The mechanics of the impact of stress factors - kriya - on the human body. John the Baptist as the Christian founder of maha-kriya - So, - Eugene began, - the practice of yoga of the twice-born involves the use of various physical stress factors,

Signs of the positive impact of plant foods on the human body Skin condition and complexion improve. Accelerates the growth of hair and nails. Smell, voice, hearing and vision develop. Body weight is normalized. Strengthens bones and muscles. body movements

on a person's mental state

It turns out that each emotion has a certain taste or aroma, and therefore, by using foods with a certain taste, you can significantly influence your psycho-emotional state.

Vedic medicine takes the process of human nutrition very seriously, and therefore examines it in great detail and in depth. The basics of the influence of food on the consciousness and psyche of a person are discussed in the Bhagavad Gita, chapter 18 texts 7-10. And this is discussed in more detail in, in particular, in the lectures of the leading Ayurvedic doctor of the post of the USSR countries - O.G. Torsunov in the subsection “- the science of life”

The taste of food is our emotions

The influence of the taste of food is so great that even modern physicians have noticed that the factors are so strong that they often dominate the physiological factors in treatment. It is also noted that the taste needs of a person depend and are determined by his mental and emotional state rather than from reasonable expediency. And this is due to the fact that food is a source not only nutrients for physical organism of a person, but also forms his emotional background and the potential of the psyche. In other words, it gives strength to emotions.

experiencing grief, a person unconsciously seeks to diversify his diet as much as possible with such bitter foods as: mustard, Rye bread, coffee. As a result, there are Great chance occurrence of chronic infections, blood diseases and skeletal system.

Pessimistic, touchy person constantly tends to eat sour. And sour in excessive amounts harms the heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, joints, disrupts the internal environment of the body.

Fussy, stressed person just loves salty food. He loves her so much that he is ready to eat even sweets with salt. And excessively salty is the enemy of the vessels of the whole organism, bronchi, kidneys and joints.

Stubborn, assertive and unrestrained people love it too hot. An excess of such food leads to diseases of the hormonal organs, bronchi, spine, joints and bones.

An addiction to the predominance of spicy food in the diet is experienced angry, overly temperamental people, resulting in inflammatory processes in the liver, pancreas, stomach, heart and genitals.

The need for fried food in a person occurs when there is in the character rudeness, feeling tired and aversion to work. And this leads to an overload of the vessels of the brain, liver, stomach, hormonal and immune functions are disturbed.

Greedy people they love excessively fatty, which leads to diseases of the stomach, liver, skeletal system, metabolic disorders.

Taste of food and stress

People who are in constant mental stress, do not know how to be distracted from problems, prefer to tone up the body with tea, coffee, St. John's wort, oregano.

Being in this state, a person, as a rule, begins to smoke. When a man smokes, this is still understandable: he is active, active and constantly on the move, which often leads to tension and excessive concentration. And what will you say when you see a smoking representative of the beautiful half of humanity? Peace and tranquility are the most important qualities character for the happy fate of a girl and a woman. And they smoke, as a rule, from their lack ...

One way or another, but at the physiological level, the result of such habits is damage to the vessels of the brain, heart, kidneys, and liver. Moreover, the function of the sex glands decreases and the circulatory system begins to suffer.

Irritable, stubborn, greedy, fussy people like to eat a lot, rush to eat - appears excess weight, violations blood pressure, hormonal disorders, disorders in the spine, decrease defensive forces organism.

Indulging your negative traits character, a person acquires violations of harmonious taste sensations which ultimately affects his physiological health in the form of diseases. This is how the mechanism of punishing a person for the negative qualities of character - disharmonious life in the Universe works.

Food and the modern world

With callousness, greed, a bad attitude towards people, cruelty, excessive attachment to things appears craving for meat.
Cruelty and straightforwardness creates a huge need for fish products.
As a result, in both cases - pessimism, constant irritability, malignant tumors, accidents.

In addition, meat and fish require a lot of energy for digestion, which as a result leads to a weakening of all other body functions, including the body's natural desire for self-healing is also significantly reduced. Diseases become chronic.

The influence of food: results

So, what are the emotions associated with food. Let's sum up a little.
Sorrow is a bitter emotion, and fear has an astringent character. These two emotions exacerbate the psycho-energy flows in the human body, called "vata" in Ayurveda.

Envy is a sour emotion, anger is a caustic emotion. These two emotions exacerbate the "pita".

Desire and passion are sweet emotions, greed is a salty emotion, these two increase kapha.

A person who is passionate about what he loves, who treats people kindly, is not prone to perversions of his taste, and thereby increases the opportunity to be healthy and happy.

Thus, indulging our negative character traits, we acquire violations of harmonious taste sensations, which, in turn, makes us eat meat, fish products, fried foods, tea, cocoa, and coffee. Excessively sweet, sour, salty, tart, bitter, fatty, spicy.

And with improper nutrition, diseases develop. This is how the mechanism of punishing a person for negative qualities of character works.

Therefore, eat harmoniously and balanced, exclude meat, fish and coffee from your diet, reduce the amount of fried foods, and then you will help your body get rid of many diseases, and for yourself - acquire good qualities of character that bring wide white stripes to fate.

