Your food has healing power(10 quick tips)

They say more than exercise, the food you eat is more important. 

The food has healing power

If you eat the food, you will feel energetic

If the food eats you, you will feel lethargic and sleepy

The food you eat can both nourish you as well as help in purifying the body

Foods like grains, potatoes, milk help to nourish the body

Foods like turmeric, neem, beetroot, bitter gourd help cleanse the body.

There are certain practices you should follow to get the maximum benefit from the food you eat:

1. Drink water 30 mins before and 1 hr after a meal:

Drinking water dilutes the digestive juices. So, the food doesn't digest properly. Plus, the food you eat already has water in it.

2. Food should be ripe and locally sourced:

Food should be ripe(seasonal) and locally sourced to get maximum nutrients.

3. The food should be hot/ warm to get properly digested. You are what you digest. There is no use eating healthy food if food is indigested.

4. Eat the food in a silent, undisturbed room and be calm while eating. Eating in an angry or disturbed mind can affect your digestion.

5. The quantity of food you eat depends on your stomach level. So it is individualized. Eat till you feel a burp. More than that is like filling more petrol than you need for a scooter. You should leave room for digestive juice to digest

6. Eat food according to laws of nature

Breakfast should be light, nutritious

Lunch should be the heaviest meal

Dinner should be light and easily digestible. Eat before sunset

7. Your food should consist of all the tastes- sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent

There is a reason why you get cravings for particular food/tastes

8. What is a healthy diet?

Eat foods made up of wholesome grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, dairy products, spices.

You should avoid refined foods, cold foods, oily foods, spicy foods, leftover food, soft drinks.

9. Include spices in your food

coriander-reduces gas

turmeric-purifies blood

fennel seeds-aids digestion

pepper- helps in cough, cold problems

cumin-reduces bloating

curry leaves-helps hair grow, aids digestion

10. Avoid eating the wrong combination of food

Two foods can be healthy. But combining those two foods can be very heavy on the stomach. Avoid:

• Fruits at night
• Cabbage, radish, green leafy vegetables at night
• Milk and salt foods
• Maida 
• raw vegetables