DIET

Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana

Prashanti Kutiram

SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS

Dr. Shamanthakamani NarendranM.D. (Pead), Ph.D. (Yoga Science)

ONE WHO EATS

One time Yogi

Two times Bhogi

Three times Rogi

Four times No more

ANNAMAYA KOSAOPERATIONS

YOGA & DIET

SARIRAMADYAM

KHALU DHARMA SADHANAM

Welfare of the body primary mind also

will be sound only in a healthy body

NUTRITION : Is the science of food and

how the body uses it.

NUTRIENTS : Which nourishes the body

DIET: Is the science of feeding people

according to their requirements

PHYSIOLOGICAL

PSYCHOLOGICAL

SOCIAL

ENERGY YIELDING

BODY BUILDING

PROTECTIVE

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BALANCED DIET IS ONE WHICH PROVIDES ALL THE REQUIRED

NUTRIENTS IN PROPER PROPORTION

(QUALITY & QUANTITY)

300 TO 400 GRAMS OF CEREALS

LIKE RICE, WHEAT, RAGI, JOVAR

300 TO 400 Gms OF

VEGETABLES

100 Gms OF FRUITS

300 ML OFMILK & MP

60 gms OFPULSES

20-25 gms OF

SUGAR

10-15 gms FATS & OILS

EAT TO LIVE AND NOT LIVE TO EAT

EAT A HEALTHY DIET CONSISTING OF

LOTS OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES,

FRUITS, PULSES ETC

USE WHOLE GRAMS - THEY ADD TO

THE FIBRE.

USE SPROUTS - GOOD SOURCE OF

VITAMINS

COUNT YOUR CALORIES.

USE COMPLEX CARBO HYDRATES

LIKE WHEAT etc AS THEY ADD TO

FIBRE

USE COMBINATION OF PUFA & MUFA

USE UNREFINED FLOURS & OILS

CONCEPT OF THE WEST ASSESS

LONG BACK.

CHANGE IN INTAKE AND

EXPENDITURE

Count what you eat

Beware - 100 kcal excess /day can

increase your weight by 4 kg/year.

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TAMAS - GROSSEST, LETHARGIC

RAJAS - DYNAMIC, RUSHY

SATTVA - MATURE, COMPOSED

TAMAS - GROSSEST, LETHARGIC

RAJAS - DYNAMIC, RUSHY

SATTVA - MATURE, COMPOSED

FULL OF VITALITY PURITY

STRENGTH STAMINA

HEALTH HAPPINESS

CHEERFULNESS GOOD APPETITE

OLEAGINOUS SUBSTANTIAL

LIKABLE

BITTER SOUR

SALINE STEAMING HOT

PUNGENT DRY

BURNING

1. OLD FOOD: CANNED, STORED FOOD

2. DEVOID OF TASTE AND ESSENSE: OLD ROTIS, PUTRIFIED RICE

3. FOUL SMELLING STINKING FOOD: PULAVS, PRAWNS

4. STALE FOOD: FERMENTED DRINKS

5. LEFT OVER: REFUSE, LEFTOVER FOOD

6. IMPURE FOOD: FILTHY FOOD, NOT SUITED FOR HUMANS

Yoga & Diet are complimentary to each

other. Diet helps far progress in yoga.

Yoga helps in better digestion,

observation & assimilation of nutrients

due to tuning up of organs.

Jaisa anna Vaisa man

pahala sukh swastha sarir

HEALTH IS WEALTH

SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY

• EAT TO LIVE & NOT LIVE TO EAT

• WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

• BY FOOD YOU CAN GO TO ANIMAL LEVEL OR YOU CAN GO TO HIGHER LEVEL.

• AS THE FOOD SO THE MIND

• SOUND MIND IN SOUND BODY

• FOOD FOR THE ART OF LIVING

OH GOD, GIVE US FOOD

WHICH DOES NOT CAUSE

ANY DISEASE, AND ALSO

GIVES US STRENGTH

YAJURVEDA

YOGA IS NEITHER FOR ONE

WHO OVER EATS NOR FOR

HIM WHO OBSERVES

COMPLETE FAST.

BHAGAVAD GITA: VI - 16

LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC

APPROACH & ANCIENT APPROACH

HOW YOGIC APPROACH HAS

COME TO STAY AND COME TO

BEING AND ITS EFFICACY.

TASTES REFLECTS QUALITY

ABILITY TO MODIFY CERTAIN DOSHAS

KNOW THE DYNAMIC EFFECT OF FOOD

UNDERSTANDING IT WE CAN WORK OUT ON IT & BRING EQUILIBRIUM IN BODY MIND COMPLEX.

FAMILY MEAL

EATING OUT - JUNK FOOD

ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE & DISINTEGRATED FAMILIES

CHANGING PATTERN

NO OF FAST FOOD CENTRES,

RESTAURANTS & PRE COOKED

FOOD.

