Animal Products
Meat is the most nourishing food, excellent for debility, convalescence, lowering high vāta disorders. Meat is considered deranging and makes more toxins or āma, especially in pitta personality. It promotes infections, fevers, tumors and increases irritability. Meat is considered a highly tamasic food, which interferes with spiritual elevation. It may be because meats trigger the adrenals to secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine, which are very stimulating hormones that create alertness and irritability.