One can only wonder how much the "modern doctrine of nutrition and nutrition" has narrowed our view of it! The ancient sages looked much more broadly at food and what it brings to our body. They were not interested in proteins and carbohydrates, as well as the number of calories when it was burned, but, above all, information and energy that affect the body. It was these qualities of food that were taken into account when it was spoken of as medicine.

The discovery by physicists of quantum fields - the energy underlying physical substance, - made it possible to understand the ancient doctrine of the energy effect of food on the human body.

To better understand this difficult, but vital important issue, let me remind you how any substance is formed in general, and therefore food. I'll start from the end to get to the beginning. There is some food. It is made up of molecules. Molecules are made up of atoms. Atoms consist of elementary particles - electrons, protons, etc. Elementary particles consist of quanta - this is something between energy and a particle. Quanta are the basis of energy fields, elementary particles are formed from them. The human body in its fundamental principle has a quantum-field template, which gives a prototype to the physical body. Quantum fields of this or that structure give a basis to this or that organ, function, structure of substance. Don't be surprised by the special structure, shape and color of the liver. It is based on a special quantum field, which must perform the appropriate functions. At the heart of the heart is another quantum field and, accordingly, other functions. The same is true of any other organ and tissue. human body.

The introduction of any food into the human body is the introduction of certain quantum fields that can nourish, strengthen the quantum fields of related organs, even out weakened functions, etc. With the help of nutrition containing certain quantum fields, one can successfully treat, strengthen weakened functions and organs, even rejuvenate the body.

Any food product has its own quantum fields, which, when absorbed by a person, have a multifaceted effect on his body. Let's see what this effect is.

The taste of food speaks of the special properties of the energy inherent in it. The tongue, as an organ of taste, will help in its recognition. The energy contained in the product can have a beneficial effect on our vital activity, especially when there is not enough energy of this type in the body, and vice versa, inhibit vital activity when it is overabundant.

Classical Ayurveda distinguishes six basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, burning and astringent. These tastes act in different ways on the three vital principles that underlie the work of the human body.

"Slime" leads the construction and the fortress physical body(the material mass of the body and its hormonal system).

"Bile" provides heating, digestion, immunity, vision and mental capacity.

"Wind" supports all circulatory and rhythmic processes in the body, the mixing of contents in cells, blood flow, peristalsis, the onset of menstruation, the speed of a person's thinking.

Sweet the taste is the most healing, strengthens, increases the strength of the body, promotes digestion, has a small calorific value. Sweet promotes healing of wounds, clarifies the senses, promotes longevity. Sweet-tasting foods are good for children, the elderly, and the debilitated. In other words, it stimulates the "Slime" life principle.

Excessive consumption of foods that have a sweet taste is harmful, as it leads to obesity, the formation of wen and diseases of the excretory system.

Sour the taste has a refreshing effect, stimulates appetite, promotes crushing and digestion of food, fluid retention in the body, makes the intestines passable.

Excessive consumption of acidic foods causes weakness, dizziness, swelling, and fever.

Salty taste has cleansing properties - removes hardened feces and accumulated gases, clears clogged blood vessels, supports appetite, causes the release of saliva and gastric juices; cold foods gives warming properties to the body. In other words, it stimulates the vital principle of "Bile" and "Wind".

Excessive consumption of salty foods leads to hair loss, premature graying, wrinkles, diseases generated by overexcitation of the vital principle "Bile".

Bitter taste improves digestion and appetite, warms the body and stimulates the release of fluid from it, opens blood vessels, has thinning, dissolving properties; increases circulatory processes in the body, helps to cleanse the body cavities, especially the lungs; helps with poisoning, fainting, feverish conditions, clarifies the mind.

Excessive consumption of bitter foods depletes the body, giving rise to diseases associated with overexcitation of the "Wind" vital principle.

Burning taste stimulates the body's calorific abilities more than others, increases appetite, is useful for sore throats, heals wounds and severe skin abscesses.

Excessive consumption of products with a burning taste adversely affects sexual function, leads to wrinkles, fainting, back and lower back pain.

Astringent taste dries up pus, blood, bile, heals wounds, improves skin color, greatly cools.

Excessive consumption of astringent products dehydrates and cools the body, giving rise to diseases characteristic of the overexcited "Wind" life principle.

These six tastes are perceived by the body in oral cavity and immediately act on the quantum fields of the organism. If the weakened are nourished, then we like this food and we feel the need for it. Conversely, if it causes even more imbalance, then no matter how good it is, we do not want it.

After the food has passed digestive tract, its taste changes, except for sour. So, foods that have a sweet and salty taste become sweet; bitter, astringent and burning - bitter. Thus, out of six primary tastes, three secondary tastes are formed in the body. This suggests that the remaining quantum fields of food are assimilated as they pass through the stomach and intestines.

Products forming secondary sweet taste, contribute to strengthening, increasing body weight. An excess of sweets produces mucus, obesity and a decrease in the calorific value of the body. On an intellectual level, this is expressed in indifference, apathy.

Products forming secondary sour taste, help to increase the calorific, intellectual and digestive abilities of the body. An excess of sour taste worsens the composition of the blood, leads to ulcers, skin irritation, heartburn. The person becomes easily irritable and quick-tempered.

