Vata - Vata types are more likely to suffer from emaciation, malnourishment and wasting away of tissue.  Therefore dietary therapy improving food quality and quantity is one of the most important treatments for Vata disorders.  Vata types should generally try and eat more frequently.  They require a calming, grounding, nourishing diet.  Food should be warm, heavy, moistening and strengthening.

General Vata Type Foods

• Almonds, coconut, eggs, fish, meat peanuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds, pistachios, beets, sweet, potatoes, figs, mango, honeydew melons cumin, urad beans, kidney beans wheat, rye, oats, rice.