Ayurvedic Nutrition &
Food Fundamentals
Includes: 6
Stages of Digestion, 5 Nutritional Disorders, 4 States of Agni, 3
Doshas, 2 Potent Energies & 1 Moment
Ama ~Metabolic Waste
When
our digestive capacity, also referred to as, our digestive fire or
agni is disturbed, incompletely digested food forms an
internal, toxic, morbid, substance known as ama. This
undigested, unripened, undigested, glue-like, sticky substance may
accumulate, putrefy, ferment, and lodge anywhere in the body, with a
tendency to begin at it’s weakest place (kavaigunya).
Thereby, ama is the end product of poorly digested food and
forms due to weak, dull or variable agni, clogging the
channels, such as the blood and lymph, giving rise to diseases, such
as arthritis, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, thyroid
conditions, diabetes, allergies and more.
Ayurveda’s
verbiage of clogged channels and accumulation of ama,
is saying the same thing as
the new age verbiage, leaky gut syndrome, and is associated
with the current popularity of conversations about disorders of the
microbiome by vitiating our gastrointestinal tract, but Ayurveda
takes it further to state that this digestive process occurs
in every cell of our body, determining the healthy
replication, growth and development of each cell, tissue and organ,
contributing to the over all health and vitality of a person.
We
can see the early signs and symptoms of ama begin
to accumulate, at what we should
consider the early
stages of disease, and take steps at this preventative stage. Just as
current research suggests that diet and lifestyle affects the outcome
of one’s genetic storyboard, Ayurveda provides the same road map in
an easier, more accessible and user friendly road map to do this
appropriately, recognizing that it’s not one size fits all, and
taking a truly holistic approach in adjusting one’s diet and
lifestyle, that most often would suffice to return to a healthy
condition.
To read more about the specific signs and symptoms of Ama per dosha, a health questionnaire to determine your own body and mind impurities and an ama reducing recipe, access our resources here
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