The Week of November 16th: Vata-Pitta Health Rx

If you're a Vata-Pitta type, Thanksgiving week kicks off the holiday season— and with all the parties, family celebrations, and rich foods ahead, your digestion faces a specific challenge.

You're worried that the rich holiday meal will trigger either heartburn and acidity, or bloating and gas— or somehow both at the same time. You know from experience that when stress hits, your gut becomes reactive. And holiday gatherings bring stress.

Because here's what's probably happening already: Some days you have strong digestive fire and you're ravenous, you can eat a lot, you digest quickly. Other days, especially when you're stressed or busy, your gut becomes reactive. Heartburn. Gas. Bloating. Loose stools. It goes from one extreme to the other. This is the Vata-Pitta pattern: heat plus irregularity. Pitta creates inflammation and acidity. Vata creates dryness and erratic motility.

And November's cold, dry, windy weather is amplifying both the Vata irregularity and the Pitta heat in your system. Your gut is becoming more inflamed AND more unpredictable. If you don't address this now with the right strategy, Thanksgiving and the holiday meals ahead will trigger days of digestive chaos.

In this week's Vata-Pitta Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why Vata-Pitta digestion swings between extremes, and why you need both gentle activation and cooling protection.

This week, you'll get a specific digestive protocol that includes a balancing morning tea to stabilize your system daily, a second cup of warm tea before big meals for gentle activation without triggering heat, and gentle movement after eating.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Vata-Pitta digestion swings between strong fire and reactive inflammation and how fall weather makes this worse
• The exact tea blend to drink every morning that balances your system without creating excess heat
• Why you need a second cup of warm (not hot) tea before Thanksgiving dinner instead of heating spices that would inflame your Pitta
• How gentle walking after meals supports motility without overheating your system
• When and how to use cooling aloe to immediately calm heartburn and acid reflux

Hormonal changes affect your digestion, and the right support makes all the difference. Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi have curated the Hormonal Health Prescription Toolkit with physician-selected products and protocols specifically designed to support your gut, hormones, and metabolism through perimenopause and menopause. Learn more at myarvasi.com.