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Our diet is an essential factor for the formation of our body.
It is clearly mentioned in an Ayurvedic classic 'Charak Samhita'
that consuming improper diet in improper way is the main cause
of 'Disease'.
According to 'Charak Samhita -"An appropriate and suitable
diet in a disease is equivalent to hundred drugs and any quantity
of drug hardly compares to good results in disease without
following proper dietetic regimen"
Ayurvedic has mentioned following principles for living full
span of life with perfect health.
Diet should be regulated taking into account the 'Desha'(territory),
'Kala' (Season as well as time of the day) etc. On should
be in a habit of taking all six 'Rasa' (tastes) in order to
prevent nutritional deficiency disorders.
Time of consuming food:
A person should take meal only when he feels hungry. Lunch
should be taken early between 12 and 1P.M. this coincides
with the peak Pitta period, Pitta is responsible for the digestion.
Ayurveda recommends that the lunch should be the largest meal
of the day. The supper should be lesser and lighter than lunch
Quantity of food:
Generally half of the capacity of stomach should be filled
with solids, ¼ th with liquids and rest kept empty
for the free movements of body humors.
Sequence of consuming food :Madhur (sweet) rasa food like
fruits are advisable to take in the bigining of meal, food
with Amla and Lavana (sour and salty) rasa in the middle and
Katu,Tikta,Kashay (bitter ,astringent and pungent) foods should
be taken at the end of meal
Method of consuming food:
• Wash the face hands and feet before meal. Dine in
an isolated neat and clean place in pleasant environment with
the affectionate persons in sitting position.
• Food should be taken after complete digestion of previous
one.
• Hard items should be consumed in the beginning followed
by soft and liquids subsequently.
• Few sips of water is advised now and then while taking
meal.
• Heavy substances are contraindicated after meals and
should be avoided
• Consumption of excessive hot food leads to weakness.
Cold and dry food leads to delayed digestion. Intake of food
prepared by giving extra
• Heat leads to 'Glani'. Hence consumption of such food
should be avoided
Incompatible Food (Viruddha ahara):
• Milk followed by fruits and vice versa.
• Soar substance along with milk.
• Milk with salt, horse gram, green gram & cow gram
• Wheat preparations in gingelly oil(Tila taila)
• Hot drinks after alcohol, curd or honey.
• Cold and hot substances together
• Banana with curd and butter milk
• Chicken with curd
• Ghee kept in bronze vessel
• Radish with jaggery
• Fish with jaggery or sugar
• Jingelly seeds with kanjika.
• Use of incompatible food leads to skin disorders,
Gastro intestinal, Disorders, anaemia, leucoderma hyperacidity
impotence etc. hence should be avoided.
General Rules about food consumption:
• Walk a while after meal to help digestion
• No travelling, exercise or sexual intercourse within
one hour after meal.
• Avoid meals when thirsty and water while hungry.
• Avoid meals after exertion
• Avoid meals when you are having no appetite.
• Don't suppress the appetite as it leads to body pain,
anorexia, lassitude, vertigo and general debility
• Don't suppress the thirst as it leads to general debility,
giddiness and heart diseases.
• Consumption of the fresh, acceptable, easily available
and compatible food with various nutrients is a key to lead
a healthy life.
by: Dr. Shashikant Patwardhan
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