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The ideal kitchen
Healthy Eating
One who eats one complete meal a day is a YOGI (yogi is a healthy person)
One who eats two complete meals a day is a BOGI (Bogi is a connoisseur)
One who eats three complete meals a day is ROGI (Rogi is a sick guy)
One who eats four complete meals a day is DROGI (Drogi wastes food)
- From Sidhar songs in Tamil.
What to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen and dinner like a beggar is an old English adage. (2015 research supports this) Ayurveda says digestive power is maximum in the day and decreases as night approaches. Undigested food cause many health problems. Undigested food stays in the intestines and becomes feed for bacteria and other parasites. The toxic products these microbes release is absorbed and enters the body and cause many
diseases.
Why should we eat very less for dinner?
With change in life style we eat a heavy dinner which is unhealthy. We are used to one bowel cleansing in the morning. Therefore the undigested matter of what we ate for breakfast and lunch, is thrown out as stools next day morning. But what we ate for dinner would not be evacuated next day but would go only after third day bowel emptying. Thus it stays for longer time and cause good food for bad microbes.
We have quite a bit discussed about controlling the mind running after the senses and made it clear that that only a strong intellect can do the job. As apart of that our kitchen plays an important role in bringing about that change which also brings health benefits.
It is wise to keep more of healthy unrefined unprocessed foods than refined junk food products. While shopping for kitchen exercise your intellect in choosing foods. Your emotional mind tempts you to gratify your senses by provoking you to buy junk processed products. We aware even while shopping how your mind justifies buying them. At that instance even it will warn you visiting Sakthi Foundation web site which brain washes you not to buy these products. It is real fun to watch these thoughts prompting into the computer screen of the mind.
To add fuel to our uncontrollable mind, the grocery shops are filled with eye catchy, misguiding and tempting commercial advertisements which gives lot of stimuli to our mind. Here is where you can practice the exercise for your intellect.
Laziness breeds ignorance
We have discussed how the mind looks for less work and convenience. Avoid these convenient products and get out of laziness and lethargy. Example instead of buying yogurt try making them. More work is the best means to overcome the restless of the mind. But doing work without awareness only fuels more thoughts and restlessness of the mind.
Cooking food is one of the best means of being more in the awareness state. Do not listen to music or talk while cooking. In traditional India women or men use to chant mantra which are positive statements while cooking. This helps the person to keep the mind away from wandering and focus on the work done at the present moment. Cooking food with awareness also makes the food very tasty and also eating with full awareness, you enjoy the food more with all the minute taste that you miss otherwise while eating with talking and watching television. Try eating with full awareness you will be amazed to notice that you are able to recognize all different flavors and taste in the food.
Therefore find time for cooking and if you do it in an organized manner you will have enough time to cook and also enjoy cooking and gain health benefits along save money. Cooking swells your pocket and not your belly.
Cooking vessels- which is good...see the reply in this post
http://easyayurveda.com/2014/01/22/cancer-ayurvedic-understanding-hopeful-treatment-modalities/
http://vegetablesfruitsgrains.com/list-of-beans/
http://vegetablesfruitsgrains.com/list-of-vegetables/
http://vegetablesfruitsgrains.com/list-of-fruits/
http://vegetablesfruitsgrains.com/list-of-grains/
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Cooking oil -4
Tips that help to chose the cooking oil
* For culinary oils, choosing a refined or unrefined oil is a matter of taste and what you'll use it for in the kitchen.
*Choose unrefined oils for fullest flavor and highest nutrient content for health.
*Choose refined oils (like peanut oil ) for high heat uses.
*For refined oils, choose those that have been refined without chemicals.
*Refined oils of companies like Spectrum Organics are processed using natural processes, without any harsh chemicals or contaminants.
Types of oils
Natural fats contain varying ratios of three types of fats: saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.
*Saturated fats are hard at room temperature. They’re stable, resist oxidation, and are found primarily in meat and dairy, but also in palm and coconut oil. Tropical foods like coconut, cocoa, palm fruit and palm kernel are high in saturated fats. Studies show that coconut, cocoa and palm fruit oil may not elevate blood cholesterol and may have heart-healthy properties, contrary to earlier assumptions. Coconut oil is high in beneficial lauric acid, may help stabilize blood sugar, and may lower the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Moderate amounts of unrefined coconut oil is good for health.
*Polyunsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature and the least stable. They oxidize easily and are found in seafood and corn, safflower, soybean, and sunflower oils.
*Monounsaturated fats are more stable generally than polyunsaturates. They’re found in canola, nut and olive oils.
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends limiting saturated fats in the diet due to their association with cardiovascular disease. The AHA also recommends relying more on monounsaturates than polyunsaturated fats.
