Ayurveda’s Famous Saying “Sustenance of living is dependent on food.”
The Ayurveda sutra continues " There is nothing other than food that supports the life of living beings. there is no medicine that is comparable to food. It is possible to free a man of ailments solely through diet. On the contrary, one cannot free a man of ailments even through medication, if diet is ignored. It is therefore rightly said by physicians that food is the greatest medicine."In the June 1, 2018, American Family Physician, An Editorially Independent Peer reviewed Journal Of American Academy Of Family Physicians page 721 there is a review of recent research that findings are "Diet is the most significant risk factor for disability and premature death."The ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and the modern scientific evidence both agree food is the highest medicine for a healthy and vital life. the question,The question, "What do I eat?", is the 64 million dollar question for each individual. Many folks that think they are eating the right food but cannot lose weight, or feel exhausted all the time are obviously not eating the right food.Ayurveda teaches that you eat according to your predominant body type tendency, the season, your age and how you feel each day.Modern scientific nutritional research has revealed that the four food risk are not enough vegetables daily, n"ot enough fruit daily, too much sodium as in salt in the food and too little grains.We can combine the ancient food wisdom with modern nutritional research and confidently create a dietary pattern in our life that supports our moment to moment needs as we go through our different aging cycles in life.Ayurveda body type system is built on the concept of basal metabolic rate. Wikipedia offers a definition of BMR:"Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest.It is reported in energy units per unit time ranging from watt (joule/second) to ml O2/min or joule per hour per kg body mass J/(h·kg).Proper measurement requires a strict set of criteria be met. These criteria include being in a physically and psychologically undisturbed state, in a neutral temperature state while in the not actively digesting food)..According to Ayurveda there are three basic digestive types, a person with fast metabolism that cannot keep weight on, a person with a strong acidic digestive system and person with a slow digestive type.Which are you?To get more details about how to answer the questions about your body type and research to help you confidently choose your foods you can take my Ayurveda Online Class.Click Here To sign up today.