Aparna Pattewar (BAMS, PGPP, RAD, C-AP, LMT) is an Ayurveda and Pañcakarma (Detox) expert and has been spreading the knowledge of Ayurveda for more than 16 years. She is a pulse reading expert trained under world renowned Dr. Vasant Lad and a co-author of Ayurveda cookbook ~ Eating for mind, body and consciousness.

She is the Founder and Director of Ayur Services LLC – Health and wellness center located in Billerica, MA, USA (www. ayurservices.com), where she provides diet, lifestyle and Ayurveda consultations. This center also provides Ayurveda bodywork, Pañcakarma (detox therapy to release, collect and remove toxins from body), abhyanga (herbal oil application), Swedana (herbal steam), shirodhara (bliss therapy), nasya (nasal oil application), marma therapy (vital energy point healing), pottali svedan (poultice), special types of basti for neck care, spine care, knee care, heart care, eye care and chakra balancing-healing. She also provides consultations at the Dwarkamai Ayurveda Center inside the Shridi Sai Temple in North Billerica, MA.

Food is one important tool to prevent or cure disease and maintain sound health. Ayurveda gives much importance to food and nutrition. Ayurveda recommends personalizing one’s diet primarily based on body type (constitution - prakruti), and then by making the best choices about food intake, which are based on body type.

The goal of Ayurveda is to strengthen one’s digestive system by ingesting balanced foods and eliminating waste effectively and efficiently. Thus, Ayurveda recommends a proper diet on a daily and seasonal basis, along with proper eating habits, so that the body is brought to a healthy balance.

Ayurveda Cookbook is a divine blend of traditional Indian knowledge of Ayurveda (Ayurveda is a 5000+ year old Vedic Indian science that focuses on maintaining a natural well-being of a person through mind, body and consciousness) and traditional vegetarian Indian recipes based on Ayurveda.

A harmonious balance between the mind, body, and consciousness can be attained through mindful dietary habits. In a fast-paced world driven by microwavable meals and frozen foods, oftentimes it is difficult to carefully construct a meal to suit our individual needs. This Ayurveda Cookbook does an excellent job in explaining Ayurveda’s approach on understanding and identifying one’s body type (Doshas), and then feeding their bodies with foods that are best suited to their body type. This book contains a plethora of simple, easy to cook, home cooked vegetarian recipes that will enable the readers to apply their knowledge in the kitchen.