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aTalk on Ayurveda
byDarshana Thacker
What is Vegan Diet?
A vegan diet is that which does not use any animal product (meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy) and any by-products derived from them. Many people turn to a vegan lifestyle for better health, ethical and environmental reasons.
AYURVEDA
Ayurveda medicine follows the principles of health and prevention of diseases with the aid of intensive knowledge and study of physiology, pathology, different diseases, and their treatments with diet, herbs remedies, cleansing therapies, exercise, meditation.
Divisions in Ayurveda
There are 3 body constitutions (doshas)
•Vata (air)
•Pita (fire) •Kapha (earth)
Taste (rasa)There are six tastes - sweet, sour, salt, bitter, pungent and astringent.
Qualities (gunas)
Vata
Dryness, cold, rough, light, subtle and movement.Primary is cold
Pita
Sticky, deep, hot, light, bad odorous, free flowing and liquid. Primary is hot.
Kapha
Sticky, cold, heavy, smooth, slimy and static. Primary is cold.
A well-balanced Ayurvedic diet has a lot of variety
Vegan Diet
Three main reasons to choose a vegan diet:
• Health
• Ethical
• Environment
HEALTH• The modern man is facing an epidemic of chronic diseases and there is a constant search to find a cure and a preventive measure for these diseases.• Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity etc. • According to the World Health Organization - Overall, 2.7 million deaths are attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake.
How does a vegan diet help YOU!
Many of the health risks of meat, dairy and poultry.
• Diabetes• Cancer• High Cholesterol• Heart disease• High Blood Pressure• Obesity• Hormonal disease
Diabetes
• Diabetes is increasing in India at an epidemic rate
• India is believed to have the highest number of diabetics in the world, as high as 20 million.
• Rapid increase in weigh, obesity and lack of exercise are the main causes
Cancer
• The World Health Organization has determined that dietary factors account for at least 30 percent of all cancers in Western countries and up to 20 percent in developing countries
Many of the health risks of meat, dairy and poultry.
• Diabetes• Cancer• High Cholesterol• Heart disease• High Blood Pressure• Obesity• Hormonal disease
Where do you get your protein?Sources of Protein
100 gm Soya 36.49
100 gm Mug beans 23.86
100 gm Masoor (Lentil) 26
110 gm Chicken 28
110 gm Lamb 30
100 gm Eggs 12.6
110 gm Fish 20-25
The Ethical Reason
The Environmental ReasonDeforestation
Unsustainable pressure on land
Harmful impact from the manufacture of pesticide, herbicide and fertilizers
Unsustainable use of water including groundwater extraction
Pollution of soil, water and air from fertilizers and from manure
Land degradation
Loss of biodiversity due to single crop farming for feed crop.
The Environmental Reason
Deforestation Water waste due to animal waste
Ayurvedic Vegan Food uses a variety of natural ingredients
FruitsVegetables Nuts
SeedGrains
Suggested reading onAyurveda and Veganism
Veganism• The China Study
By T. Colin Campbell PhD. & Thomas M. Campbell
• Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser• Mad Cowboy
by Howard Lyman• Being Vegan
by By Joanne Stepaniak• Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.• Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing
Diabetesby Dr. Neal D. Barnard, MD
• Dr. John McDougall's Digestive Tune-upwww.drmcdougall.com
Ayurveda• The Ayurvedic Diet
By Dennis Thompson• Ayurveda - A Life of Balance: The Complete
Guide to Ayurvedic Nutrition & Body Types with Recipes
By Maya Tiwari• Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing: A Practical
GuideBy Vasant D. Lad
• "The Complete Illustrated Guide To Ayurveda" By Gopi Warrier & Deepika Gunawant, MD
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