Ayurvedic Diet Chart for Arthritis
An Ayurvedic diet for arthritis helps reduce joint pain, inflammation, and stiffness naturally. By following a balanced food chart with anti-inflammatory, dosha-balancing foods, you can manage arthritis symptoms effectively. Below is a complete Ayurvedic diet plan for arthritis with recommended foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, along with items to avoid.
| Arthritis-Friendly Breakfast (Ayurveda) |
| Cow’s milk with cow ghee |
Roasted pumpkin, flax, and sunflower seeds |
| Barley chapati |
Chyawanprash |
| Soaked fenugreek and basil seeds |
Pumpkin juice |
| Jowar porridge |
Bottle gourd juice |
| Arthritis Lunch Diet (Ayurveda) |
| Moong bean and spinach soup |
Fenugreek-millet upma |
| Cooked amaranthus and bottle gourd curry |
Barley flour roti |
| Mixed grain chapati (ragi, jowar, barley) |
| Moong bean ginger curry |
Pointed gourd curry with brown rice |
| Cow ghee millet upma |
Coriander seed and sponge gourd soup |
| Arthritis Dinner Diet (Ayurveda) |
| Jowar-ginger hotchpotch |
Fenugreek seed curry |
| Fenugreek leaves or spinach curry |
Sponge gourd or bitter gourd sabzi |
| Red/brown rice gruel |
Moong bean curry |
| Jowar roti |
Barley roti |
| Arthritis Snacks (Ayurveda) |
| Amaranthus or rice popcorn |
Roasted sesame seeds with old jaggery |
| Cow ghee wheat flour halwa |
Red rice kheer made with cow's milk |
| Brown rice porridge |
Flattened rice snack (poha) |
Foods to Avoid in Arthritis (According to Ayurveda):
Sour, spicy, oily, and heavy foods.
Cold, stale, or processed foods.
Buttermilk, curd, hung curd, and yogurt.
Non-vegetarian and seafood.
Preserved sweets and artificial sugar.
Milk (except cow/goat milk).
Refined flour, wheat, and refined oil.
Soda-rich baked items.
Artificial sugar and other sweetening agents.
Yogurt at night.
Recently harvested grains.
Black gram and its split varieties.
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Foods to Use in Moderation:
Excessively bitter or astringent foods.
Bengal gram, black gram (occasionally).
Wheat coarse flour.
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Best Foods to Include in an Arthritis Diet (Ayurveda):
Cow ghee & sesame oil.
Ginger & ajwain seeds.
Cow's milk, goat's milk.
Chyawanprash.
Warm water and honey.
Amla (Indian gooseberry) & turmeric.
Red rice, barley, oats, jowar.
Pumpkin, bottle gourd & bitter gourd.
Grapes & raisins.
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