Friday, 13 January 2017

Meat and milk, Fish and milk, Lentils (black gram, green gram) and milk are better avoided.


Meat products (fish, meat, etc.,) and Milk products (curd, ghee, etc.,) don't go together.

Meat products (Pork, beef) and black gram don't go together.

Lentils and curd or curd products don't go together (Source: see note below with*)
- green gram and black gram are incompatible with many foods

(Your Note: Perhaps, all milk products and lentils don't go together since lentils are proteins like meat, even sweets like minapa-sunnunda, boorelu etc., Overall, looks like milk products don't go well with many other foods.)

The side affects are severe - leading to loss of hearing, voice, eye-sight and even death.

Fish & many other foods like seasame seeds (perhaps, better to avoid cooking fish in sesame oil)

Seasame oil & many foods

Honey & many foods

Bad Food Combinations And Solution As Per Ayurveda

Though some food articles are quite safe, Ayurveda explains that combination of two particular safe foods may not be ideal for health. It depends upon the quantity of each food stuff, time of taking food, processing of food and a lot of other factors. Let’s have a look at the list.
Principles involved:Opposing duel qualities: If  two qualities are strongly exhibited in two items and their combination would lead to a bad quality match, then they are rendered incompatible. Usually hot potency and cold potency is considered. But this does not always hold good. For example, in some cases, in some hot potency herbs, they are treated with milk (cold potency) to lower its hotness. Example: Garlic Milk Remedy, Bhallataka (hot) – processed with milk etc.
Similar qualities: If two foods have many similarities with them, to such an extent that the combination would increase a particular Dosha to a very high extent, then they are said incompatible.
Example: Fish with radish.
Opposing multiple qualities: If two foods have multiple opposing qualities, their combination is usually declared incompatible. For example – honey and ghee in equal quantities.
Processing: If processing of food leads to alteration / destruction of original quality of the food, then it is not recommended. Such as heating of curds and heating of honey.
Time of intake: We learnt in basic principles of Ayurveda that, the day and night can be divided into three parts, From morning to evening, in one third part, Kapha, Pitta and Vata are active. If taking some food aggravates Dosha due to its similarity in qualities with the timing of Dosha, then that food at that particular time is defined as incompatible. Example: Taking curds at night. Or taking excess sweets at night.
Enough of logics and theories. Let us dive into actual list of bad Ayurveda food combination. 
Wrong Food Combinations As Per Ayurveda:Pork, Buffalo meat, Swan meat, goose, crab, fish, tortoise, should not not be taken along with  black gram, honey, milk and germinated grains.
Radish is incompatible with fish.
Fish with milk is incompatible.  Both fish and milk of them have sweet taste, but due to the contradiction in their potency (fish is hot and milk is cold) they vitiate the blood and obstruct the channels of circulation.
Anupa Mamsa – Meat of Yak, buffalo, cow, deer, elephant,
Audaka / Varishaya – fish, whale, pearl oyster, conch snail, cat fish, crocodile,
These meat / fishes  should not be taken together with honey, sesame seeds, sugar candy, milk, black gram (Masha), radish, lotus stalk or germinated grains (Viruda dhanya). By doing so, one gets afflicted with deafness, blindness, trembling, loss of intelligence loss of voice and nasal voice, it may even cause death.
meat of Kapota (dove) fried in mustard oil together with honey and milk, for this obstructs channels of circulation and causes dilatation of blood vessels, epilepsy, Shankhaka (a disease of the head characterized by acute pain in temporal region), Galaganda (Scrofula) or even death.
Milk should not be taken after the intake of radish, garlic, Keshnagandha (Moringa oleifera Lam.) Arjaka ( Ocimum gratissimum Linn), Sumukha Surasa (Tulsi – Holy basil), etc. this may cause skin diseases. Though garlic and milk are heated and used together in many medicines, cold milk should not be consumed immediately after garlic, radish, holy basil consumption.
