Diet according to Ayurveda

Diet according to Ayurveda

Healthy and fit body is most Precious thing in the world. To give this Preciousness to every person is one of the aims of Ayurveda. To achieve this Preciousness one thing is utmost important that is proper diet and eating habits you all will agree that. For this we all consider calories, proteins, fats, Vitamins and so many other things are necessary. Ayurveda has added one more thing and that is Taste. Everyone loves Tasty food. It is accepted from small baby to senior citizens   Tasty diet food pattern can be followed for long time and thus helps achieve Healthy and Fit body.

Taste can be categorized in six types.

1. Sweet / Madhur -- here sweet means the basic tendency of that food which it imparts after digestion. (Sweet means not just Sweet dish) For Example Milk, Wheat, Rice, Corn, Green Gram, Lentils, Ghee, Honey, Black gram, Bengal gram, Onion, etc………                                                                                                                   
2. Sour. / Amla -- e.g. Fresh Curd, Tamarind, Kokam, Lemon, Tomato, Green mango etc………                                                                                                                           
3. Salty. / Lavan -- e.g. Rock salt, Black salt, Sea salt etc………                                        
4. Spicy. / Katu -- e.g. Chilly, Black pepper, Clove, Ginger, Cinnamon, etc………                                     
5. Bitter / Tikta -- e.g.  Fenugreek, Turmeric, Bitter gourd, Sandal wood, saffron etc…………                                                                                                 
6.  Astringent / Kashay -- e.g. Beetle nut, Nutmeg, Buttermilk, etc………

Diet should include all these six Tastes. Primarily food should be sweet and other tastes should be less prominent. Approximately it should be like this in proportion

Sweetness	80%
Sourness	10%
Salty	3%
Spicy	3%
Bitterness	2%
Astringent taste	2%

Furher I will tell you what is the importance of all these tastes and how they affect your health

Ayurveda says

Ayurveda says
           Ayurveda The words Ayu means life and Veda meaning Science/Knowledge thus Ayurveda is the knowledge of life. It is being practised in India since thousands of years. Ayurveda aims to prevent and Cure Diseases and lead a healthy life. It includes everything from a healthy inception of life until death. Therefore Ayurveda is a way of living. 

                 Our health is a reflection of how we lead our life, our way of living, our habits, our way of thinking and most important what we eat  and drink etc. Ayurveda preaches a healthy way of life and guides us how to lead a healthy life. That includes everything we do since getting up in the morning to until next day. 

In this Blog we shall see what Ayurveda has to say about all this.