You are not only what you eat, but what you Digest & Absorb as well”, therefore eating wisely for holistic health should be an utmost priority.
The kitchen, which is the most essential part of our living, it’s here where all our food gets prepared and makes our Annamaya Kosha/Physical Body healthy and helps it grow. But do you know how it can badly affect your health if the person responsible for all your food making is unaware of a few mind-blowing facts? Yes, you heard it right, just because of one person in the kitchen, the whole family can either live happy & healthy or suffer from various diseases & illnesses. As we know due to the modern fast pacing lifestyle we don’t have time to eat right and even if we think that we are eating healthy doesn’t really mean it is.
Let’s see a few facts:-
1- Refined Flours: We are using refined flour/white flour (wheat) in our kitchen thinking we are eating healthy which is responsible for gut disorders and leads to Celiac diseases. Using wheat is completely healthy if you are getting it done by yourself in the mills but who has time nowadays, therefore leaving this packed wheat flour is a good reason to stay healthy. Replace White Flour (Wheat) with other grains like; Bajra, Jawar, Makkai, Madwa etc will be a good start to gut health as they are rich in fibre.
2- Sugar: Using sugar, which is the most common reason for obesity and diabetes nowadays due to its high glycemic index, though sugar is not the only reason for these disorders its usage in almost all sweet products which we consume including tea and coffee makes it top in the list apart from dense caloric foods and overeating. Therefore replacing sugar with Jaggery or powdered jaggery is the best option, as they help in regulating blood sugar levels and improve digestion.
3- Salt: White Salt in the kitchen is the poison for body and many lifestyle diseases like High BP, Hypertension and Heart-related issues, though it has only one reason of consumption nowadays due to Iodine mixed in it, in the majority it’s not good to consume, therefore use it as less as possible and replace maximum use of salt with Rock salt, Sendha Salt (Pink Salt).
4- Refine Oils: Refine oil is not Oil itself, Using Refine Oil in the kitchen is the most common reason of all joint-related disorders in the modern population. Therefore replace it with Mustard oil, Til oil, Coconut oil, and Ghee/clarified butter (if it’s pure) according to availability in your geographic location. Also, avoid using Sunflower oil and Soy oil from the market, they are good oils if they are pure but nowadays due to increased demands they are getting mixed with palm oil, which is very unhealthy for the body thus leading to various diseases.
5- Animal Products & Dairy: Using Animal Products is the number one reason of all major diseases in the world in modern days due to their processing and over-production. We all know that dairy and meat are the key part of the food pyramid for balanced nutrition requirements, however, due to the increase in demand, their products have gone multiple folds leaving millions of animals suffering and struggling for their lives due to chemical usage on them on regular basis, the same chemical you are consuming after preparing in the kitchen. So leaving dairy will be a good choice to stay happy and healthy in all aspects; be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
6- Pressure Cooker: Using a Pressure cooker to cook food is the cruellest thing you can do with food nutrients. A pressure cooker as its name suggests creates pressure on the food partials and instead of cooking them slowly and gradually it breaks them apart thus killing all the nutrients from the food. Now you know why you don’t get energy even after having so-called healthy food because you are having dead food which has no nutritional value left in it. Therefore replace the pressure cooker with clay pots or copper utensils and cook them openly, best it can be done in sunlight.
7- Late Dinners: Eating after Sun Set is the major cause of metabolic disorders, our body functions according to nature, therefore when the sun rises the metabolism starts to rise and we should have good meals (fruits, whole food, nuts etc.) depending on our caloric demands according to lifestyle and when the sun sets we should avoid eating as the digestive fire goes down leads to indigestion of the food if food left undigested in the stomach for longer. period then it starts turning into the toxin and the same toxin creates all the diseases in the body, which we know by various names.
8- Acidic vs Alkaline food: Eating more acidic foods than alkaline foods are also responsible for many lifestyle disorders and stomach problems. Avoid having fried food, too salty, too sugary, and too much protein and dairy and animal products. Include 70–80% Alkaline food in your all meals like; fruits, salads, vegetables, whole grains etc to neutralise your blood ph levels.
9- Fridge: Fridge is the most demanding piece of equipment in our modern lifestyle. People nowadays don’t have time to cook fresh meals or maybe don’t want to repeat things daily, thus they store the bulk of food in the fridge to use for the next few days, thinking food will be fresh inside the fridge, however, the fact is, fridge really doesn’t help in preserving food from spoiling but what it does is suppresses the smell of it and makes it look fresh. The moment you take out that food it starts to spoil faster at room temperature and fastest if you heat it, thus this spoiled food having no nutritional value won’t get digested properly and will create Gas, acidity, bloating and foul smell after eating. Also since it doesn’t have any real value left, what your body absorbs is toxins and the same toxins values show in your health (lethargy, fatigue, weakness, dullness, stomach & mental disorders etc). Therefore always have freshly cooked food as suggested in the previous steps. (HEALTH IS WEALTH)
10- Cooking Positive: Last but not the least, preparing food is a spiritual process, therefore, it should be done with a kind heart, with compassion and love. Everything in the universe works with energies, therefore the person who is cooking food should be happy, and have love and compassion while preparing food for their loved ones. If there is hatred, anger, or fight during food preparation then the whole energy of the food turns negative therefore doesn’t really matter if you have followed all the previous steps carefully but didn’t cook the food with positive energy then your food will just fill your belly, not the soul. The divine inside is left hungry and just needs positivity.
Hope you liked the Article, please try to follow each step as much as possible for healthy living and share your feedback and opinions.
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Gaurav Negi – Rehab Yoga Director
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