Holy basil with milk – If you are taking holy basil capsule or tablet for any respiratory or viral infection condition, then better to avoid having milk soon after this. Maintain a gap of at least 30 minutes between the two.
Milk with sour fruits – All sour substances, sour fruits such as sour mango, sour pomegranate, etc are incompatible with milk
Horse gram with milk is a bad combination.
After consuming green leafy vegetables and radish, drinking milk should be avoided
Spinach with sesame seed – Indian spinach (Basella rubra) processed along with sesame seed paste. It causes diarrhoea.
Pork should not be taken along with porcupine meet.
Honey should not be heated. Honey should not be consumed by person suffering with excess heat. As it causes Pitta increase.
Honey and ghee or honey and rain water,  both in water both in equal quantity,
Radish along with black gram is forbidden.
Curds along with palm date
Black pepper along with fish or during digestion of fish
Banana along with butter milk is not recommended
Chicken and Spotted deer should not be taken along with curds
Uncooked meat along with bile of animals is bad.
Sheep meat along with leaves of Kusumba herb
Germinated grains along with lotus stalk
Lakucha Phala (wild jack) along with black gram soup.
Kakamachi (Black night shade) along with jaggery
Pippali – Long pepper fruit,  prepared with fish fat and Kakamachi (Black nightshade – Solanum nigrum), mixed with honey causes death.
Pippali (long pepper) processed with the oil in which fish is fried should be rejected.
Ghee kept in bronze vessel for more than 10 days should not be taken.
Hot substances or hot procedures (like sun bath) is not recommended along with Bhallataka (Semecarpus anacardium)
Mixing of milk, beer and Krishara (rice – green gram dish)
Mixing of equal quantities of any 2, 3 or all of the following is not recommended – honey, ghee, meat, fat, sesame oil and beverages.
Honey along with ghee, even in unequal proportions, should not be consumed along with water.
Honey along with seeds of Pushkara (Inula racemosa)
Honey, along with wine of dates (Maireya) and sugar
Milk drinks along with Mantha (solution of corn flour)
Mushroom with yellow cap, with mustard oil is incompatible.
Leaves of Jatuka(Ferula narthex) or ripe fruit of Nikucha (Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb). Should not be taken with honey and milk
Ripe fruit of Nikucha (Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb) should not be taken with the soup of Masha (black gram), sugar candy and ghee because they are mutually contradictory.
Meat of Tittiri, peacock, Godha (Iguana lziard), Lava (common quail), Kapinjala, cooked by the fire of wood of castor and processed with, fried in castor oil is lethal.
The treatment for incompatible food consumption
Shodhana – purification procedure – Panchakarma. It helps the cleanse the body and gut of the toxins.
Shamana – palliative treatment – Based on particular Dosha imbalance observed in the patient.
Virodha chikitsa – symptom based treatment.
Health should be restored quickly by using food that have opposite qualities to that of incompatible foods.
In whom it might not affect?
In those who exercise regularly, who are habituated to oily fatty food, who have good digestion power, in young and strong, the incompatible food will not cause any ill effects.
In those, who are habituated (sathmya) to incompatible food and in those who take low quantities of incompatible food for a long period of time, the ill effects will not be seen.
Types of Viruddha Ahara- Types of food incompatibility as explained by Charaka:
1. Desha Viruddha – Place – Intake of dry and strong substances such as strong wine, in deserts; oily and cold substance in marshy land is place contradictory diet habit. because, in deserts, it causes extreme increase of Vata and Pitta and in marshy land, it causes extreme increase of Kapha Dosha.
2. Kala Viruddha – Time contradictory diet habit – Intake of cold and dry substances in winter; pungent and hot substance in the summer.