Products forming secondary bitter taste, help cleanse the body, stimulate vital processes and lead to weight loss. Excess bitter taste can deplete the strength of the body, dehydrate the body. On a mental level, this leads to frequent appearance causeless fear, needless excitement.

Let's add two more tastes to the classical Ayurvedic scheme: tart - similar to astringent, thickens juices and cools; tasteless - Moisturizes, softens and relaxes.

What can be achieved with this information?

1. Increase in bodily "warmth". To do this, in one meal it is best to use products containing: burning - sour taste or sour - salty. The first combination of tastes, in addition to increasing the "warmth" of the body, will contribute to weight loss; the second, on the contrary, is weight gain (mainly due to water).

2. Increasing the "lightness" of the body. To lose weight, become more mobile, use the following tastes: bitter - burning, sour - burning. With the first option, mucus will be removed from the body, with the second option, an increase in the calorific value of the body will occur (immunity, digestion, and intellectual “sharpness” will improve).

3. Increased "dryness" in the body. You can remove mucus, sputum using products with the following tastes: a) bitter - astringent; b) burning - astringent; c) burning - bitter. Moreover, in option a), along with “dryness”, “cold” qualities will increase, which is good for summer. In the last two, on the contrary, “warmth” will be added, which is good for the cold season, or for those who are constantly freezing.

4. If you intend to "cool" the body, use foods with sweet or bitter - astringent tastes. In the first case, you can get better, in the second - lose weight.

5. If you want to get better (become “heavier” and “oilier”), use foods with salty - sweet tastes, or sweet - sour. In the first case, you can gain mainly adipose tissue, in the second case, you can build muscle.

If you feel fine, try to eat foods that contain all six tastes every day, without giving preference to any of them. Then the food will harmoniously stimulate your energy.

Cooking in some cases can change the taste of the product. For example, the initial taste of onion is pungent, and after stewing or boiling it acquires a sweet taste.

Sweet, sour and salty tastes have mainly anabolic effect on the body (contribute to weight gain). Bitter, astringent and burning - catabolic (contribute to weight loss).

Food, in which a bitter and burning taste predominates, raises the energy of the body up. It is good to use for people with low blood pressure, suffering from poor blood circulation in the vessels of the brain. It is also good to use such food as an emetic to cleanse the body of mucus.

Foods with sweet and salty tastes direct the energy of the body down. Therefore, such food (eg seaweed) is a good natural laxative.

If food with a sour taste promotes intestinal patency, then an astringent taste, on the contrary, causes spasms of the esophagus and makes the intestines difficult to pass.

With the discovery of physicists quantum reality Behind every material object, the meaning of form and consistency became clear. Simply put, behind every material object there is a subtle force that, at the level of quanta, gives them that appearance and other external features that they have. Changing the characteristics of this level leads to a change in the visible properties of objects. Naturally, this also applies to food.

So, if some human organ lacks its subtle properties, then by borrowing those from a plant or animal, you can restore them.

The ancient sages proposed the following classification.

The root is the pole of growth, the stomach of the plant.

The trunk is the spinal cord.

Branches are nerves.

Leaves are light.

Flowers - localization of excess strength (organs of reproduction).

Chlorophyll is blood.

Juice is energy that circulates through the nerves and turns into brain impulses, semen and other tissues.

Seeds - especially during the germination period, correspond to spiritual energy (Shen in Chinese or Kundalini in Indian philosophy).

Roots are diseases of the bones.

The trunk is flesh.

Branches - vessels and veins.

The bark is the skin.

Leaves cure diseases of "hollow organs" (stomach, gallbladder, small and large intestines, bladder and seeds).

Flowers are the sense organs.

The fruits are “dense organs” (heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys).

The top of the plant is positively charged, while the roots are negatively charged. The part of the plant near the earth itself has balancing properties (the place where positive and negative charges dock). The fruit is positively charged, while the tubers are negatively charged. In the fruit itself, the petiole side is negatively charged, while the flower side is positively charged.

The animal analogy is even simpler: the heart corresponds to the heart, the liver to the liver, and so on.

If to speak about the consistency of products , then:

1) lightness, sharpness, rigidity, dryness, mobility, scattering and clear will contribute to giving the body lightness, mobility, weight reduction;

2) lightness, oiliness, moisture, fluidity, permeability, having a pungent odor and spicy help to increase calorific, digestive and intellectual abilities;

3) heaviness, oiliness, density, stickiness, mobility, slowness and turbidity strengthen the body, stimulate the hormonal system.

Naturally, oversaturation of the organism with products of the first group dehydrates the body; the second will spoil the blood; the third - will increase the amount of mucus in excess of the norm. Everything should be in moderation.

Any plant perceives all the information of the place where it has grown. AT beautiful places with a wonderful climate and lighting, plants grow with harmonious qualities that perfectly nourish a person. If the climate is unbalanced, with frequent winds, bad weather, then the internal qualities of plants are also unbalanced, and food prepared from them makes a person unbalanced. Plants grown in shady places, next to stagnant water, acquire the qualities of a certain inertia, excessive rest. Food from such plants inclines a person to rest and laziness.

If the climate is too hot, then the plant struggles with this development in itself of the opposite - cold, watery - properties.

