Today
I wish to write about certain natural things about food which we eat for a
healthy body and powerful mind. To have a disease free healthy body it is
always better to go for home cooked foods. The food that we prepare from our
home by oneself or our parents, contributes a lot about our good health and
taste. Why it is giving good taste is because when we cook, our full mind with
undivided attention is given. This increases the taste also. Today’s mechanical
life, people do not have any time to cook food for themselves. They always rush
out looking for good restaurants, hotels and Dabas. The magic of home cooked
food is, it helps to have a pure mind which enables the person to have a strong
body and clear thinking. When we prepare,
the vegetables are washed properly, grains are cleansed and rice is cleaned
well taking away the dirt. Vessels are clean.
Mostly vegetarian foods are preferred by many. The reason is that we use
less oil, spices are put less which allows our stomach to be light. Mind gets
fresh and cheerful. To have a healthy body and mind we should practice taking
our food which contributes to have disease free life. What we should adhere is
take pure food, e.g morning the usual milk and light breakfast,
lunch homemade rice, sambar, curry, curd, rasam etc. After noon around 4.00 pm
take a cup of coffee or tea with light snacks. In the night take light food
that too very early around 7.00 p.m. –
giving at least two hours gap before going to bed. Sleep around 9.00 p.m. and
get up early morning. Start the day by doing Yoga or go for a brisk walk. Come
back, have a bath, do your routine morning work with light breakfast.
The stomach
should never be too much filled. If the stomach is too full, one feels sleepy
and lethargic. With good fresh light food, the mind is calm, healthy and
cheerful. By adopting this way of life, obesity will never be near you. One is
always happy, as fresh as a blossom of flower, active ready to do anything in
an enthusiastic way. That mood makes people around you happy and cheerful like you.
Select good friends and their company. Always be pious and God fearing. Speak
and discuss happy things. Have kind heartedness. Be charitable. Help needy and
poor. Live a life with purity and spirituality Read the life of Great Saints
and Seers. Adopt their way of life if possible. Use these simple tips in your
life and be happy always.
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