3. Agni Viruddha – Power of Digestion contradictory diet – Intake of heavy-to-digest food when the power of digestion is low (mandagni); intake of light food when the power of digestion is very high (Teekshnagni). Similarly intake of food at various with irregular  and normal power of digestion fall under this category.
4. Matra Viruddha – Dose specific diet contradiction – Intake of honey and ghee in equal quantities
5. Satmya Viruddha – Habit specific diet contradiction- Intake of sweet and cold substance by persons accustomed to pungent and hot substances.
6. Dosha Viruddha – Dosha specific diet contradiction- Utilization of drugs, diets and regimen having similar qualities with Dosas but at variance with the habit of the individual.
7. Samskara Viruddha – processing – Method of preparation specific diet contradiction:- Drugs and diets which when prepared in a particular way produce poisonous effects, for example, meat of peacock roasted on a castor spit, heating of honey etc.
8. Veerya Viruddha – Potency specific diet contradiction- Substances having cold potency in combination with those of hot potency.
9. Koshta Viruddha – Bowel specific diet contradiction –
Administration of a mild purgative in a small dose for a person of with hard bowel (Krura Koshta) and administration of strong purgatives food for a  person with soft bowel (Mrudu Koshta)
10. Avastha Viruddha –Stage specific contradiction: Indulgence in Vata aggravating diet after physical stress, sexual intercourse, exercise.
Indulgence in Kapha aggravating diet by a lethargic, sleepy person.
11. Krama Viruddha – Order specific contradiction – If a person takes food before his bowel and urinary bladder are clear (empty) or when he does not have appetite or after his hunger has been highly aggravated.
12. Parihara Viruddha –Prescription specific contradiction – Intake of hot things after taking pork
13. Upachara Viruddha – Treatment specific contradiction – Taking cold things after taking ghee.
14. Paka Viruddha – Cooking contradiction – Preparation of food with bad or rotten fuel, under-cooking, over-cooking or burning during the process of preparation.
15. Samyoga Viruddha – Combination – Intake of sour substance with milk.
16. Hrudaya Viruddha – Palatability :- Any substance which is not pleasant in taste.
17. Sampat Viruddha – Richness of quality:- Intake of substance that are not mature, over-mature or purified.
18. Vidhi Viruddha – Rules of eating :- Taking meals in public
Effect of taking incompatible foods –Intake of unwholesome food is responsible for the
Shandya – causation of sterility ,
Andhya – blindness,
visarpa (herpes, spreading type of skin disease),
Dakodara – ascitis,
Visphota – eruptions,
Unmada – insanity,
Bhagandara – fistula,
Murcha – fainting,
Mada – intoxication,
Adhmana – bloating
Galagraha – spasmodic obstruction in throat,
Pandu – anemia, initial stage of liver disorder
Amavisha- poisoning due to Ama (indigestion and altered metabolism),
Kilasa type of skin disease,
Kushta – skin disorders
Grahani – sprue, IBS,
Shotha – oedema,
Amlapitta – acid dyspepsia,
Jvara – fever,
Peenasa – rhinitis,
Santana Dosha – foetal diseases and
Mrutyu – death. [102-103]
Treatment for disorders of incompatible food and diet habits –First the undigested food particles left in the gut and the highly imbalanced doshas should be expelled out of the body. For this purpose, two Panchakarma treatments – Vamana – emesis treatment and Virechana – purgation treatment is adopted.
Then, specific antidotes and prophylaxis is adopted.
How to leave bad food combinations and adopt right foods?Unhealthy things – foods, drinks, activities which have become accustomed by long use should be discontinued by quarter and quarter gradually.
Similarly healthy things (foods etc.) should be gradually made use with intevals of 1, 2 and 3 days.
So, the process of shift from bad to good food should be gradual and methodical, rather than a sudden shift.
Sudden discontinuance of unhealthy things, foods, drinks etc. and indulgence in healthy things, done suddenly and improperly give rise to diseases
The ill effects of incompatible foods that eliminated gradually and good habits developed gradually leads to robust health.
References:
Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana 26th chapter
Ashtanga Hrudaya Sutrasthana 7th chapter