If the plant must endure unfavorable (cold) conditions, then it fights against this by developing in itself the opposite - warm, oily - properties.

A person who consumes products from the region in which he lives acts very wisely: with the help of the properties of products, it is possible to overcome adverse external conditions. So, he contrasts the cooling, watery properties of cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, berries, fruits, melons with summer heat. And vice versa, in winter, using cereals, nuts, seeds, root crops, dried fruits (when dried, fruits acquire warm properties) in a raw and slightly thermally processed form, he contrasts these properties with cold and dryness.

All this has been noted folk wisdom and firmly entered our life. In the summer, we are happy to eat okroshka (sour taste keeps water in the body well), fresh salads drinking soft drinks.

In winter, we do the opposite, preferring warm teas and decoctions of herbs, dried fruit compotes, we use rich borscht, soups, stewed vegetables, and warm cereals.

So, if the food is whole, minimally thermally processed, properly consumed and combined, everything will go well. And vice versa, if a person, for example, living in Voronezh, observes a raw food regime in winter - he intensively consumes citrus fruits from Egypt, eats fresh salads, greenhouse vegetables, stocked up on apples - this contributes to hypothermia of the body, disrupts the mechanism of struggle with the help of products with unfavorable climatic conditions. And it is no wonder that chilliness appears in the body, poor digestion, lethargy of peristalsis, swelling and discharge are noted. liquid mucus from the nose.

From practice, we know that by eating one substance, we will not feel any effect, by eating another, we can die instantly. This indicates the different effects of quantum fields contained in food on our body. Proceeding from this, the healers of antiquity distinguished four degrees of the power of influence.

If a person, having taken food (substance), does not detect any traces of its influence (that is, it does not warm up, does not cool, does not dry, does not moisturize, etc.), this product (substance) is called balanced . When food has a slight cooling, warming and other similar effect, then they say that the strength of its effect is in I degree . If the product acts either by its warmth, cold, dryness, moisture and other similar properties, but does not have a harmful effect on the body, then it is said that the strength of its effect reaches II degree . With a strong effect of the product, up to the onset of death of a person, they talk about III degree . If the use of a product or substance leads to death, then the strength of this product or substance is determined by IV degree .

Based on this classification, products with a balanced effect are used by humans as food; Grade I and II products correct to counter bad seasons and minor ailments; products and substances of III and IV degrees are used only as therapeutic agents in case of severe disorders requiring strong opposite corrections.

As we age, our digestion gradually weakens. So, in adulthood, we sadly recall that in our youth we ate everything and felt great. And now, almost something we ate or overate for a holiday, we immediately feel problems in the stomach, heaviness in the whole body, exacerbation of chronic diseases.

The ancient science of human health, Ayurveda, believes that poor digestion is the main source of illness, and good digestion is praised as a guarantee of health. The sages of Ayurveda liked to repeat that a person who is able to fully assimilate food will also benefit from poison, while with poor digestion, you can die from the best food.

In this regard, it's time to talk about lectins - a variety of proteins with adhesive properties. Literally all foodstuffs are saturated with them in one way or another. So Peter D'Adamo, author of The 4 Blood Types - 4 Ways to Health, argues that dietary lectins can glue blood cells together. The consequence of this is irritation of the intestinal tract, cirrhosis of the liver, difficulty in passing blood through the kidneys and other diseases. Moreover, certain food lectins have a greater effect on one or another blood group. It is quite possible to assume the existence of this phenomenon. But the main attention should be paid not to blood, but to digestion. If a person's digestion cannot qualitatively break down food into components and qualitatively process them in the liver, then whole molecules enter the bloodstream and cause gluing (agglutination) of blood cells to each other.

The sages of Ayurveda talk about this phenomenon approximately: poor digestion is the basis of poor health and a breeding ground for diseases. According to Ayurvedic concepts, there is a "digestive fire" (agni) in the human body. If this “fire” burns brightly (as in youth), then the food is digested well, without toxic waste (in Ayurvedic - ama). The cells of the body receive everything they need, and the body as a whole is healthy. If the "fire" is weakened, then the food is not completely digested, there is a lot of toxic waste (ama) and the person is already predisposed to any disease.

In order to adjust the extinct "digestive fire" and further maintain it, there were many recipes. Some of them are based on the properties of certain plants and substances to “ignite” digestion in our body. Thousand-year practice has shown that black and red peppers, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, mustard, horseradish, ginger, as well as salt and ghee do it best. According to the strength of the warming effect, they are equated to products of II and III degrees. Therefore, taking a small amount of the above foods before, during or after meals stimulates the appetite, enhances digestion. By restoring digestion, a person restores normal health. That is why earlier spices in Europe were worth their weight in gold. These products are best consumed in the cold season, the elderly and those whose digestion is not active.

Boris Vasilievich Bolotov, in a modern way, recommends using old, diseased, damaged cells in order to increase the proportion of young and healthy. The latest studies based on the reflection and absorption of light by human skin have revealed the following: at the age of one year, the percentage of old cells does not exceed 1, at the age of ten it fluctuates between 7-10%, at 50 years old it increases to 40-50%.

