Tamasic Food
Foods including meat, eggs, mushrooms, garlic, and stale foods that make the mind dull and heavy.
Tamasic Food and the Mind
Tamasic foods include meat, eggs, mushrooms, garlic, and stale foods. Through the action of pithara agni, they make the mind dull and heavy. Ayurveda considers these foods least supportive of clarity and awareness.
Source: Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Chapter Four: Agni, The Digestive Fire
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