deepesh deshmukh says:
September 9, 2014 at 9:11 am
Is milk is compatible with black gram ??i have seen some article where kheer of black gram with milk is very good for health but in your article .In your article Horse gram with milk is bad combination sould you please clarify it.
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suchi says:
March 14, 2013 at 7:41 am
Is fish cooked in curd( as bengalis cook) bad? Also is taking fish or meat with curd or buttermilk hArmful?
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BJTrivedi says:
March 14, 2013 at 11:04 am
Your article – “Bad Food Combinations…” is very informative and useful, but you have not mentioned as per what timings of the day/night, which foods should not be taken-like morning, afternoon and night. You have mentioned only about Curd, but not about all other foods. This would certainly help readers otherwise it would remain only half information!!!
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    March 22, 2013 at 12:20 pm
    Hi sir, thanks 🙂
    1. Curd at night is wrong.
    2. Curd, extremely hot things during summer is wrong.
    3. Sweets and oily food substances at night is wrong – aggravates Kapha
    4. Having heavy sweets early in the morning is wrong – aggravates Kapha
    5. Having heavily sour, excess salty and pungent things in the afternoon is wrong- aggravates Pitta
    I will keep on updating this article from time to time and you will be notified of the updates.

Neena sharma says:
March 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm
Could you please elaborate why fish with curd/milk is incompatible ? And why curd should not be taken at night ?Could you also please let me know there ill-effects ? As one of my friends always takes it & she always goes by logic . Hence ,I need to give her the reason.
Thanks.
Neena
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donroy81 says:
March 20, 2013 at 6:35 am
could you expand upon : Turmeric with Mustard oil . I beleive it is quite common to mix these, esp in making bengali fish. Is it ok to use topically?
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    March 22, 2013 at 2:32 pm
    As per Ayurveda, processing mustard oil along with turmeric is not good.
    It also applies to external usage. But if you are using other ingredients, for external usage, it may be just fine.
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    • Andrey Golovinov says:
      April 1, 2014 at 6:26 pm
      Dear Dr. Hebbar,
      Could you give me the reference to shastras about incompatibility of turmeric with mustard oil?
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      • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
        April 1, 2014 at 10:13 pm
        Dear Andrey Golovinov, The reference is found in – Ashtanga Hrudayam Sutrasthana, 7th chapter, 41st Verse. – First line – last half – “Haaridraha Katutailavaan” Haridra means turmeric. Katutaila is mustard oil.
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        • Andrey Golovinov says:
          April 2, 2014 at 12:11 pm
          … hāridraḥ kaṭutailavān ||41||
          Turmeric is haridrā, but haridrā not equal to hāridra.
          Sarvāṅgasundarā commentary on Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā Sū.7.41:
          hāridraḥ-kuprasavaḥ śākaviśeṣaḥ sarpacchatrānukārī pītābhāsaḥ, kaṭutailavān-sarṣapatailabhṛṣṭo, viruddhaḥ |
          Āyurvedarasāyana commentary on Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā Sū.7.41:
          hāridrakaṭutailayorvirodhāmāha-hāridra iti| hāridraḥpītavarṇaśchatrākaviśeṣaḥ kandaḥ| kaṭutailavān-sarṣapatailabhṛṣṭaḥ|
          Hāridra is mushroom with yellow cap. It is Agaricus campestris.
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          • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
            April 2, 2014 at 8:30 pm
            Dear Andrey Golovinov, Many thanks for pointing out the mistake.
            I had not gone through the Sanskrit commentary while translating this verse.
            I have made the appropriate correction in the article.
            Thanks and regards
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        • Andrey Golovinov says:
          April 2, 2014 at 8:40 pm
          Thank you, dear Dr. Hebbar, for your great blog.