In other words, at the age of 50, a person lives only at 50–60% of his capabilities, that is, exactly as much as young cells remain in his body. Hence the natural desire to increase the percentage of young cells and reduce old ones.

But how to do that? Cell proteins are broken down by enzymes - pepsins - which are formed in the stomach. Having been absorbed into the blood along with gastric juice, pepsin-like substances dissolve old, diseased, cancer cells and cells of pathogens, without affecting healthy, strong cells.

In order to increase the amount of pepsins secreted in the stomach, Bolotov recommends (like the ancient Greeks) 30 minutes after eating, which has already been partially digested, put about 1 g of table salt on the tip of the tongue, then spit out the resulting saliva.

As a result, gastric juice reflexively begins to secrete abundantly from salt, containing all the necessary elements for the destruction of old cells. But this is only one mechanism, and a secondary one. Salt through taste stimulates the "fire of digestion" - the activity of all enzymes in our body, and they, in turn, actively decompose the old and unnecessary. Instead of salt, you can use "warming" products, ginger is especially effective.

Ayurvedic doctors recommend using a special ginger mixture to improve the digestive abilities of the body. In a small enamel or ceramic bowl, rub four tablespoons of ginger powder with clarified ghee (100–150 g). Stir until a homogeneous mass is obtained, cover and put in a cold place.

Take this mixture according to the schedule below every day before breakfast with the following foods: warm herbal tea, lightly stewed vegetables (always warm) and some kind of hot porridge.

1st day - 0.5 tsp; 2nd - 1; 3rd - 1.5;

4th -2; 5th - 2.5; 6th - 2.5 tsp.

Then begin to reduce the intake every day by 0.5 teaspoon, so that on the tenth day you take, as at the beginning, 0.5 teaspoon. Having sustained the above scheme, you will bring the "digestive fire" back to normal. At the same time, during the specified time (and even after), do not use products with strong cooling properties: ice water, ice cream, chilled milk, freshly frozen berries, fruits, etc.

These recommendations are especially suitable for the elderly; young and middle-aged people whose indigestion is caused by other causes, and by no means a natural "extinction of the digestive fire", this mixture is not recommended. For them, a completely different method is suitable. But before proceeding to describe it, you need to know your own constitution and follow the recommendations only with its consideration.

After we have learned a great deal about digestion and nutrition, all this must be applied to ourselves. It seems that digestion and the body are about the same for everyone. But in reality there is a huge difference between us. One person has a large body and holds water well. The question is, does he need food that carries excess water? No. You need products to keep it dry. In another person, the body holds water very poorly. So, he needs products that saturate with moisture.

The following comparison: one organism perfectly produces internal heat - it is hot even in winter; the other is bad, and in the summer a person freezes in the shade. Therefore, the first needs cooling products, and the second needs warming ones. modern science about nutrition, she perfectly understood the physiology of digestion, but these concepts for her are absolutely new area. To operate them, you need absolutely new level knowledge, but modern dietology does not have it. But this knowledge is perfectly developed by the ancient sages in Ayurveda. I will use it by adding modern knowledge. The result is a complete science of the nutrition of a particular person.

The doctrine of the individual constitution of Ayurvedic people and the entire ancient world in general is based on three vital principles (in Hindu - “doshas”): “Plicuss”, “Bile” and “Winds” (in Hindu - Kapha, Pitta, Vata). This was discussed above. I also introduced you to the concept of a quantum field, which is responsible for shaping a living organism, its calorific value and all the circulatory processes that take place in it. Based on this, the vital principle (dosha) “Plicus” is responsible for maintaining the shape of our body (i.e. bones, muscles, tendons, endocrine system, from the functioning of which these properties are maintained in desired form). "Bile" - for all the calorific abilities of our body (thermoregulation, digestion, sharpness of the intellect, immune defense, metabolic activity in general). The life principle of “Wind” is for the speed of a wide variety of processes in the body and their circulation (circulation of internal fluids: blood, lymph, etc., the rate of tissue renewal, the removal of toxins, the movement of food through the digestive canal, the speed of thinking, the timing of the onset of menstruation , duration of pregnancy, etc.).

Our body is a combination of maternal and paternal life principles, which is obtained at conception. Moreover, the "Wind" in the body does not have any material elements and creates dryness and cold. The vital principle "Bile" in the body is represented by liquid, caustic elements (bile, gastric juices), it produces heat in the body. “Slime” is all material formations, this vital principle creates cold, mucus, moisture in the body.

Now it is clear that if the vital principles of the “Wind” prevail in the human body, then such a person is thin, constantly cold, has poor digestion, and is shy. If "Bile", then this is the owner of an average physique, good digestion, grayish or bald, never freezes and has a fairly sharp mind. If the vital principle of “Plime” prevails, then the person has a powerful skeleton, is inclined to be overweight, suffers from slow digestion, does not like wet weather, and is quite apathetic.

From not proper nutrition, way of life and thinking, life principles are excessively “excited” and cause their own specific disorders.

So, if the "Wind" is normal - the body is light, there is a lot of energy, the intestines work easily and regularly, thinking is fast, all physiological processes that have their own rhythm come in a timely manner (sleep, monthly cycle, pregnancy, orgasm).

