AY5113 Ayurvedic Nutrition 1
This series provides an understanding of nutrition from the ayurvedic perspective and develops the necessary skills, competency and confidence in using ayurvedic nutrition to maintain or regain a healthy balance in body, mind and soul. This series will cover the use of food, spices, preparation methods, qualities, routines, rituals and fasting to restore balance for conditions as far as pathogenesis stage 3 for populations age 5 and older, including pre-/post-natal women. Theory & Analysis. This course provides understanding and analysis of agni (digestive fire) and ama (toxins) and how the tastes, elements and qualities of food and spices affect the doshas (vikruti (bodily humors (imbalance thereof)), dhatus (tissues), srotamsi (channels), manas (mind) and malas (waste).