Gaurav says:
April 1, 2013 at 10:55 am
Is it okay to add sugar to “Full cream buttermilk” i.e. churned curd (without any water), but not okay to add sugar to curd (without churning)? Or are both of them equally ‘risky’?
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    April 5, 2013 at 9:33 pm
    Adding sugar to both full cream buttermilk and to the curds (without churning) is dangerous. Both combinations increase Kapha Dosha by a large extent.
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Thomas says:
September 24, 2013 at 1:10 pm
I am consuming Curd and chicken since my childhood and i am 31 years now .As you mentioned that Wrong Food Combination is ok with the people who are habituated (sathmya) and it will not affect .So can i continue taking this food [Curd and chicken]
as it is always my favorite combination.Thank You
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    September 24, 2013 at 6:01 pm
    If you are accustomed to this combination, to the point that you can not live without it, then please continue. It probably will do no harm to you.
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Shereefa says:
December 12, 2013 at 5:45 am
We use yoghurt in biryanis and curries. Is it so bad? Also, is mixing turmeric and mustard seeds bad since turmeric and mustard oil is bad. Finally, since milk and garlic a bad combination, is cooking with ghee and garlic/ginger paste as ingredients bad too?
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    December 12, 2013 at 11:37 am
    Dear Shereefa,
    1. Yogurt with curries and biryarni is not very bad, provided yogurt is very watery (diluted).
    2. Mixing trumeric and mustard seeds is not bad. mustard and mustard oi have differences.
    3. Milk and garlic is a good combination. It is not bad.
    4. Similarly, cooking with ghee and garlic / ginger paste is absolutely fine.
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    • Shereefa says:
      December 14, 2013 at 6:05 am
      Many thanks sir for your reply. i have one last confusion and i hope you may help me with it. I have read that chicken should not be mixed with yoghurt because one is hot and one is cold. Doesnt chicken and yoghurt cooked in biryanis and tikkas seem like a bad combination then? Can you please explain how the dynamics of mixing these work in cooking. Also, ayurveda says to drink lassi after meals for good digestion but contradicts mixing milk and dairy with starches and other foods!
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Pavithra says:
July 12, 2014 at 12:13 am
Dear Dr.,
Thank you for posting this useful article.
I have a question regarding milk and salt combination. As per ayurveda, milk should never be mixed with salt. In that case, there are many health drinks like Complan, Horlics, Cereals, granolas, etc which has salt in it. But we mix it with milk and drink. So is it bad?
Also it is ok to mix Heavy cream with salt, as many recipes like dal makhani has salt and heavy cream in it?
Also does this rule apply to all types of milk like coconut milk, almond, soy & rice milk too?
Thank you very much for your help.
Thanks,
Pavithra
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    October 6, 2014 at 4:43 pm
    Hi, I assume that the salt in complan, horlicks etc is considerably low, hence it would not make much difference.
    Cream with salt looks fine for me.
    This rule does not applie to coconut milk, almond, soy and rice milk.
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Swapnil Sagar says:
July 14, 2014 at 2:50 pm
Sir,
I have some queries.
1) Is porridge(made from desi cow’s milk) compatible with jaggery?
2) Is porridge(made from desi cow’s milk) or milk itself compatible with fruits?
3) Is yogurt or lassi compatible with jaggery?
4) Is yogurt or lassi compatible with honey?
Please reply.
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  1. deepesh deshmukh says:
    September 9, 2014 at 9:11 am
    Is milk is compatible with black gram ??i have seen some article where kheer of black gram with milk is very good for health but in your article .In your article Horse gram with milk is bad combination sould you please clarify it.
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  2. Margaret says:
    September 13, 2014 at 11:33 pm
    I’m confused when two of the foremost experts on Ayurveda, Dr. Vasant Lad and Dr. David Frawley, disagree about food combining. In “Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing”, page 188, Dr. Lad states, “Do not eat bananas with milk.” On page 293 of “Ayurvedic Healing A Comprehensive Guide”, Dr. Frawley states, “Milk combines poorly with bread, sour fruit, beans, nuts, fish or meat. It does combine well with whole grains, however, and sweet fruit like bananas.” Regarding Dr. Frawley’s comment that milk combines poorly with nuts, Dr. Lad recommends the opposite in a recipe he recommends using ten soaked almonds blended with a cup of warm milk (p. 240 “The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies”). I would appreciate it if you could shed some light on this. Thank you.
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    • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
      October 15, 2014 at 9:21 pm
      Milk can be used along with sweet tasting fruits. Example: Draksha (grapes /raisin) is an ingredient of Triphala ghrita, which contains milk as another ingredient. http://ayurmedinfo.com/2012/02/20/triphala-ghrita-benefits-dosage-how-to-use-side-effects-ingredients-reference/
      In Parushakadi leham, Parushaka and Draksha (grapes) are used, for this medicine, milk is used as anupana – co drink / after drink. – http://ayurmedinfo.com/2012/05/17/parushakadi-leham-benefits-dosage-side-effects-ingredients/
      Milk along with sour fruits are not ideal.
      Almond and milk cannot be said as incompatible. Almond is best absorbed into the body, when soaked in water. Taking that into consideration, it is best to use soaked almond along with milk. At the worst, almond may not get completely absorbed, but it cannot be said as incompatible.
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    • Gaurav says:
      October 15, 2014 at 10:33 pm
      Banana clogs the channels, and so does milk by itself (at least it’s not so easily digestible), so taking both together is not recommended as this effect gets multiplied. And if I’m not mistaken, both are very high in “Kapha”, so even “similar qualities” rule above applies.
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      • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
        October 22, 2014 at 4:06 pm
        That theory of similarity in qualities cannot be generalized. Because, we see a lot of combination of hot / coolant ingredients together.
        Refer: Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana 26th chapter, 84th verse – http://easyayurveda.com/2014/08/04/ayurvedic-pharmacology-charaka-samhita-sutrasthana-26/
        In the section of incompatible combination with milk, he says –
        Milk with sour fruits – mango, Amrataka – Spondias pinnata Kurz, Matulunga – Lemon variety, Nikucha (Artocarpus Lakoocha Roxb), Karamarda (Carisa Karandas Linn), Mocha (Salmalia malbarica Schett & Endl), Dantashatha (Citrus medica Linn), Badara – Zizyphus jujuba, Koshamra, Bhavya(Dillenia indica Linn), Jambava (Syzygium cumini Skeels), Kapittha (Feronia limonia), Tintidi (Tamarindus indica Linn), meat of Paravata (Pigeon), Akshoda ( Juglans regia Linn), Panasa (Jack fruit), Narikela (Coconut), Dadima – Pomegranate, Amalaka (Emblica officinalis Gaerth) and such other solid and liquid materials which are sour in taste become mutually contradictory when taken with milk.
        So, it is beyond doubt clarified that milk is bad with sour foods including fruits.
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manjeetb4u says:
December 9, 2014 at 8:02 am
Can I take dry fruits and dry coconut with milk.
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    January 7, 2015 at 7:40 pm
    Dry fruits with milk is fine. But coconut and milk are incompatible with each other. (reference: Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana).
    [Reply assisted by manjeetb4u]

