CHANGE YOUR FOOD HABIT THE AYURVEDIC WAY

                Every single mistake that we do with or without our knowledge will have its consequences.

Skipping breakfast

                The first meal of your day that will power you throughout the day. As the saying goes “BREAKFAST EAT LIKE A KING”, it is a must to have a healthy and full breakfast. The reason behind this is, the digestive acid secreted from the night before will be able to digest a heavy breakfast. When we skip breakfast the acid leads to hyper acidity which in the long run may lead to gastric ulcer. So it’s advisable to have your breakfast by 9am at the least. Ayurveda acharyas say that skipping the main meal may lead to disorders of vata and pitta which gives rise to more than 120 different types of disease. It has become form of lifestyle itself to power yourself through coffee. Coffee increases pitta (acidity) in the body if you haven’t taken your breakfast it’s like fueling the already blazing fire.

Drinking water in empty stomach

                Drinking half or one glass water is advised and that too in lukewarm condition. Some drink more than one litre of water. When you do that the acid that has been secreted in the stomach all through the night becomes neutralized or it just gets flushed down through the intestines. Our stomach has a special mucosal  coating to prevent the acid causing corrosion on the internal surface. But our intestine lacks it.                                                                                   
  The other reason is that, when you take your breakfast it doesn’t get digested properly due to the lack of acid. This leads to nausea, lack of appetite, aversion towards food, tiredness, lack of concentration etc. some have satisfactory bowel movements only after drinking water in empty stomach if so try drinking minimal quantity. Ayurveda explains in The DRAVADRAVYA VIJNANIYAM chapter the effects of drinking water. it says that” the person will be normal if he drinks water in-between his meals, he will be stout if he drinks water at the end of his meal and he will be emaciated if he drinks water during the commencement of the meal”

Honey is poison when heated

                The quality of honey is that it’s good for the eyes, it can be used in ailments like hiccup, and diabetes, skin disorders, cough, diarrhea and wounds too. But honey kills if used after heating it and by those suffering from great heat, used during hot season, hot country or with hot foods (Astanga Hridayam sutra stanam chp 5). This may be a shock as many would have taken honey with warm water in empty stomach to reduce weight, or tried some honey glazed foods too. Well it’s time to stop.

Heavy dinner

                Try avoiding heavy dinner. It’s better to have a very light dinner at least 2 hours before your bed time. The body goes to rest at night so it’s difficult to digest a heavy meal. More over when you lie down to sleep if you have had a heavy dinner it would regurgitate i.e. come back to your food pipe or to your mouth leading to difficulty in sleep and heart burn. Heavy dinner leads to weight gain too.

“Breakfast Eat Like a King, Lunch Like a Layman And Dinner Like a Popper”

I hope that this was helpful.