| All human beings should follow a sattvic or pure | | | | Only eat food which is nourishing to your particular |
| life-style that gives peace and clarity of mind. Physical | | | | constitution and which suits your mental and emotional |
| purity includes pure diet, with raw or freshly cooked | | | | temperament. |
| vegetarian food, pure air and water, proper exercise | | | | 3. Food taken in the proper quantity is regarded as |
| of a calming nature, as well as physical cleanliness. | | | | most important. In Ayurveda, food is medicine as well |
| Here are some ayurvedic Tips for better and health | | | | as nourishment and what one eats matters vitally. |
| living. | | | | 4. Essential to the healing in this system is the idea that |
| 1. Ayurveda is Sanskrit for "the knowledge of life or | | | | our health and constitution are affected by what we |
| daily living." The wisdom, depth and enduring utility of | | | | eat. In Ayurveda, food and our environment, are likely |
| Ayurveda are a testimony to the civilization from | | | | to stay clean,clear and healthy. If we eat and behave |
| which it came. This medical system emphasizes that | | | | in ways, which harm our bodies and the planet, |
| humans come from nature, that we are an integral | | | | knowingly or unknowingly, we are likely to suffer the |
| part of the universe, and that we have a responsibility | | | | consequences. |
| to it. The balance of the universe lives within us. It is a | | | | 5. Herbs are used extensively in Ayurveda as a vital |
| system, which focuses on physical health, believing that | | | | support to foods. By using particular herbs, one can |
| it is much easier to pursue spiritual studies or contribute | | | | profoundly alter the balance of the constitution. Herbs |
| to the life of the community if you are whole and | | | | are used to stimulate digestion and enhance |
| healthy. | | | | absorption. They are used to balance a wide variety |
| 2. The ancients offered ten principles about a healthy | | | | of conditions. |
| diet and how it is to be eaten. They are: | | | | 6. When we enter this world at birth is known in |
| Food needs to be hot (usually cooked). | | | | Ayurveda as our innate constitution or prakruti. What |
| Food needs to be tasty and easy to digest. | | | | we do with our constitution is up to us. It is the source |
| Food needs to be eaten in the proper amounts, not | | | | book for our health, vitality and well-being. The five |
| too much or too little. | | | | elements come together to create three basic |
| Food needs to be eaten on an empty stomach, after | | | | constitutional types. They are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. If |
| your last meal has been digested, and not before. | | | | air and ether predominate in your constitution, you are |
| Foods need to work together and not contradict one | | | | Vata in nature. If fire and water take the lead in your |
| another in their actions. | | | | physical makeup, Pitta is the result. If water and earth |
| Foods need to be eaten in pleasant surroundings with | | | | hold ascendancy in your body at birth, Kapha is your |
| the proper equipment for their enjoyment. | | | | constitution. |
| Eating should not be rushed. | | | | 7. Each constitution has different needs. Meeting these |
| Eating should not be a horrendously drawn out affair, | | | | needs assures balance and better chances for good |
| either. | | | | health and peace of mind. |
| It is best to focus on your food while eating. | | | | |