tio says:
July 8, 2015 at 3:54 am
hello noble sir.
can you please evaluate these combinations –
green gram + milk
milk + onions/brijnal/carrots/beets/green vegetables
milk + chickpeas
milk + olive oil
cheeses(paneer/agedcheese) + fruits
cheeses(paneer/aged cheese) + nuts/seeds
thank you and bless you
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    August 6, 2015 at 10:26 pm
    Green gram and milk – not good.
    Milk with onion / brinjal – no problem, although I haven’t seen this combination anywhere.
    Milk with carrot, beets, greenies – appears no problem
    Milk with chickpea – appears no problem
    Milk with olive oil – better that the milk be warm.
    Cheese with fruits or nuts/ seeds – no problem.
  • Rahul says:
    February 29, 2016 at 6:22 pm
    Dr Hebbar I have read in many Ayurvedic Patrikas and heard from Vaidyas too not to combine milk with onion(as in mix vegetable paratha that has onion + other veggies). They say keep gap of 1 hour between onion and milk.
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  • Shubham says:
    June 19, 2016 at 7:40 pm
    Why milk and green gram is not ok? In ayurveda there is no reference to indicate otherwise.
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    • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
      June 21, 2016 at 4:08 pm
      There is no direct reference banning milk and green gram.
      But it is told – Mixing of milk, beer and Krishara (rice – green gram dish) is not good.