If the above life principle is in excess, then the person is constantly cold, overexcited, thinking is chaotic, disorderly, no memory, constipation alternates with diarrhea, all rhythmic processes are disturbed (insomnia, lack of regular menstrual cycle, prematurity during pregnancy, perverted duration of sexual intercourse towards shortening, etc.).

If "Bile" is normal - the body is warm, digestion and assimilation of food is normal, mood is upbeat, the mind quickly grasps the essence of problems, all physiological functions: immunity, metabolism, acuity during orgasm are normal. The skin is healthy and beautiful.

An excess of the vital principle "Bile" manifests itself in heartburn, in ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, excessive sweating with bad smell, rashes over the body, dryness in the nostrils, reduced immune protection. A person becomes easily irritable, always dissatisfied and sarcastically jokes about others.

If "Plicus" is normal - the body is unusually resistant to diseases, sexual activity lasts a long time, and everything comes on time; the joints are flexible, the fat layer is optimal; memory remains good.

Overexcitation of this dosha leads to "mucus" of the whole organism, a decrease in calorific abilities, which in turn predisposes to cold infections and tumor diseases. The body gains excessive weight and swells with fluid. Digestion becomes sluggish. On sexual function, this is reflected in early coldness, prolonged and "dim" sexual intercourse. A person loses interest in life, memory weakens.

Knowing the characteristics of your body and the properties of food products, you can consciously, by the qualities of products, strengthen or reduce your life principles, achieve the best balance between them and be on the “crest” of health.

The mechanism of action of food on doshas is as follows: at the cellular level, water is formed from food (giving a living environment), carbon dioxide(regulates the pH of the environment, and through it - the activity of all enzymes in the body) and protein substances.

Different products will have their own specific influence on the three specified parameters.

On the fluid reduction inside the cells of the body, food with bitter, burning and astringent taste (fresh fruits, vegetables with high content potassium - a sodium antagonist), light and hard in texture (dried fruits), cold and dry in properties (crackers) and also used in small quantities. All this leads to a thickening of the colloids of the body. If a person has a pronounced constitutional type of "Wind" (Vata), that is, is prone to fluid loss and will eat the above food, then he will "earn" weight loss, chilliness, constipation, poor mobility.

On the fluid increase will be affected by sweet, sour and salty food(cereals, dairy, cheeses, pickles, that is, products containing sodium), heavy, soft in texture (sour cream, cottage cheese), cool and watery in properties (milk), used in in large numbers. All this will contribute to water retention by the body, filling liquid media with starch and protein (ie, mucus).

If a person with a pronounced constitutional type of "Plizz" (Kapha), prone to water retention and weight gain, consumes the above products, then he will quickly gain weight, lose calorific value and good digestion.

On the heat increase inside the body, and indirectly on the increase in metabolism, food with a burning, salty and sour taste (spices, pickles, fermentation), light and fatty in texture (fried pork), hot and dry, and also oily in property (fried in sunflower oil potatoes), consumed without any measure. The result is an excessive production of bile (an indirect indication of an increase in the breakdown of red blood cells), which “burns through” the blood, lymph, etc.

If a person with a pronounced "Bile" (Pitta) constitution gives preference to such food, then its calorific properties will become excited, and this will be expressed in dryness in the nostrils, heartburn, skin rashes, early graying or baldness.

Let's deal with the regulation of the doshas, ​​and they, in turn, will put in order the physiological functions controlled by them.

Cereals: rice, wheat, sprouted wheat, flax beans.

Dairy products: all.

Sweeteners: molasses, honey, cane sugar, natural syrups.

Vegetable oils: all.

Fruits: all sweet fruits, melons, watermelons.

Vegetables: beets, carrots, asparagus, new potatoes, cucumbers, stewed onions, dandelion, lettuce - subject to weak heat treatment(stewing, boiling).

Nuts: all kinds.

Spices: onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, cumin, salt, cloves, mustard seeds.

Food of animal origin: poultry, fish, crayfish, horse meat, lamb, eggs, seafood.

Soups: dry flour soup, nettle soup, garlic soup, meat broth.

Herbs: licorice, nutmeg, ferula, juniper, elecampane high, sophora, elderberry, raspberry, pine, rosehip flowers, mallow.

Such nutrition is used when you are losing weight catastrophically, the skin is flaky, the feces are dry, and menstruation has stopped.

General remarks: light diet or fasting, dry food, cold food. Dominant tastes: bitter, burning and astringent.

Sweeteners: Avoid.

Dairy products: avoid.

Vegetable oils: avoid.

Fruits: dried fruits, apples, pears, pomegranates, cranberries, olives.

Vegetables: cabbage, potatoes, peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, parsley, celery - eat raw.

Nuts: avoid.

Spices: pepper.

Animal products: beef, pork, rabbit.

Soups: pea.

Herbs and others: skullcap, barberry, Bunge pepper, gentian, sage, buttercup, oak bark, acorns, brewer's yeast, mummy, musk. The last three especially stimulate the "Wind".

General remarks: cool, preferably liquid food and drinks. The taste is sweet, bitter and astringent.

Cereals: wheat, wheat germ, oats, barley, white rice.

Dairy products: milk, butter.

Sweeteners: Anything except honey and molasses.

Vegetable oils: olive and sunflower.

