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“ANNAM BRAHMA” YOGIC FOOD THERAPY

2 May 2019 HYN Himalayan Yoga Academy

Introduction:

A diet that is conducive to the practice of yoga and spiritual progress is called Yogic Diet. It purifies the body, calms the mind, and explores the spirit.  It is also called satvik food or natural food. The food that purifies the body and calms the mind is sattvic or yogic food. The process of disease management through the use of yogic food based on the disease’s nature and need is called Aahara or Diet therapy. “Food is first medicine” so whatever we eat we get the effects. Diet has an intimate connection with the mind. Mind is formed out of the subtle portion of food. We should pay great attention to food to attain good health and life. We should eat to live but not live to eat. Learn about YOGIC FOOD THERAPY.

These constituents can be divided into three groups:

1. Energy Yielding Food likes carbohydrates and Fats
   i. Produce energy for voluntary and involuntary functions of the body
   ii. Help in the digestion, absorption, and metabolism process of enzymes, and hormones with fats.
   iii. Help in manufacturing of vitamins.
   iv. Keep the temperature balance in the body.
   
2. Body Building Food like Proteins and some minerals
   i. Build up the new cells.
   ii. Repairs and maintains the tissues.
   iii. Increase immunity power.
   
3. Protecting Food like Vitamins, water, and minerals
   i. Increase the protecting power or immunity power.
   ii. Build up the muscles, teeth, bones, blood, etc.
   iii. Maintain the chemical levels in the body.
   iv. Prevent deficiency diseases.

Types of food according to Yogic Approach:

Satvik Food:

The food which gives purity, calmness, and awareness is called satvik or yogic food. This food should be light, pure, fresh, nutritious, energetic, protective, and alive. It increases vitality, energy, stamina, strength, health, and happiness and cures all types of ailments. Almost organic, natural, fresh, or alkaline food from the earth directly for purity of body and calmness and harmony of mind is known as Satvik food. E.g.: fruits, green vegetables, fresh milk, fresh butter, chapatti, curd, rice, wheat, corn, salad, sprouted nuts and seeds, herbal spices, and herbal tea.

Rajasik Food:

The food that, stimulates, activates, and speeds up the body’s units and processes is known as Rajasik Food. It also gives energy but no purity and calmness. It makes it more unstable, movable, restless and unpeace. E.g.: All types of fast food, dried food, fried food, roast food, spicy, salty, oily, and heavy. It is only testable but no prana; so many items but nutritious. It is not yogic but is not harmful as well.

Tamasik Food:

The food that has no life, no natural quality, tastes, colors, and artificial food is known as Tamasik food. E.g.: Stale food, decomposed food, smoke, drugs, alcohol, all meat products, repeated cooking, unmatchable food, unseasonal food, untimed food, etc. are the Tamasik food.

DIET CHART

YOGIC FOOD THERAPY for Normal Healthy People

Food Rules for All in General:

1. Wash hands and feet before eating and gargle with water.
2. A place where one eats should be neat and clean with a calm atmosphere.
3. Eat only when you feel hungry.
4. Food should be tasty, fresh, and good to look at.
5. Take a meal in a pleasant mood.
6. Eat at a fixed time and keep a gap between two meals.
7. Never take a meal when you are angry, worried, restless, and in fear.
8. Avoid excessive eating, and maintain rules of meetahar which means ½ of the stomach is filled with solid foods and the rest ½ is for water and air.
9. Don’t eat dust-exposed and contaminated food.
10. Don’t take the next meal until the meal taken before has been digested.
11. Avoid taking food if you feel acidity, nausea, vomiting, and burning sensation.
12. Take fresh meals, overcooking is harmful.
13. Don’t work hard after food. But you can walk 100 to 200 steps in the plane zone as needed.
14. Eat when the breath flows through the right (surya swara) nostril and drink water when the breath flows through the left (moon swara) nostril.
15. After walking 100 to 200 steps sit on vajrasana for 5 to 15 minutes and after taking food, lie down on the left lateral side for easy and good digestion.
16. Go to bed after 2 hours of taking the food at least.
17. Pass urine just after the meals.
18. Pray before eating meals.
19. Don’t take fried food and do not store the cooked food for more than 6 hours.
20. Don’t drink water ½ an hour before a meal and 1 hour after a meal.
21. Sit on the ground keeping the spine erect while eating food.
22. Avoid cold beverages, late-night snacks, and junk food.
23. Chew the food properly and swallow slowly.
24. Eat seasonal and fresh foods.
25. Don’t talk, watch television and be silent while eating.
26. Always take sattvic vegetarian food and be able to attain the qualities of pity, sympathy, compassion, love, kindness, respect, purity, peace, etc.
27. Don’t eat too much cold and too hot things and also don’t eat cold after hot and no very hot after cold things.
28. Drink a cup of warm water or herbal tea without sugar after taking a meal.
29. Eat first sweet, salty, sour, pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes respectively.
30. Put your wet palms on your eyes for a few moments.

Diet Therapy for Common Diseases

YOGIC FOOD THERAPY for Chronic Diseases 

                                                                                                                  “We are what we eat”

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