Eating Right, the Ayurvedic way
Ayurveda (The science of life) is wisdom of Health and Happiness. According to Ayurveda diet along with sleep and lifestyle, is a fundamental pillar of good health and longevity. Diet is essential part of our life. It is the building block of our body. With its help body develop new cells, tissues, hormones, enzymes, which are essential for all physiological functions of the body. Diet not only nourishes our body but our mind also.
The Upanishad says that food we consume gets separated in three parts. The solid part that is absorbed nourishes our tissues and waste products like feces, the liquid part nourishes mostly waste products like urine, sweat and the subtle part nourishes the mind.
The act of eating is life giving. Here are few tips for good digestion.
The Upanishad says that food we consume gets separated in three parts. The solid part that is absorbed nourishes our tissues and waste products like feces, the liquid part nourishes mostly waste products like urine, sweat and the subtle part nourishes the mind.
The act of eating is life giving. Here are few tips for good digestion.
- Ayurvedic nutrition is based on the six tastes of the food and their twenty attributes. This knowledge is much more than counting calories. Grouping food as carbohydrate, proteins, or fat is chemical way of classification. A person's senses are not able to recognize these groups while eating. The only immediate natural information one can get while eating is the taste of the food. The taste makes the food mouth watering and delicious. Ayurvedic concept of balanced nutrition is based on the combination of the tastes; sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent.
These six tastes are the combination of five basic elements, i.e. earth, water, fire, air, and ether. When we eat all six tastes, we get the right combination of all the elements.
- Our bodies need an uplifting and settled environment in order to process and absorb the nutrients from our meals. If that is not possible, then we should at least be sitting down to eat - not standing, walking, driving or talking on phone. Mindfulness is important as it conveys the Prana in the food to the brain.
- The process of eating, according to Ayurveda, is something reverent and important for the development of consciousness as well as our physical health. When we sit down to eat our stomach is in relaxed posture and our awareness is on the taste, texture, and smell of the food. This will greatly improve the digestion.
- Balancing your digestive fire is a key principle in Ayurvedic medicine. The ginger and lemon juice recommendation helps to increase the digestion power.
- Ayurveda recommends avoiding cold drinks at meals and ice cold foods in general.
- Ayurveda recommends that lunch be the largest meal of the day.
- Dinner should be lighter than lunch and should ideally be eaten before 8:00pm.
- Eat high mood foods- Foods create moods. And the food that infuses your body with bliss has a high level of Prana. High Prana food includes fresh, organic, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Or soaked walnuts, almonds. Eat at healthy gap of at least four hours.
- Take a leisure walk after each meal. It facilitates digestion.
- Be respectful to your food. It sacrifices its life to become your food. Do not waste food.
- Make appropriate changes in your diet as the season changes; the same way as we change our outfit for every season. Stay in tune with Mother Nature.
If you eat a balanced diet, at proper times each day, and are able to get a good night sleep each night, you have the basis for a stable, balanced physiology and your mind and body will function at optimum level. If you digest your food properly, your body can use the nutrients to build the different types of body tissue and replace worn out cells and tissues quickly. Let your food be your medicine.
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