Fruits: sweet fruits, soaked dried fruits and compote from them, melons, watermelons.

Vegetables: pumpkin, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, beans, parsley - root and greens.

Spices: coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, fennel, black pepper (in a small amount), garlic, dill.

Animal food: chicken, turkey, egg white.

Herbs, etc.: skullcap, sage, large-leaved gentian, snakehead, thermopsis, rosehip flowers and fruits, wormwood; Apple juice, Mint tea, cold water, chilled boiling water and, especially, brewer's yeast.

General remarks: hot, dry food with predominantly sour, salty and burning tastes.

Cereals: corn, millet, rye, dark rice.

Dairy: dairy products, cheese, butter, buttermilk, sour cream.

Sweeteners: honey, molasses.

Vegetable oils: almond, sesame, corn.

Fruits: grapefruit, sour oranges, quince, sea buckthorn, lemons, cornelian cherry and others with a sour taste.

Vegetables: hot peppers, radishes, tomatoes, beets, fresh onions.

Spices: ginger, cumin, cloves, salt, celery and mustard seeds, black pepper, hot pepper.

Nuts: cashews, peanuts.

Animal food: beef, egg yolk, lamb, fish, seafood.

Soups: nettle soup, radish soup.

Herbs, etc.: dandelion, mallow, pomegranate seeds, calamus, ferula, prutnyak, coffee.

General remarks: warm, light food and drinks. The taste is bitter, burning and astringent. Try not to eat.

Cereals: barley, corn, millet, buckwheat, rye, oats.

Dairy products: low-fat milk, butter, whey.

Sweeteners: honey.

Vegetable oils: avoid.

Fruits: apples, pears, pomegranates, cranberries, grapes, persimmons, quince, sea buckthorn.

Vegetables: radishes, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onions, eggplant, lettuce, pumpkin, celery, spinach, parsley, beans, peas.

Spices: everything except salt.

Animal food: chickens, lamb, eggs, sausage.

Herbs, etc.: licorice, wormwood, pine, elecampane, pomegranate seeds, alum, ammonia.

General remarks: Large, oily foods, cold foods and drinks. The predominant taste of food is sweet, salty and sour.

Cereals: rice, wheat, oats, flax (seeds).

Dairy products: milk, cheese, dairy products, buttermilk, cream, sour cream, butter.

Sweeteners: Anything except honey.

Vegetable oils: all.

Fruits: sweet fruits, watermelons, melons.

Vegetables: Tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, radishes, turnips, and all other broadleaf vegetables.

Nuts: everything.

Spices: salt.

Animal food: beef, pork, poultry, sausage, fish, crayfish, Bone marrow and fat.

Soups: pea, nettle; meat broth.

It should be remembered that overstimulation of this vital principle leads to the appearance of mucus in the body, especially in the upper part of the body - the lungs and nasopharynx.

It is believed that tea has a positive effect on a person, although many naturopaths are against it.

Tea increases concentration, has a revitalizing and calming effect, especially on the gastric mucosa. Scientists attribute this to the effect of caffeine in tea. In addition, tea contains vitamin B and fluorine, which is necessary to prevent caries. Many people react to coffee with heartburn or a feeling of fullness, these teas side effects No, and tea has no calories either.

Water for brewing tea should be boiling, and if the water is rich in calcium, then it should be allowed to boil well for about three minutes and only then brew tea.

In the first two minutes of brewing, tea gives off the largest amount of caffeine and has a pronounced stimulating effect. This tea is good to drink in the morning.

If you brew it longer, let alone let it brew, then tannins begin to be released, which bind caffeine. Now the tea will have a calming effect, and you can drink it in the evening, to calm and relax.

Be aware that the tannic acids in tea interfere with the absorption of iron in the body. Therefore, use it as a separate meal. This is especially true for those who suffer from anemia.

Tea has the peculiarity of taking foreign odors, so it is not recommended to store it near strong-smelling products.

Depending on the level of mental development, each person adheres to some recommendations in nutrition or does not pay attention to them at all. This section is dedicated to people who want to improve mentally and spiritually. After all, food, by its influence, can elevate a person or turn his life into suffering.

Ultimately, all our nutrition is aimed at maintaining the most favorable living conditions in a cage. When we were able to balance our nutrition in such a way that the cells do not become dehydrated, do not become mucilaginous, and nothing “burns out” inside, an ideal metabolism is carried out, then as a result, a fine-material substance is obtained from properly digested food, which Ayurvedicists call “ojas”. The more ojas is produced inside the cells, the more signals of bliss and happiness are sent to the brain. As a result, a person feels lightness in the body, cheerfulness, a special kind of euphoria.

The development of ojas is facilitated, firstly, by proper digestion, which consists in the correct consistent consumption of food products related to species and their combination. The food itself should be fresh, cooking on fire should be minimal, and the food should be consumed immediately.

Ayurvedicists call such food “clean” (sattvic) and generally recommend combining all tastes in a balanced state, eating a moderate portion at a time, drinking spring (protium) water, food should be light, easily digestible and soothing.

Sattvic (species) nutrition includes the following range of products: clarified ghee; fruits and vegetables according to the season, as well as juices from them; whole grains and legumes, especially rice and wheat; nuts and seeds of your region; honey, protium water; and it is also recommended to eat cow's milk, but as a separate meal or combined with flour products or cereals (in terms of proper digestion, this is an unsuccessful recommendation).