FASHION & PASSION

RESTAURANT; HEALTH &

EXPENDITURE

ORGANIC MANURE VERSUS

CHEMICAL MANURE

LOOSING TOUCH WITH THE

NATURAL ELEMENTS

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

1. ISOLATED APPROACH OF NUTRIENTS

RATHER THAN FOOD AS A WHOLE.

2. LABORATORY EXPERIMENT WHERE

NEITHER THE ISOLATED NUTRIENTS

NOR THE HUMAN PICTURE IS TOTAL.

3. FOOD CONTAINS SOMETHING MORE

THAN JUST NUTRIENT ie PROTEIN &

CHO.

4. THE MIND HAS A BIGGER ROLE.

WITH DIGESTION, ABSORPTION &

ASSIMILATION

WE CANNOT ISOLATE

PROTEIN,CHO AND EAT.

INDIVIDUALITY OF NATURAL

PHENOMENA IS LOST

ANCIENT METHODS1. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS

THROUGH FOOD.

2. FOOD AS MEDICINE

3. THE ESSENCE OF THE FOOD OR THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD WAS OF IMPORTANCE.

3. THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH

FOOD IN ECOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.

4. BY ITS EFFECT ON THE HUMANS

HOW IT DISTURBS THE TRIDOSHAS

5. AYURVEDA IS AN EDUCATION

SYSTEM.

AYURVEDIC CONCEPT

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT

TASTES ON THE DOSHAS

KAPHA VATAPITHA

BITTER

PUNGENT

ASTRINGENT

SALTY

SOUR

SWEET

watery

Waterykapha

Solid

kapha

PHYSIOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY &

THERAPEUTIC

ASPECT OF

HYPOGLACEMIA

PHYSIOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY &

THERAPEUTIC

ASPECT OF

HYPOGLACEMIA

ELEMENT & PERSONALITY

NUTRIENTS ALONE NOT ENOUGH

MIND-BODY COMPLEX PLAYS A VERY

IMPORTANT ROLE.

HUMAN HAVE GREATER DIMENSION

HE IS A PART OF UNIVERSE

EACH PERSON HAS A DOMINATING

ELEMENT.

ELEMENT & PERSONALITY

DOSHA BHUTA SYMBOL

VATAAKASA &

VAYU

ETHER

AIR

PITHA AGNI FIRE

KAPHA APA &

PRITVI

WATEREARTH

YOGIC CONCEPT OF BALANCED DIET

• THOSE DIETS WHICH RESTORE BALANCE AT ALL LEVELS

• PHYSICAL

• PRANIC

• MENTAL & EMOTIONAL

• INTELLECTUAL

SUMMARY - SUBTLE POINTS

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO EAT

ABOUT 200 CAL TO 500 CAL/DAY &

STILL HEALTHY. Eg: OLD LADY AT KK

IT IS NOT ENOUGH IF YOU PROVIDE THE FOOD

MODERN LIFE, CATERING, HAVING

FOOD WATCHING TV MOVING

AROUND AND EATING FOOD, JUST

GULPDOWN NOT EATING

PROPERLY.

PREPARE FOOD WITH LOVE - YOU

CAN ADD SUBTLE VIBRATIONS.

SERVE WITH LOVE AFFECTION AND

SMILE.

EAT WITH AWARENESS SLOWLY

ENJOYING EACH BITE, CHEW IT

PROPERLY ( SLOWNESS GIVES

MAXIMUM SATISFACTION)

VISAYAVISAYI SAMBHOGA

ENJOY WHAT YOU EAT.

SURRENDER TO THE LIFE ENERGY

- BRAHMARPANAM

MODERN SCIENCE

CONTROVERCIES MORE NEED TO

BE KNOWN ABOUT THE HOLISTIC

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH.

SO BOTH SHOULD COME TOGETHER

TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ANSWER.

TO BRING ABOUT HARMONY WITH

THE SURROUNDINGS & SELF.

EAT IN MODERATION

EAT SATVIC FOOD, YOGIC DIET.

BE A VEGETARIAN

PRACTICE YOGA REGULARLY

EAT FOOD THAT BRINGS BALANCE IN

YOUR SYSTEM

AVOID JUNK FOOD, PRE PREPARED

& STORED FOOD.

USE MORE COMPLEX CHO, LOT

OF GREENS & VEGETABLES

IF POSSIBLE, USE ORGANICALY

GROWN FOOD.

USE UNREFINED FLOUR & OILS.

BY PROPER PLANNING & EATING

PRACTICE, PRQCTICE YOGA LEAD

A HEALTHY HAPPY CONTENDED

BLISSFUL LIFE.

BLEND THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC

APPROACH AND THE HOLISTIC

APPROACH OF OUR ANCIENT TIMES

TO BRING HARMONY WITH THE

SURROUNDING S & SELF.

PREPARE, SERVE & EAT WITH LOVE

& AFFECTION

ENJOY EACH & EVERY MORSEL OF

FOOD - EATING MEDITATION

SURRENDER TO THE LIFE ENERGY

- BRAHMARPANAM