Cold pressed oils- Ancient Indian chekku http://nallakeerai-goodgreens.blogspot.in/2013/07/chekku-ennai-or-cold-pressed-oil-makes.html
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Hybrids and Health
Rice
http://satavic.org/dr-richharias-story-crushed-but-not-defeated/
http://www.vijayvaani.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?aid=2137
https://www.grain.org/article/entries/34-hybrid-rice-in-asia-an-unfolding-threat
http://www.intlcorn.com/seedsiteblog/?p=1141
http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/hybrid-seeds-vs-gmos
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/hybridSeed.php
https://www.biofortified.org/2015/10/hybrid-safety/
https://ppjg.me/2010/04/08/feeding-the-corporate-coffers-why-hybrid-rice-continues-to-fail-asia%E2%80%99s-small-farmers/
https://www.nap.edu/read/10977/chapter/5
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00563389/document
Wheat
https://authoritynutrition.com/modern-wheat-health-nightmare/
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/
Wild crops Heirloom
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/endemic-crop-varieties-get-a-saviour/article19136629.ece
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USA - Food - The Ultimate Secret Exposed full version
Food Poison:Workers using dangerous ingredients for making Jaggery(Sharkkara)
Agra- Milk Toxicity adulteration
MIlk adulteration in MMadurai Theni
Formalin in Milk toxic - Kerala Tamil Nadu
Mohanan Vaidyar- Malayalam- Various food adulteration
Adulterants in food - the Toor Dhal (Thuvaram Parrupu) you use at home is it Real or Fake ?
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Non-GMO foods
Most of the farmers want profit in agriculture. Pests damaging the crops cause serious loss to farmers. Therefore pesticides are sprayed on the leaves, vegetables or on grains food crops so that bugs eat toxic chemicals along with the plant parts and die out of poisoning. But the farmers have to spend time and money to spray the pesticides and herbicides (to keep away weeds or unwanted herbs in the field).
Genetic Enegineering scientists found a cool way of expressing toxic chemicals in each and every part of the plant so that any part a bug eat will die of chemical poisoning. Similarly undesirable weeds also can be kept away by growing GMO crops that will grow in presence of toxic chemicals.
Debate on Safety: There is a lot of debate about the safety of GMO foods. Some group of scientists think Genetically Modified Food technology is great. While others argue that it disturbs the ecosystem because the toxic chemical is present in each and every cell of the plant in contrast to pesticide spraying.
Who is correct?: Our understanding through Uni5 wholistic awareness is that every action has always a gain and a loss. Everybody is correct from their point of view, but Truth or reality is different.
DDT Pesticide Exposure Linked to Alzheimer's Disease, Study Shows
Jan. 27, 2014 — Scientists have known for more than 40 years that the synthetic pesticide DDT is harmful to bird habitats and a threat to the environment. Now researchers say exposure to DDT -- banned in the United
Gains: This technology has gain of time for farmers because they dont need to spray toxic chemicals to keep the bugs away because the GMO crop's every cell is toxic. Of course main gain is for multi national companies that market this technology.
Loss: Several honey bees and insects that ingest any part of the GMO crop will die of chemical poisoning. No deep thinking is needed to understand that naturally our human cells also will be affected by these chemicals.
There had been no study untill recently showing that the GMO foods causes several health problems including cancer.
Please make a choice whether the food you eat is a loss for your health and also for the environment you live in. You may lose some of your savings by buying GMO free organic foods, but you gain good health and also healthy environment. You are choosing your own fate!
When DDT like pesticides were introduced scientists argued that it is tested for safety. Now it is proven that it is associated with diseases. Similarly with GMO, now they show that it is safe, but over years it will be proven that it is unsafe.
Why GMO not good?
1. Instead of spraying pesticides on the plants, genes that produce toxic proteins are introduced into the genetic system at the seed stage. Therefore every cell of the plant will harbor toxic protein. This way we will be eating highly toxic proteins (chemicals) by eating GMO food. These toxic proteins will cause dmage to all the cells of the body.
2. Though not yet proven, surely GMO will be causing microbiome changes in Human gut that will lead to many diseases.
3. These toxic proteins will be causing several inflammation reaction in our body that will cause oxidative damage leading to ageing related disases like cancer, heart disease, infertility etc.
4. Genetic modification and over expression of any proteins , even may be normal, will cause imbalance in the plant and the food system and that imbalance will affect human health.
5. It is only for commericial exploitation that scientists and research studies promote that GMO's are safe. It can be logically understood that our human bosy will be jeaoparidized by chemical foods that the body has not encountered in evolution.
6. Genetic modifications do occur in nature, but the system makes it in an intelligent way to cope up with that change. Here the GMO plants have no choice , but are forced to takeup the change, which will result in many of its nutritional values that we do not know now. Like the vitamins were considered only needed and not fiber or other phytochemicals as nutirtional, until recently. Similarly, we have no way to know what all nutritional loses we encounter with GMO until we suffer from it.
How much GMO in USA? In USA 95% of the soy and corn that are grown are Genetically Modified. And 90% of the processed foods from baby food to chocolate, candies and drinks have corn and soy additives in them. So realize how much GMO toxicity is entering into your body every day.
Please discuss here about your questions on GMO or Genetically Modified food in this forum.
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