Your food alone can keep you healthy
Food is vital for life.
It is the right kind of fuel for all bodily needs. And yet we have managed to
interfere with this vital input to an extent that food has become poison and
poison has become food. The results are visible. The body has become a burden
and medical expenses are the number one impoverishing factor. What can we do?
The solution is simple.
- Eat organic. Organic
is ironically expensive. But still it is cheaper than hospital bills. Choose a farmers’
cooperative for your food needs. There are genuine such organizations that do
not have the organic label. But they still produce good food and are less
expensive.
- The same goes for
milk. Milk is the most adulterated food on the planet. Choose a milkman and
keep a little eye on him. Encourage him to go in for compassionate care of
cattle. The animals can do without hormones, steroids and antibiotics
- Contaminated water is
another concern. But the solution is not RO. Water contains a microbial world
that is beneficial for us
- Junk food is not
food. Even that biscuit contains additives and preservatives that play havoc
with the microbiome. It requires a lot of mindfulness and self discipline to
steer clear of all kinds of processed and junk food but it is worth it in terms
of health gained
- Your food should be
according to your culture as the gut microbiome has evolved out of centuries of
food habits. What you need is what your ancestors had. Food in India can be
divided into North Indian, South Indian, West and East Indian. Choose according
to the region you belong to
- Do not forget the
value of diversity in food. Have the plate that includes grains, pulses,
vegetables, spices, greens, and fermented food. All tastes should be
incorporated; sweet, bitter, pungent and astringent. Taste called Rasa in
ayurveda is an important pointer towards bodily nourishment
- If you need to
reverse chronic disease you need to go on a raw diet. Teach yourselves the
basics. Raw food is to be taken before sunset
- Fasting is as
important as eating. Fast at least once a month. It should be a complete fast
with only water as per your thirst. Fasting for 17 to 18 hours is needed
- There are different
kinds of fasting. Dry fasting, juice fasting, intermittent fasting, prolonged
fasting. Do read up on their benefits. Fasting for a prolonged period yields
the desired result. The famished body scavenges on dead cells. This is called
autophagy
- Ensure use of genuine
ingredients and oils for cooking. Prepare your own spices. Use cold pressed
mustard, coconut, sesame, and ground nut oils. Do not use other oils. Olive oil
can be used
- Avoid the white
poisons; sugar, salt, and maida (refined fluor). Use jaggery and sea salt
- Read about food
combinations, good and bad and follow them
- As far as possible
stop eating outside. Even the best of hotels are guilty of using very harmful
ingredients. They also store food and serve stale refrigerated items that are
best avoided
- Seemingly
insignificant tasters like soup and ice cream served in hotels add to the
disease burden
- Non vegetarian food
is also highly toxic in these days of medically treated animals and birds
boosted for milk, meat and egg production
- Eat on time so that
the body can effectively digest the food. Chew well. Do not eat to the full. Do
not drink cold drinks along with/ after food
- Once you change your
eating habits the body gets energized. Then it can go into a detoxification
mode and you experience symptoms like cough, cold, fever, diarrhea, dysentery,
skin rash etc. They can be mild and not violent. Do not be worried as it is an
welcome step
- Stop eating if you
experience illness. Respect acute ailments because they are the rectification
attempts of the body. Take water and rest in such times
- How to kindle the digestive
fire? Hard work, eating mindfully and on time, avoiding binge eating, and
paying attention to bowel movements is the key. Yoga asanas are very helpful.
Take a glass of lukewarm water the first thing in the morning
- If you want to take
supplements I would advise juices and herbal/ green powders. The supplement
industry is very poorly regulated
- Good health leads to
a good digestive process. A good gut also ensures overall good health. The
digestive fire is the most important fire in the body
- Amla, Triphala,
Avipattikar Choorna, Ashwagandha, Brahmi, Shatavari, Neem and Manjistha are
herbs that address our common problems. The herb Bhuin Nimba, kalmegh or
Andrographis Paniculata is a great liver tonic
- The homeopathic
mother tinctures of Carica Papaya and Kalmegh sets right lack of appetite
- Take good quality
aloe vera and wheatgrass juice regularly. These two super foods supply all the
needs of the body and also help in detoxification
- Take care of the food
needs of pregnant mothers, children and elderly. A good traditional
nutritionist will guide
If you can follow these
broad pointers and also teach your kids accordingly your family can stay
healthy. Please ask your children to stay away from the trendy multinational
eateries and foreign origin fast foods. Peer pressure is very detrimental these
days.
Kindly share this note.
People have forgotten the basics of health. They need to be reminded. There has
been enough emphasis on disease. The trend needs to be reversed.
May all beings be happy
and healthy.
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