30May
Tips for weight loss
By: admin
Ayurveda has put emphasis on food, not only for its basic nature as a fuel for running the body but also for its overall impact on the health of a person. For obesity or unnatural weight gain, Ayurveda suggests to improve food habits and taking diet according to Ayurvedic body type.
- When you wake-up in the morning, start your day by drinking atleast one cup of warm boiled water with juice of half lime and one tablespoon of honey.
- Eat lunch between 12 pm and 2 pm. Lunch as the biggest meal of the day.
- Do not lie down or go to sleep after eating for at least three hours. The dinner should be 3 hours before bed time.
- Always sit-up with stomach relaxed. Standing, Walking, or Sitting doing other things (examples: driving, terminal data entry) do not relax stomach and can lead to incomplete digestion.
- At the beginning of meal take a piece of fresh ginger (soaked in lime juice and honey) to activate salivary glands to produce digestive enzymes. You can also eat a pinch of ‘Pomegranate Chooran’.
- During meals or after meals, have a cup of yogurt beverage (Thin Lassi, or fat-free butter milk)
- Do not drink water immediately before meal, or immediately after the meal. It slows down digestion.
- If you feel warmth or acid in the stomach, try a cooling beverage (Examples rose water and honey, blended milk and dates, fresh mango juice) in between meals. These beverages have cooling affect. They should not be cold or froze. Drink them at room temperature.
- Do not eat cold food. Eat foods at room temperature or slightly warmer.
- Do not eat left-over foods even if they have been refrigerated and re-heated.
- Drink one cup of warm water with juice of ½ lime and one teaspoon of honey every 90 minutes to two hours. Break the fast with fresh raw fruits, nuts, and whole-grain crackers.
- For snacks eat dried fruits, nut, fresh fruits, fruit juices, raw vegetable soup, whole-grain crackers.
- Foods to be avoided
- Red meats
- Eat Fish and fowl only on limited basis
- High fat dairy products such as cheeses yogurt and butter
- Rice and potatoes
- Refined sugars
- Carbonated beverages
- Foods prepared with refined flour: cake, pastry, cookie, sweet biscuit
- Super-refined oils specially corn-oil and soy-oil
14. Incorporate following foods on regular basis
- Fresh Raw fruits and vegetables
- Steamed vegetables
- Lentils and Beans cooked in water
- Lentils Beans and whole-grains Sprouted
- Combination of whole grains and lentils cooked in water (Examples: Brown Rice and Lentils, Lentils and Barley)
- Whole-grain breads
- Carrot Juice
- Cabbage
- Fresh Peppermint (chutney, tea)
- Turmeric Dry ginger, Black pepper, Cayenne, Fenugreek seeds and leaves
- Honey, or raw cane sugar
- Kala Namak or sea-salt
- Organic extra virgin olive oil
- Un-refined organic Ghee
15. Apply internal cleansing therapy to eliminate toxin build-up once a month.
16. Take a walk in the morning sun
17. Practice meditation and Yoga every day