Unwholesome Food Habits
Unwholesome food habits in the winter season AA vkgkjLrq egkHkS”kT;e~AA AAaA
The verse in kashyapsamhita points that ahara means food is the best medicine. If one follows the dietary rules and regulations, then there won’t be any need to consume medicine and those who doesn’t follow proper aharavidhi even, medicine will not work for them properly. As we enter in winter season of the year with ongoing pandemic which made people exhausted mentally and physically as well as in terms of finance hence it is one’s own responsibility to take care of their own health by our diet habits. As it has been told as, what you consume will effect on your body as well as your mind Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta and Manu smriti classified food on the basis of their effect on mind I.e. Satwika, Rajasika and Tamasika, among them satvik food is considered as the ideal food while tamsik considered as the inferior one. UNWHOLESOME FOOD HABITS IN WINTER As per Ayurveda, in winter there will be good digestive fire but still, intake of unwholesome foods The Ancient Ayurveda | Nov-Dec 2020 | Page 23
should be avoided. Due to good digestive fire One must take care of their diet in proper quantity and should not do fasting in this season. By doing fasting, or consuming less quantity of food or no food in winter season, digestive fire will burn the body composition and lead to vata prakopa and will result in serious diseases as well. In winter, person must avoid spicy foods as they induce vaata dosha in the body and also in winter season, rukshta (dryness) of body will be another main problem which inturn can trigger up vata dosha. Current era of new generation, youngsters are more been attached with junk foods especially pizza, burgers, sandwich and other bakery stuff. Study by Loma Linda University has found that poor mental health is linked with poor diet quality regardless of personal characteristics such as gender age, education etc. Persons who does increased sugar consumption has been found to be associated with bipolar disorder and those who consume fried foods or those having high amounts of sugar and processed grains have