Amit says:
February 3, 2016 at 5:55 pm
How much time gap(1 hour or 2) should we given after taking fish for milk
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manthappa says:
February 17, 2016 at 7:21 pm
I am really confused about incompatible foods. as I understand from Ayurveda, we should combine foods in such a way that they neutralize each others one sided action and hence get balanced. for example cucumber (cooling) is sprinkled with pepper and salt (heating) and hence the excessive coolness of cucumber is neutralized. similarly when sugar (cooling) is added to curd (heating), it becomes balanced. so how come milk (heavy and kapha provoking) become good combination with black gram (heavy and kapha provoking) as both are kapha provoking and heavy for digestion. of course they can used as medicine for those who have excess pitta or vata. but as food combination I don’t think it is good.
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    April 27, 2016 at 9:30 pm
    Hi, milk, along with black gram, is used only where aphrodisiac action is required, or in high Vata, low Kapha conditions, where Kapha needs increasing.

Shubham says:
June 17, 2016 at 9:04 pm
Dear Dr. Hebbar,
Is milk compatible with green gram? As rice and green gram (individually and not as in kichari) have same taste and after-taste, and if milk is compatible with rice, the should it also be compatible with green gram?
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Vijayalakshmi Tummapudi says:
July 16, 2016 at 4:10 pm
You have mentioned we should not drink milk after eating radish. leafy vegetables etc. Suppose I ate these things for lunch at 1.30 pm, can I have milk at 5 pm or I should not have milk at all for whole day.
Also since milk aggrevates kapha, is it ok to drink milk with ghee at bed time. I have come across several tips which says it is good to drink milk with ghee at bedtime.
Where can we get list of all vegetarian food items that describe its potency, guna etc? Is any excel sheet available anywhere for this?
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    July 18, 2016 at 4:54 pm
    Hi, Milk along with radish is contra-indicated. They both can be taken with a minimum gap of 1 hour.
    Milk with ghee is one of the best Rasayanas – anti ageing food recipes.
    Warm milk with ghee is very useful to induce sleep and to soothe nerves. If the person is not obese, or if the person does not have cough, cold, fever, low digestion strength, asthma etc Kapha problems, then it is fine to take milk with ghee at night.
    Make sure that the milk is warm and not cold, because with ghee, hot liquids are preferred for easy digestion.
    Regarding potency, Guna etc of different herbs, I am covering them. Thus far I have covered many such as pointed gourd, radish, amla, pomegranate, etc. Use the google search bar in the right column in this website to search them.

Hima Bindu says:
August 19, 2016 at 11:23 am
Is wheat flour compatible with vegetable oil? I heard that its a bad combination according to ayurveda and could lead to blindness. So I use ghee in making the dough and for coating chapatis (just to make them softer). But many seem to use vegetable oil. Is this combination allowed?
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  • Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
    August 23, 2016 at 6:14 pm
    There is a common conscience now developing that vegetable oils are not that good for health and ancient oils/fat such as ghee, sesame oil, coconut oil, mustard oil etc are far better than the recent ones. So, it makes sense to switch back to the ancient ones.

