GunaFood

"Your food is your consciousness"

Classify any food as Sattvic, Rajasic, or Tamasic using the ancient Ayurvedic Guna framework. Rooted in the Bhagavad Gita and Charaka Samhita.

Sattvic — Purity Rajasic — Energy Tamasic — Rest
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Foods Classified
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Eating Contexts
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Ayurvedic Seasons
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Sacred Source Texts

What GunaFood Does

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Search & Classify

Type any food name and instantly see its Guna classification with Ayurvedic rationale, source citations, and contextual timing guidance.

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Learn the Three Gunas

Understand how Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic foods affect your mind, body, and spirit through beautiful, accessible educational content.

"What Should I Eat Now?"

Get personalized food suggestions based on time of day, season, and your current activity — before meditation, after workout, during stress, and more.

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Seasonal Wisdom

Follow the ancient Ritucharya — Ayurveda's six-season dietary guide — to eat in harmony with nature's cycles throughout the year.

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Favorites & History

Save foods you love, build your personal Sattvic food list, and quickly reference your recent searches.

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Source Citations

Every classification cites real Ayurvedic texts — Bhagavad Gita, Charaka Samhita, Ashtanga Hridayam, and Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

The Three Gunas

In the ancient Ayurvedic framework rooted in the Bhagavad Gita, all food carries one of three fundamental qualities that shape your consciousness.

Sattvic — Purity & Clarity

Fresh, natural, prepared with care

Foods that promote longevity, vitality, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction. Fresh fruits, ghee, rice, moong dal, honey, and mild spices.

Rajasic — Energy & Drive

Stimulating, spicy, intense

Foods that fuel action and ambition but can create restlessness in excess. Coffee, chili, garlic, onion, fried foods, and caffeinated beverages.

Tamasic — Rest & Grounding

Heavy, processed, stale

Foods that promote heaviness and inertia. Leftovers, alcohol, heavily processed foods, and food prepared more than three hours before eating.

"Foods that promote longevity, vitality, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction — juicy, nourishing, and pleasing to the heart — are dear to the Sattvic."

Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 8