In my last newsletter I broached the subject of Agni (digestive fire) and the importance of keeping this strong in the winter months. It is our agni that sustains our vitality and good health or immunity. Many factors such as detrimental lifestyle, diet, bad food combining and repressed emotions can cause our doshas to become aggravated. This soon disturbs agni and the undigested food turns into a toxic, sticky substance called ama. Signs of ama include coated tongue, generalised body aches, constipation, indigestion, gas, fatigue and general feeling of heaviness.

Spices assist digestion, and can help to kindle agni (remove ama) and improve the quality of digestion. The cold wet quality of winter is an excellent time to increase the amount of spices in your food.

A good winter spice mix that you can add to your food on a daily basis