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Yoga Diet
Yoga's View Of Nutrition
The basic principle of nutrition, from the yoga perspective, is to eat small quantities
of high quality foods. The high quality foods are those which promote the life force of
the body without producing toxins. The recommended foods are fruits, vegetables,
whole grains and nuts.
Incredibly, yoga's principles of nutrition are very similar to what modern science has
discovered in more recent times.
Meat
The yoga advises to be cautious of eating meat. Although so-called yogis recommend eating meat in strict
moderation but according to yoga, the meat, being animal flesh, has a low vibration rate and will lower the life force of the
person eating it. This will cause a reduction in vitality and slow down your progress
from yoga. Meat also contains toxins, especially lactic acid, which is a waste product
of muscle metabolism.
We now know that meat contain fat, cholesterol and other substances that are toxic
to our bodies. Thus the advice not to eat meat in moderation is certainly well taken.
Fruit
The yogis' favorite food is fruit. They consider fruit to possess the highest life force of
all foods. Fruit is also very nutritious. They can be eaten raw or unprocessed and are
easily digested. It provides a quick and sustained source of energy with no toxins. It
is no wonder the yogis favor fruit.
Vegetables
The yogis consider the green vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and so
on, to have the highest life force of all vegetables.
Fresh Food
Yoga also stresses that food should be as fresh as possible. This means we should
rely more on fresh fruits and vegetables than on frozen or canned foods. Frozen food
is not so bad, since the enzymes are preserved, but canned food has been
preheated, which destroys a lot of the vitamins and minerals and the enzymes.
Raw Food
The yogis also state that the greater proportion of our food should be eaten raw; for
example, fruits, salad, raw nuts and sprouted grains. They consider that the cooking
of food causes it to lose a lot of its life force, as well as its flavor. Because of this we
need to add salt, spices and sauces, which often create more problems. Modern
science is in complete agreement with this.
Food Temperature
The yogis state that food should neither be too hot nor too cold. They claim that very
hot or very cold food or drinks can cause harm to the tissue of the throat. Modern
science also agrees with this and considers that food and beverages, which are too
hot or cold, may irritate the throat sufficiently to predispose it to cancer.
Alcohol
Yogis do not touch alcohol, since they consider it to lower the vibrations of their
subtle body (astral body). This defeats the purpose of yoga, which is to increase the
vibration level so they can gradually unfold their Higher Self.
Yoga also considers alcohol to have an adverse effect on the central nervous system,
and in particular the brain. The integrity of the central nervous system is considered
very important by the yogis, since one of the goals of yoga is to improve the health
of this system, and much of the progress of yoga is achieved via this vital
communication system.
Modern science agrees with yoga on this point, since alcohol is known to first
stimulate and then shortly afterwards depress the central nervous system.
Alcohol also causes poor sleep. Alcohol cannot compare with the effects of yoga.
Yoga produces a natural stimulation without the depressing after-effect. Yoga also
produces a general feeling of elation. Drugs cannot duplicate the increase in life force
produced by practicing yoga.
Eat Slowly
The yogis place great emphasis on eating slowly. It is more important than on the
type of food eaten. They claim that even nutritious food is not properly digested if
eaten quickly. This means that, as well as not extracting all the nutrients from the
food, you are also creating toxins in the body.
Even if you eat food which is not very nutritious, if it is eaten slowly and your
digestive system is in good health from yoga exercises, your body will extract every
last nutrient from the food, as well as eliminating all the toxins. Of course the
intelligent way is to eat nutritious food and chew it slowly.
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