Nutrition values are estimated from IFCT 2017 and USDA FoodData Central per-100 g values; salt includes the salt in soy sauce (≈ 14.5% by weight) and miso (≈ 12%). Ayurvedic qualities draw on the classical texts as summarised in Volume III and on the sources below. This book is a kitchen guide, not medical advice.
Sources
- The Ayurvedic Institute — Food guidelines for basic constitutional types
- Yoga International — Ayurveda's guide to health in every season
- Wikipedia — Buddhist cuisine (five pungent vegetables; temple cooking in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan)
- Japanese Taste — What is shōjin ryōri? A guide to traditional Buddhist vegan cuisine
- Wikipedia — Congee
- Just One Cookbook — Japanese rice porridge (okayu): water ratios
- Satyori — Soy sauce: Ayurvedic properties
- Satyori — Sowa Rigpa vs Ayurveda
- ThaiJO journal article — A comparative study of therapeutic methods of Jivaka Komarabhacca and Thai traditional medicine
- Liebherr FreshMAG — Cooling food: the teachings of TCM and Ayurveda
- Wikipedia — Okinawa diet
- World Health Organization Europe — Five recommendations to reduce salt intake (2022)
- Singapore Food Agency — Inorganic arsenic in hijiki seaweed
- HealthLinkBC — Healthy eating guidelines for people taking warfarin
- Bauer J. et al. — Evidence-based recommendations for optimal dietary protein intake in older people (PROT-AGE), JAMDA 2013
- American Heart Association — The changing nutritional needs of older adults (2024)
