Essay On Right Eating

Right eating habit mentioned in Ayurveda

There are a lot of mistakes we tend to make when it comes to eating food properly. Since most of the doctors only know how to treat the illness but not its cause, you need to take the matter in your hands and take proper diet. Ayurveda talk about the process of eating food as something divine, if we do not respect the food we eat, we will not be able to respect our bodies.

The food has an immediate effect on our body. It is also known that the body’s biochemistry changes when we eat food properly. As far as the importance of eating right, the right food, the right time and right quantity, we will also discuss the right eating habits explained by Ayurveda.

Here are some common guidelines which are 100% according to the Ayurveda.

• A half tea spoon of grated ginger taken with a pinch of salt is an excellent appetizer and kindles Agni.

It will help digestion.

• Avoid eating a meals or snack before the previous meal has been digested, unless it’s a fruit. Allow up to 3-6 hours between meals.

• If you like to drink anything with your meal, take one or two sips of hot or warm water. Avoid drinking a lot of water before and after two hours of meal.

• Drinking 3-4 liters of water will cause obesity, kidney disorders and minerals/vitamin deficiencies. Drinking less water will cause dehydration. Drink approximately 6-8 glass of water which is beneficial for your health. If the color of your urine is golden or dark yellow, drink more water. If it is colorless, drink a little less water.

• Consuming cold foods, such as ice cream, and drinking iced beverages may reduce your resistance to disease, impair AGNI and cause mucus congestion.

• The diet should contain all six tastes - sweet, sour, salty, pungent (spices), bitter and astringent – in at least one meal per day.

• Do not heat or cook with honey, the heat destroys it and makes it