These foods are organic vegetarian foods sweet in taste and rich in prana (life-force). They should be freshly prepared with love and consumed mindfully in moderate portions. A good rule of thumb is to eat until you are 3/4 full, leaving 1/4 of the stomach empty to allow room for proper mixing of digestive enzymes and food nutrients.

Fruit: most fruits are considered sattvic, especially dates, fresh and dried figs, mangoes, coconuts, seeded grapes, pomegranates, peaches, pears, plums, prunes, oranges, sweet apples, apricots, lemons, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, raisins, and bananas.

Vegetables: most vegetables are considered sattvic, especially steamed leafy greens, asparagus, carrots, celery, sweet potato, beets, daikon radish, and cucumbers. It is best to consume vegetables that are lightly steamed (until crunchy-tender, not soft). An excellent practice is to drink freshly made vegetable juices for their prana, live enzymes, and easy absorption.

Grains: rice (particularly white basmati rice or long grain brown rice), wheat, oats, quinoa, and sprouted grain breads. Yeasted breads are not recommended unless toasted.

Legumes: mung beans, yellow split peas, adzuki beans, organic tofu, and chickpeas. In general, the smaller the bean, the easier to digest. To improve digestibility, consider soaking beans overnight, sprouting, or cooking with spices (such as asafetida) or a piece of kombu. Legumes combined with whole grains provide a complete protein combination.

Nuts/Seeds: almonds, almond butter, sesame, sunflower, pumpkin, and freshly ground flax.

Organic Dairy: unpasteurized (or raw) milk, unsweetened kefir, unsweetened whole milk yogurt, and homemade paneer. Milk should never be consumed cold and straight out of the fridge. Instead it should be boiled, lightly spiced (i.e. ginger, cinnamon, cardamom), and served with raw honey to overcome any mucus-forming tendencies. Milk should always be consumed either alone or with other sweet-tasting foods (i.e. not with sour, salty and pungent-tasting foods). Avoid mixing yogurt with fruit, as they are incompatible foods.

Oils: cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil packaged in a dark glass bottle, sesame oil, and ghee (clarified butter). Sweeteners: raw unheated honey, raw sugars in small amounts.

Mild Spices: rock salt, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, coriander, fennel, fresh ginger, turmeric, and small amounts of black pepper. Beverages: filtered water (never ice-cold, always room temperature or heated), herbal teas, and occasional black, green or yerba mate’ tea to improve mental functioning.


Fish, white meats, garlic, onions, beans, nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant), brassica family (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts), radishes, peppers, hot spices, salt, chocolate, caffeine, refined white sugar, carbonated beverages, all under-ripe produce, undercooked foods, eating foods too quickly.


Pork, beef, dark meats, eggs, cheeses, mushrooms, avocado, vinegar, alcohol, all intoxicants, all genetically-modified foods, fried foods, fermented foods, all over-ripe produce, overcooked foods, frozen/canned/boxed foods, leftovers and re-heated foods (microwave and stove-top), overeating in general, eating snacks after sunset.