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Diet & Mind |
All the world seeks food. It is the life source
of all beings. Clarity, longevity, intelligene,
happiness, contentment, strength and knowledge
are all rooted in food.
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[Charakacharya]
Father of Ayurvedic Medicine |
Ayurveda teaches that each individual has the power to heal himself. Thus, this science of life offers every one the freedom to recover health by understanding the body and its needs.
Fundamental to the individual's ability to remain healthy according to Ayurveda, are the maintenance of a sound diet and a stable healthy routine.
Referred to as God itself in the Taittirya Upanishad, food is much more than nutrition. In eating, we are assimilating God by churning the essences of the universe within our body, enabling us to recall our cognitive memories.
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| " A healing diet gladdens the heart nourishes the body and revives memory." |
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[Sushrutacharya]
Father of Ayurvedic Surgery |
The food that we eat affects not only our body but our entire state of mind. As is the quality of our food, so becomes the quality of our consciousness. Diet is one of the most important Therapies in Ayurveda. There is beautiful correlation between Diet and Mental constitutions - Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas.
Ayurveda emphasizes a Sattvic diet for healthful living, particularly for keeping our minds happy and at peace. Sattvic diet was originally devised for the practice of yoga and the development of higher consiousness. It aids in the treatment of mental disorders because it helps restore harmony and balance to the mind.
Rajasic and Tamasic foods disturb or dull the mind and produce unrest and disease. Rajasic foods cause hyper activity and irritability, increase toxins in the blood and promote hypertension. They disturb the senses and cause the emotions to fluctuate.
Tamasic foods cause hypo activity, lethargy, apathy, excess sleep, accumulates phlegm and waste materials. They dull the senses and keep the emotions heavy and resistant.
This makes it very clear that Ayurveda's integral psychology stresses on appropriate diet.
Healthy body aspires for healthy food.
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| "We are what we eat". |
So negligence towards food leads to the disease cycle. It is high time we should realize that food is the best medicine and if this is taken care of them no medicine is required.
Unhealthy food affects the digestion and reflects on mind. Insomnia, nervousness, depression, anxiety, lethargic ness are few of the many symptoms which lead to major disorders.
Likewise stress hampers the secretion of enzymes, which help in digestion curing indigestion, which is said to be the root cause of all diseases.
At KARE, we strive to maintain the perfect harmony between an individual's body, mind and soul by serving food according to the body constitution under the supervision of our Doctors and in-house Dietician. This helps to attain the optimum health benefits and acts as a catalyst to give best results in Ayurvedic Therapies.
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Author
Dr. Roli Rangappa |
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