To promote Swadeshi and Ayurveda, Patanjali has made products ranging from health to beauty, in which different types of herbs are used. Baba Ramdev teaches yoga to people so that a healthy life can be lived. His companion Acharya Balkrishna also gives information about the herbs mentioned in Ayurveda and food. One such book is ‘The Science of Ayurveda’, which is written by Patanjali’s Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna. This book explains how if the nature and combination of food is not taken care of, then instead of being beneficial, food can become harmful for the body. Ayurveda says that due to lack of correct information about food and lack of control over the mind, we often consume such things which create imbalance in the body, which can lead to various diseases.
According to Ayurveda, the food we eat is made up of seven metals and it stays in our body throughout our life. Therefore, eating the wrong food or any bad substance can have an adverse effect not only on our physical but also on our mental health. Let us know which food combinations can harm your health.
Avoid eating foods with bad combinations
Ayurveda mentions three doshas vita, pitta and kapha and if their balance is disturbed in the body, then many diseases start arising, therefore Patanjali also has many such products which work to balance these doshas in your body and protect the body from diseases. This book explains how the right combination of food is no less than a boon for your health, while bad combinations affect health badly. Actually, when we eat two things together whose nature is different, then such food increases the doshas rapidly and this increases the possibility of diseases.
It is important to eat according to nature
Just as it is important to include the right combination of foods in your diet, similarly, there is a need to change the food according to the temperature. Apart from this, it is also mentioned in this book that what is the nature of your body. It is very important to eat food according to this. Like some of you have Kapha nature, some have Vata nature and some have Pitta nature.
Small things related to food
- Ayurveda says that eating before taking a bath in the morning, eating something even when you are not hungry, or sometimes not eating even after feeling hungry, causes harm to health.
- In Ayurveda, eating curd in winter is considered beneficial, whereas one should avoid eating curd in summer, spring and monsoon. One should avoid adding salt etc. to curd. Apart from this, curd should not be eaten at night.
- One should not drink cold water after eating ghee. If you have eaten Desi ghee or anything made from it, then you should drink lukewarm water. One should not exercise after eating food. If you are eating something made from wheat or barley, then cold water should not be drunk after that either.
- One should not eat half-cooked or overcooked food. Apart from this, how healthy your food is also depends on the type of fuel it is cooked on. In this way, by keeping small things in mind, one can get full benefit of food.
