healthy food habits
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Duration: 2 Hours
Author: Manavata Team
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You need this session !
Spending too much money on food…
Feeling tired after eating…
Getting frequent health problems …
Not interested to getup from the bed…
Why we need health?
It is better not to discuss on this question.
Everybody knows.
Session Objective
What ForTo promote good health.This session will give information and pointers to
explore related to health
What NotThis is not health training program.This is not authorized program by government or
by any other third party.
Health is made up of
1. Physical Health
2. Mental Health
3. Spiritual Health
4. Social Health
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Physical Health Problems
By birth (Genes, blood, …)Food intakeEnvironmental effectsWater / Air / SunlightExercise
Physical Health - Tips
By Birth – Be Brave, Think positive, work hard to overcome the illness.
Make sure that we are taking pure water, good air.
We must expose and play / exercise under good sunlight on daily basis.
Physical Health - Facts
Sun Light
Fresh Air
Water
Exercise
Food (Fresh / Nutritious)
Time
Hygiene
Food - SourceFood is the source of life.Form of food is important
BreakfastLunchDinnerSnacks
Food - Hygiene
Cooking environment should be hygienic.
Avoid food on street vendor carts.Avoid cut fruit salads. Many times, hotels
used to preserve this in unhygienic fridge.Avoid directly drinking from cans. Those are
not clean. Use straw or pour into glass. Avoid straws that are with dust or not food
grade quality.Big list will come…observe and feel it.
Food - Preserving
Avoid preserving the cooked food in copper, aluminum and plastic vessels.
Avoid food with preservatives and colors.Avoid food with artificial colors and flavors.Don’t Dee fridge food for long time.Avoid repetitive re-heating the same food in
fridge.Eat Fresh
Food - CookingUse cleaned utensils. Use clean water.Avoid deep fries, prolonged boilingAvoid too much masala, salt and kharaUse fresh vegetables then packed / pre
cooked vegetables.Use iodized salt (max 5 grams per day)
Food - Serving
Serve and eat the food in food grade plates. Many caterers used to pack the rice in very thin plastic papers. It is not good.
Avoid eating on pavements and roads. Those are dusty and un hygienic places.
Food - Eating
Be calm and thankful to GOD for giving us our daily bread.
Chew properly. Avoid water before, after and during eating.
Drink after few minutes.Avoid too many items in food.Eat satvik aahar (Fresh & Nutritious)Eating on floor is better than table.Avoid watching TV during eating.
Food - Economics
What we are spending and what we are getting is important.
Sprouts – rich of proteins, seasonal fruits – good of vitamins and
digestion, lime juice – rich in vitamin C. Gives relief
from mental and physical tiredness. Jaggery (Bellam) – rich in ironCostly food doesn’t mean that it is good or
rich in values
Food - PyramidEverybody should know what is required
for kids, working people and aged parents.
Food - Nutrition
We should know what is calories. How many calories we need on daily basis?
What are the sources for various vitamins, minerals and others.
Read Nutrition related books.
Immunity
Is weather change causing sickness?Are you feeling sickness frequently?Is it taking long time to cure illness?
If ‘Yes’ for any of the above you need to improve your immunity
Food Chart
Vegetables Fruits
Level
1
2
Grains
Classification
Basic Elements
Source
Storage Floor + Raw Refrigerated Refrigerated
2P Extraction Oil Sugar
3 Process Cut
Salt
Slice Steam / Boil
3P Biscuit, Cake, Chat, Chocolate, Fried / Baked Food+
4P Frozen Food, Refrigeration, Additives / PreservativesStorage
Save Natural – Save yourself
Believe NatureLove NatureFollow NatureSave NatureBe Natural
Qualities
Tamasic Rajasic SatvicFood: Fatty, salty, stored, spoiled, not healthy
Extreme tastes, spicy, Non-vegetarian
Nutritious, Natural, Fresh, vegetarian, simple
Best time: Night Day Early Morning
Qualities/life style: Oversleeping, over eating, indiscipline, burden to others
Anger, greed, lust, Materialistic, Over acting, violence, pain full to others
Peaceful, Cheerful, Healthy, Happy, Harmonious, Helpful to others
Results: Illness, laziness, deceased, depression
Illness like BP etc, anger, sadness
Good health, Happiness
True Pleasure
“That pleasure which comes after a certain discipline, is really satvic pleasure, long lasting pleasure.
That pleasure which is pleasurable to begin with but ends in misery, is no pleasure at all.”
Food - Wastage
Don’t eat too much, because it is going to waste.– Share with poor on road when it is good.– Stop cooking excessive. This will save
little in grocery bills.
Exercise
Exercise should be given to body and mind on continuous basis.
30 minutes of walk per day is good enough.Take professional help while doing exercise
with objects. (lifting weights, ..) Yoga is one ancient exercise for physical and
mental health. Lean under proper guidance.
Mental Health
Many people have mental illness. But it is not recognized and treated.
Most common disease is depression
Take proper Counseling for mental illness. (One common problem is suicidal tendency)
Stress ManagementReasons for stress:1. Negative thinking2. Lack of rest to mind3. Improper food4. Work pressure5. Lack of discipline / un-organizedHow to get rid of stress:1. Practice Breathing techniques and meditation on
daily basis2. Stop finding faults on others & stick to truth
(Trikarana Suddhi)3. Plan your tasks well in advance & follow
Health - Emotions
Emotions will play great role on health.Control your emotions.Cry when you feel. It will ease the whole
system.Share your problem with friends / parents.Don’t get effected your eating habits with your
emotions.Avoid negative feelings and people.Substitute each negative thought with positive
thought.
Spiritual Health
Stick to any one practice whatever you believe.
Spiritual believes will control emotions / fears in life.
Think moderately and practice with meaning. Try to know the meaning of what you are
chanting and doing.Don’t hurt others feelings.
Human Behavioral Architecture
The five organs of sensation -Jnanedriya (eye,ear,skin,tongue,
nose)
Mind / Manassu
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The five organs of action -Karmendriya (mouth, hands,
legs, anus, genitals)
Health - Remedies
Use only prescribed medicines under supervision.
Don’t entertain unauthorized persons in medical practices.
Try more of Naturopathy / Homeopathy / Ayurveda
Tips
Fasting will show good impact on health.
Observing Silence – Fasting – Prayers – This combination is very good for body and soul.
Body needs water. Drink plenty.
Source of information
Check your source of water cleanliness and other parameters
Read books on Food – Nutrition
Check on internet and libraries http://www.nutritiondata.com/
TabletsNature, time and patience are the three great physicians.H. G. Bohn
To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.
-- Richard Baker
Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
-- Charles Caleb Colton
Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.-- Benjamin Franklin
Tablets
To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy meals.-- Benjamin Franklin
One who eats plain food is healthy.-- Japanese Proverb
What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel.-- Swami Vivekananda
"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourself strong."
-- Swami Vivekananda
Questions?
Thank you
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