SPARK VASI YOGA ALCHEMY 🔱 🧘♀️ A balanced diet & the six tastes SWEET Sugar, milk, butter, ghee, sweet fruit, bread, pasta, grains SOUR Yoghurt, lemon, vinegar, wine, soy sauce, grapefruit, aged cheese SALT Salt (also in vegetables; especially celery and seaweeds) PUNGENT Hot, spicy foods such as pepper, ginger, garlic, cayenne, chilli BITTER Leafy greens, olives, turmeric, horseradish, turmeric, fenugreek, nettle, lettuce, aloe ASTRINGENT Beans, lentils, dhal, honey, rhubarb, apples, leafy greens, pomegranate, sprouts The tongue has taste buds which register all the above six tastes. If the body receives all these tastes in each meal it feels satisfied and will not overeat or feel hungry again soon after eating. However, there are far more taste buds that register the sweet as opposed to astringent or sour taste. This is because we do not require equal amounts of each taste. There are more ‘sweet’ taste buds because this is the taste we require the m...
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