healthy living and food habits

Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits

Dedicated to His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

(Founder Acharya- ISKCON)

Dedicated to His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

(Founder Acharya- ISKCON)

Agenda

• Lifestyle trends

• Healthy living and food-mood relation

• Vedic perspective on food

• Importance of Vegetarianism

Some Alarming facts

Inactivity or sedentary life style is

one of the 10 leading global causes

of death, disease and disability

Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)

47%Overweight 27%Hypertension

10%Diabetes

60%of world's cardiovascular diseases

By 2010, India would account for

• Poor attention to health

Major factors that contribute to poorliving habits.

• Poor eating habits, especially eating junk food between meals

• Poor exercise habits

Malnourished and has little access to health foods

Over-nourished and has excessive intake of calories and fatty food

Foods you eat can effect your moods including your level of alertness

& your behavior

Courtesy: Hindustan Times

The science of nutrition and healthy livingare presented in elaborate detail in

the Bhagavad-gita

• Increase the duration of life

• Purify the mind

• Aid bodily strength

Purpose of food:

Food can be categorized in three modes

Satvik- mode of goodness

Rajsik- mode of passion

Tamsik- mode of ignorance

Satvik-mode of goodness(Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart and pure in nature)

(Foods those are bitter, too salty, or too hot or overly mixed with red pepper)

Rajsik-mode of passion

Tamsik-mode of ignorance(Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable)

Embrace Vegetarianism

For healthy living, it is important to

Human anatomy11

HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison

Teeth:

Incisors

Teeth:Canines

Short and pointed

Long, sharpand curved to

tear flesh

Broad, flattened

and spade shaped

Dull and short

developed

Good side-to-

side motion

The comparative anatomy of eating

1. Human Being2. Cow3. Cat4. Dog5. Horse

Teeth:

Molars

Chewing

None, swallows

food whole

Flattened

Extensive chewing

Flattened

Extensive chewing

SalivaCarbohydrate

digesting

enzymes not

present< pH 1

(to digest tough

animal muscle,

bone, etc.)

pH 4 to 5

Acidic saliva: Alkaline saliva: Alkaline saliva:

Carbohydrate

digesting

enzymes

present

Carbohydrate

digesting

enzymes

present

pH 4 to 5Stomach

acidity with

food in it

Length of small Intestine

3 to 6 times

body length

Simple, short and smooth

> 10 times body length

complex

10 to11

times body

length

complex

Perspiration

No skin pores,

perspires

through tongue

Sharp claws

Perspires through millions

of skin pores

Flattened nails

or blunt hooves

Perspires through millions

of skin pores

Flattened nails

Your Health22

Vegetarians overall are

20% less likely to die from heart attack

than meat-eaters

“90% - 97% of heart diseases can be prevented by a

vegetarian diet.”Courtesy: Journal of the American Medical Association

Meat contains 14 times more chemicals and pesticides

than plant foods

33 Cruelty to animals

In the U.S. alone

6,60,000 animals

are killed for meat

every hour

The ModernSlaughterhouse

Worse than hell !

Music legend and animal advocate Paul McCartney

“If the windows of slaughter

houses are made of

glasses, no one in the

world would be a

non-vegetarian.”

“While our bodies are the living graves of

murdered animals, how can

we expect any ideal conditions

on earth?”George Bernard Shaw

44 Aggravating world hunger

Help end world hunger

16 kg grain20 people

1 kg beef 2 people

Access?

Karmic consequences55

By inflicting injury, pain and death, one must in the future experience the sufferings caused

Mahabharata mentions …

• The purchaser of flesh performs violence by his wealth

• He who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste

• The killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal

All of these are to be considered meat-eaters

Reasons to be a vegetarian

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Vegetarianism Myths

1) Vegetarians can’t get enough protein

Ample sources of protein

2) Vegetarians lack energy and strength

Mistaken belief that eating meat is necessary for

good health and strength

“Ridiculous fallacy”(Dave Scott – Greatest triathlete)

3) Even vegetarians are equally guilty of killing,

if animals feel pain so do plants, is that also not

equal to killing?

Famous vegetarians

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Physical wellness

yuktähära-vihärasyayukta-ceñöasya karmasuyukta-svapnävabodhasyayogo bhavati duùkha-hä

He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing

the yoga system. (Bhagavad-gétä 6.17)

Regulated eating

Don’t eat just before bedtime Don’t eat just before bedtime

Eat a light meal to avoid indigestion

Avoid/Minimize

Drink Plenty of Water

Eat satvik food

By transforming your diet, you can reshape your body, mood, energy

levels, and overall wellness

Regulated sleeping

How many hours a person should sleep in a day?

Early to bed and early to rise makes

a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Regulated recreation

Spend time for self development and sharpening ‘SQ’

Regulated work

Don’t forget the goal of life

Set your priorities

“What is important in

life?”

• Food you eat affects your mood, behavior and overall wellness

Summary

• Embrace vegetarianism and eat sattvik food

• Regulate your eating, sleeping, recreation and work

Thank you

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