animal food

Wild game - General Wild game is a term given to mammals and birds that are hunted for food while they are in their wild state. Wild game is usually seasonal food. Many people find game to have a...

Small Fish - Sardines Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, Oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, increase Pitta and Kapha ...

Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, Oily, sticky Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: decrease Vata, increase Pitta and Kapha Digestive impact...

In contrast to the noble wild salmon there exists another, more commonly consumed fish, that in many ways does not deserve to be named “salmon”, since it has none of the redeeming qualities of wild...

This substantial meat builds blood and strength (balya). It's strengthening qualities are ideal for weak, or deficient persons. Its  oily and hot qualities make it the quintessential pitta-kapha...

Properties  Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, very nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Decrease Vata  Digestive impact (Agni): hard to...

Commercial lamb is typically given fewer antibiotics and drugs than other red meats, and often grazes on unsprayed grassland. Lamb kidney enhances the yang energies of the body, increases the Jing...

Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, Oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Decrease Vata  Digestive impact (Agni): hard to digest Channels...

Properties Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Light, Oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, increase Pitta and Kapha  Digestive...

Many fish now contain dangerous quantities of chemical toxins and heavy metals that reduce immunity and reproductive capacity. If fish is used, particularly for overcoming deficiency, it is best to...

Egg (chicken) Eggs are suitable for the lean, dry, anemic and deficient types of people. The Chinese consider one egg sufficient for six people - as one egg has the potential of becoming a whole...

Properties Taste: Sweet, Astringent Natural Attributes: Light, Sharp Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating, some sources specify cooling (B.P) Dosha impact:...

Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Light, Oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating, although some kinds are cooling Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, some kinds...

As with meat and other animal products, the manner in which the chicken is fed, grown and treated has both physiological and psychological effects on the consumer.Commercially raised chicken are at...

Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: heavy, oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Decrease Vata, increases Kapha Digestive impact (Agni):...

Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, Oily Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing  Thermal impact (Virya): cooling Dosha impact: Decrease Vata and Pitta, increases Kapha  Digestive impact...

Meat and other animal products have been the main source of protein in the West for most of the last century. But this practice is now being questioned, not only for its moral ambiguity, but also...

Animal food has been an important part of human diet for thousands of years. Although in most cultures, animal food has been eaten in small quantities in comparison to plant foods, for many, animal...