Pitta Prakriti Diet & Lifestyle Chart

⭐ Who Are Pitta People?

Pitta prakriti individuals are intelligent, sharp, disciplined, focused, ambitious, warm-natured, and get irritated easily.
Their health improves with cooling, calming, hydrating, and non-spicy foods.

✔️ PITTA Diet Chart (Pathya)

Foods That Cool & Balance Pitta (Cold • Sweet • Mild • Hydrating)

🍛 Grains

• Rice (best)

• Wheat, oats

• Barley, semolina (suji)

🥛 Dairy

• Cold milk

• Ghee (best for Pitta)

• Sweet curd (not sour), buttermilk

• Paneer in moderation

🍎 Fruits

• Sweet, juicy fruits

• Watermelon, grapes, pomegranate, apple, pear

• Coconut, banana, guava, figs

🥗 Vegetables

• All cooling vegetables

• Cucumber, bottle gourd, pumpkin, broccoli

• Green leafy vegetables (in moderation)

• Bitter vegetables (karela, neem-based) are excellent

🥜 Nuts & Seeds

• Almonds (soaked), pumpkin seeds

• Sunflower seeds

• Avoid excess peanuts & sesame

🥩 Protein

• Moong dal, masoor dal

• Light chicken

• Egg white (avoid yolk if Pitta high)

🫚 Spices (Cooling)

• Fennel (best)

• Coriander

• Mint

• Cardamom

• Turmeric

Avoid: red chilli, garlic, excessive ginger, mustard oil

🍹 Drinks

• Coconut water

• Gulkand milk

• Amla juice

• Lime water

• Fresh fruit juice

Avoid: tea, coffee, alcohol, cold drinks with gas

❌ Foods Pitta Should Avoid (Apathya)

• Spicy food, chilli, pickle

• Sour food (tamarind, vinegar, sour curd)

• Deep-fried food

• Excess oil, mustard oil

• Brinjal, tomato

• Coffee, alcohol

• Very hot food

• Overeating
  
  

🕒 PITTA Daily Meal Plan

🌅 Morning (6–8 AM)

• Lukewarm water

• 5 soaked almonds

• 1 fruit (apple / pear / pomegranate)

🍽 Breakfast (8–9 AM)

• Suji upma

• Dalia with milk

• Oats + fruits

• Roti + ghee

🥗 Lunch (12:30–2 PM) (Main Meal)

• Rice

• Moong dal / masoor dal

• Cooked vegetables

• Salad (cucumber + carrot)

• Ghee (1 tsp) for cooling

🧃 Evening (4–5 PM)

• Coconut water

• Fruits

• Lemon water

• Puffed rice with ghee

🌙 Dinner (7–8 PM)

• Light roti + veg

• Moong dal khichdi

• Vegetable soup

Before Bed

• Pitta-soothing drink:
  Warm milk + gulkand OR
  Cold milk + cardamom
  
  

🧘‍♂️ PITTA Lifestyle Chart

✔️ Do

• Stay calm, control anger

• Walk barefoot on grass

• Meditation daily

• Yoga: cobra pose, child pose, moon salutation

• Cool oil massage (coconut oil)

• Sleep before 11 PM

• Stay hydrated throughout the day
  
  

❌ Don’t

• Overworking

• Skipping meals

• Excess heat exposure

• Late-night mobile usage

• Ego conflicts / arguments

• Extreme workouts

• Very spicy food
  
  

🌿 Home Remedies for Pitta

1. For Acidity & Burning

• Coriander seed water

• Coconut water

• Amla + honey

2. For Anger/Irritation

• Brahmi sharbat

• Cooling pranayama (Sheetali, Sheetkari)

3. For Skin Problems

• Neem water wash

• Aloe vera juice daily