Er. Pawan says:
August 24, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Dear Sir,
Please clear my one doubt that Papaya and milk is Bad combination ?
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Dr J V Hebbar MD(Ayu) says:
September 25, 2016 at 8:50 pm
Milk and amla is not advised together.
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http://easyayurveda.com/2013/03/14/bad-food-combinations-and-solution-as-per-ayurveda/

http://easyayurveda.com/2010/08/20/night-food-is-very-important-watch-what-you-eat-at-night/


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Can Fruits Be Consumed With Meals? Ayurveda Explains

Some say fruits should be taken on empty stomach or it should be taken 30 minutes before food. As per Ayurveda, the short answer to this question is – it really depends on the nature of the fruit. 
Fruits are explained in the chapter of Annapana Vidhi Adhyaya of Charaka. This chapter explains foods and drinks that are used as meals. It also explains fruits. This indicates that fruits can be part of meals.
fruit with meals
Ancient meal time:In ancient times, there were only 2 meal times. So, whatever was consumed (except liquids) were consumed as part of meals or just before or soon after meals. This does not mean that we should not consume fruits in other than meal time. But what this means is, fruits can be consumed as part of meals.
Sweet fruits:In the sequence of taking food, it is explained that sweet substances should be taken first, followed by sour, salt, pungent, bitter and astringent tastes. Hence, sweet fruits can be included in early part of meals, sour fruits can be included in second part of meals and so on.
Based on heaviness and lightness of digestion:Usually the fruits that are heavy to digest – such as jack fruit, mango, etc are consumed in first part of meals. This is because Ayurveda measures digestion capacity based on hunger. More the hunger, more the digestion capacity. Hunger is more in early part of meals. Hence, it makes sense to take heavy to digest fruits in early part of meals.
Light to digest fruits such as pomegranate can be taken at the end part / soon after meals.
Exception to above rule:If the total meals was spicy and one is having excess thirst, then it makes sense to take coolant sweet fruits such as banana or mango, even at the end of meals. The spicy foods would stimulate digestion strength and hence would be able to digest sweet fruits.
Folklore proverb:There is a proverb in Kannada –
ಹಸಿದು ಹಲಸಿನ ಹಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು, ಉಂಡು ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು ತಿನ್ನು.
It means, eat jack fruit when hungry (just before or as first part of meals).
Eat banana after meals. This makes sense because, banana which is slightly unripe will have sweet and astringent taste and astringent taste is advised at last.
Quality of meal ingredients:Just a precaution is needed not to mix extreme hot and spicy foods with extreme cold foods. Also, one has to keep in mind about wrong food combinations while planning meal ingredients.
For this reason, it is good to take fruits without mixing with other parts of meals.
So fruits should not be taken separately?There is no rule that fruits should not be taken separately. As per Ayurveda, one should eat any food only when hungry. So, whenever one is hungry, she can eat fruits.
Even replacing entire meal just with fruit salad is also good. But it is best done by replacing breakfast or lunch, rather than dinner. Because, night time is naturally dominated by Kapha Dosha. Excess sweet fruits (or food) is not recommended at night.
Read related: Night food is very important. Watch what you eat at night
http://easyayurveda.com/2016/07/15/fruits-with-meals/


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*Himanshu Gupta says:
March 20, 2014 at 11:04 pm
I was listening to a seminar (held somewhere in chennai) on health through ayurveda. And several of the learned audiance asked “why should we not eat curd or any curd products along with lentils (Daal, Dwidal or dicot seeds)”. (I was like amazed with this question). The speaker said he was glad this question is raised, he based his answer on some sutra from Vaagbhatt samhita(I heard this name for the first time). That they have opposite natures and better not to mix them. The speaker also shared his own experience that he noticed a rise in his blood pressure after consuming such a diet. And there was no substantial change in bp from diets (where he did not mix the two ingrediants.) Could this be true. I was not sure because we in north India do mix the two in Kadi and dahi wada etc. Although people say these are not healthy foods tasty they may be.
Please throw some light.
regards
Himanshu
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