It is common for people to have digestive ailments although my guess is that about half of the people or more, have no idea that their ailments are digestive in root cause. Some people think that they are just "built big", have joint aches or that they have "seasonal allergies", as just a few of the many ailments that are strongly linked to the diet.
Western diets are such that we eat pretty much the same way all throughout the year, with summer giving us more fresh veggies and winter giving us more stews. That's almost where it ends, for most diets.
Ancient diet principals saw the diet as healing and medicinal, not just eating for the sake of eating, and adding to this, eating in an Ayurvedic way was all about eating seasonally, for your body composition.
We can't get into the many nuances of body composition or all of the ailments but to help you in a general way to begin to eat better to feel better, that is more wide breadth positive, heed these helpful tips and notice changes in your system within about five to seven days.
1. Reduce or eliminate Caffeine in the fall. It can "dry out" the body and zaps nutrients that are much needed. However, reducing should be fine if you start your day with it after a breakfast (not before) or after a dinner or lunch. Never before.
2. Don't mix foods too much unless in a stew and very cooked (ie, pre-digested). So, don't mix proteins with your grains, or fruit with anything (fruit is always about a half hour before or after other foods).
3. Aim to be in bed by 10 and up between 6 or 7; adjust to your schedule. Getting enough sleep helps digestion. If you don't have enough, you are not getting out of your own way.
4. Start cooking with more spices such as ginger, mustard, black pepper, nutmeg & cinnamon. These are natural to use in the autumn and help your digestive system.
5. Don't (or at least limit) eat raw, eat cooked. This is to heal and bring digestion into a healthier place. Proponents of raw food will not agree; that's fine. This is a focus on Ayurveda. Cooked foods are broken down and easier to digest. You have to weigh the nutrition escape when you cook foods vs raw. If you eat a raw carrot but it is hard for your system to digest, you won't be getting proper nutrition and, you make it harder to digest anything else. If you eat a cooked carrot you get some nutrition and it helps give your system a rest so that it can heal so that sooner rather than later, you can digest anything, more easily. Ayurvedicaly speaking, you want to go with cooked and to heal.
6. Keep it warm; warm foods, warm drinks. Only.
7. Don't stand, be mindless, be emotional, etc., while eating. It should be a restful, focused timeframe when you eat.
Take yourself in small increments with the help of an autumn diet, from bleary eyed, anxious, insomnia ridden and bloated to feeling bright eyed, calm and vital with an Autumn Ayurvedic cleanse.
Western diets are such that we eat pretty much the same way all throughout the year, with summer giving us more fresh veggies and winter giving us more stews. That's almost where it ends, for most diets.
Ancient diet principals saw the diet as healing and medicinal, not just eating for the sake of eating, and adding to this, eating in an Ayurvedic way was all about eating seasonally, for your body composition.
We can't get into the many nuances of body composition or all of the ailments but to help you in a general way to begin to eat better to feel better, that is more wide breadth positive, heed these helpful tips and notice changes in your system within about five to seven days.
1. Reduce or eliminate Caffeine in the fall. It can "dry out" the body and zaps nutrients that are much needed. However, reducing should be fine if you start your day with it after a breakfast (not before) or after a dinner or lunch. Never before.
2. Don't mix foods too much unless in a stew and very cooked (ie, pre-digested). So, don't mix proteins with your grains, or fruit with anything (fruit is always about a half hour before or after other foods).
3. Aim to be in bed by 10 and up between 6 or 7; adjust to your schedule. Getting enough sleep helps digestion. If you don't have enough, you are not getting out of your own way.
4. Start cooking with more spices such as ginger, mustard, black pepper, nutmeg & cinnamon. These are natural to use in the autumn and help your digestive system.
5. Don't (or at least limit) eat raw, eat cooked. This is to heal and bring digestion into a healthier place. Proponents of raw food will not agree; that's fine. This is a focus on Ayurveda. Cooked foods are broken down and easier to digest. You have to weigh the nutrition escape when you cook foods vs raw. If you eat a raw carrot but it is hard for your system to digest, you won't be getting proper nutrition and, you make it harder to digest anything else. If you eat a cooked carrot you get some nutrition and it helps give your system a rest so that it can heal so that sooner rather than later, you can digest anything, more easily. Ayurvedicaly speaking, you want to go with cooked and to heal.
6. Keep it warm; warm foods, warm drinks. Only.
7. Don't stand, be mindless, be emotional, etc., while eating. It should be a restful, focused timeframe when you eat.
Take yourself in small increments with the help of an autumn diet, from bleary eyed, anxious, insomnia ridden and bloated to feeling bright eyed, calm and vital with an Autumn Ayurvedic cleanse.
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