresh and salt water) Salmon Sardines Seafood Shrimp Tuna Fish Turkey (dark)	Lamb Mutton Pork Venison Turkey (white)

 

Oils

Favor	Avoid
Almond Oil Avocado Oil Castor Oil Coconut Oil Ghee Mustard Oil Olive Oil Peanut Oil Safflower Oil Sesame Oil Sunflower Oil	Canola Oil Corn Oil Flax Seed Oil Soya Oil

 

Sweeteners

Favor	Avoid
Barley Malt Date Sugar Fructose Fruit Juice Concentrates Honey (raw) Jaggary Maple Syrup (in moderation) Molasses Rice Syrup Sucanat Turbinado	Artificial Sweeteners White Sugar Honey (heated or cooked)

 

Spices