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Namah Vol. 25, Issue 3, 15th October 2017

time and ferments (turns to acid). Then you • Avoid consuming ‘concentrated’ foodstuff.
experience acidity or gas. Don’t be deceived by the label of extra
nutrient value. They will be harder to digest.
We suggest that after every acute ailment Instead, eat the food with lower nutritional
you should undertake the elimination diet value that comes with a lot of roughage
for a month. and fibre. The fibre and roughage make it
easier for the body to digest and assimilate
10. How to avoid generating toxins the food, and the waste-products that are
generated will also be easier to eliminate.
Rule-1: eat less, and take only easy-to-digest • Avoid consuming diet-supplements and
food. micro-nutrients unless you have a specific
deficiency. Otherwise by taking them you
When you eat less food, you do not waste serve the interests of the pharmaceutical
your vital energy on processing the excess companies, and not your interest. If you have
food. Further, when you can digest all the a specific deficiency, take the supplement
food you eat, you become more energetic (preferably from a natural source) only
and produce fewer toxins. until the deficiency is overcome. Do
not continue to consume it thereafter.
Rule-2: when food remains undigested in the Otherwise it creates dependencies and
body, it ferments, accumulates and creates generates imbalance in the body.
toxins in the body. Hence, you should value
the food items according to your ability to digest 11. Some good eating habits
and assimilate them, and not according to
their nutrient content! Simply avoid eating The main purpose of eating is to feed the
food that is hard to digest or has toxic additives. body. Hence, do not combine other purposes,
like parties and thrills with the act of eating.
In specific:
• Avoid fried food, soybean preparations, While eating, try to become conscious of what
sweets, chocolates, refined flour preparations you eat, and how much you eat. When you
and food containing preservatives. maintain this discipline, the natural instinct
• Avoid consuming food that is highly of the body will awaken and allow you to
processed, highly sweetened or salted; sense the quality of the food you eat.
or foods that carry health claims (don’t
encourage deceivers). Food is processed Eat only two main meals in the day. Establish
to increase its shelf-life (not your life) and your meal-time and adhere to it. Avoid eating
the processing makes it more indigestible between meals. If you eat at odd times, you
in your body. will not be hungry at the meal-time! Further,
• Further, some foods are processed to make if you don’t get the hunger sensation at meal-
them tasty (deep-fried or addictive time, don’t eat.
ingredients are added). It increases their
consumption. However, that is better for Drinking water: you need about 9 glasses of
the seller’s business and not for your body. water a day. Try to drink ‘fresh stream’ or

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