Since ancient times, Ayurvedicists have recommended the above food to everyone who wanted to have good health, long life, bright head and physical strength.

All other food, which contains little ojas, prevents normal course life, they divided into rajas and tamas.

The very word "rajas" even by a combination of sounds indicates internal excitement, uncontrolled activity and aggression. The consumption of products that contain these properties, even more "heats up", which leads a person to violence and other manifestations of hidden or overt aggressiveness. People who have latent tendencies towards aggression, psychological clamps of anger, etc., love food that indirectly activates them.

Rajas products include: meat, fish, eggs, salt, pepper, mustard, everything sour or hot, tea, coffee, cocoa, refined sugar, spices.

The word "tamas" characterizes a lazy, passive and weak-willed person. He is in apathy, and he likes it. He is too lazy to cook normal food, and he is content with previously prepared food, stale food, etc. Such foods make him even more relaxed, lazy. So he degrades more and more, switching to eating leftovers.

Tamas products include: beef, pork, onions, garlic, tobacco, rancid, heated food, all intoxicating foods and medicines.

And in conclusion, a few more Ayurvedic rules.

The following contributes to the maximum obtaining of ojas:

Eating fresh food according to the season and grown in the area where you live;

The use of most daily ration at dinner, when the "digestive fire" is most intense. Eat dinner before sunset and a little so that the food is digested before bedtime. Breakfast should be light;

The regularity of eating every day at the same time, but after feeling hungry. No snacking between meals;

Refusal to eat at night. This disrupts the circulation of energy within the body. In accordance with biorhythms, energy is in the stomach in the morning, in the small intestine at noon, and in the evening it goes to the kidneys and then to completely different organs that are absolutely not related to digestion. Eating at night disrupts this rhythm, part of the energy must be transferred back to the digestive organs, but this is not enough - you go to bed with undigested food, which contributes to the formation of ama (mucus) in the body;

Negative emotions harm digestion. Therefore, eat alone or with people to whom you are sincerely disposed;

Before and after eating, thank the Lord, offer food to Him first, and then eat yourself.

Many people have such strong eating habits, and they are literally "ossified" in them, that they do not want to hear anything about changing their diet, getting rid of harmful foods. They prefer to get sick and die, but not to change their point of view on a vicious diet. These people need to first reconsider their life priorities and positions. Then cleanse the field form of life according to the method I proposed in the book “Complete Cleansing of the Body”, and then try to change the diet.

Be smart, don't indulge your destructive taste habits.

Of all the factors affecting the human body, the most important is nutrition, which ensures physical and mental performance, health, life expectancy, since nutrients in the process of metabolism are converted into structural elements cells of our body, ensuring its vital activity.

Eating disorders lead to negative consequences- diseases of the cardiovascular gastrointestinal systems, oncology and metabolic disorders.

General characteristics of the influence of nutrition on the human body

The physical health of a person is 50% dependent on his lifestyle (nature of nutrition, bad habits, conditions of professional activity, etc.), 20% on the state of the environment, 20% on heredity and only 10% on medical support. It follows that a person's health is largely determined by his nutritional status and can be achieved and maintained only if the physical needs for energy and nutrients are fully met.

It has been established that the main violations in the nutritional status of the population of Russia are reduced to the following:

• deficiency of complete (animal) proteins;
• excessive consumption of animal fats;
• deficiency of polyunsaturated fatty acids;
• severe deficiency of dietary fiber;
• deficiency of most vitamins;
• deficiency of minerals (calcium, iron);
• deficiency of trace elements (iodine, fluorine, selenium, zinc).

A deep deficiency in the nutritional status of the population is associated with vitamins, especially the antioxidant series (vitamins A, E, C, P-carotene).

Food modern man does not meet the biological requirements of his body. vices modern nutrition- is the consumption of more than necessary meat, fat, sugar, salt, irritating spices, alcoholic beverages etc. The applied high-temperature processing of products deprives them of vitamins and other biologically valuable substances, and overeating has become a disaster: as a result, many people are overweight. More than 40% of the total population is obese.

Naturopaths urge to periodically abstain from food and consume raw fruit and vegetables that help the body in its vital necessary processes refraining from meat food. Violation of these principles leads to poisoning of the body and the development of diseases.

According to the concept balanced nutrition representatives of official science offer a person to choose food that would deliver to the body all the substances necessary for a normal existence.

Note that food can be boiled, stewed, ᴨȇch, but it is better not to fry, since the use of fats in cooking leads not only to an increase in calories, but also increases their carcinogenicity. Vegetable oils should not be hydrogenated.

Particular attention should be paid to the amount of food, which, according to accepted recommendations, is excessive. For a single meal, 300-500 grams are enough, which are freely placed in the stomach, and the amount of fats, proteins, carbohydrates contained in food should be reduced by at least two times. The average calorie content should also be reduced to 1600-1800 kilocalories.

Main routes of entry toxic substances into the body: through the lungs (air pollution) and the digestive tract (pollution drinking water, soil, food). Food can be a carrier of potentially dangerous toxic substances of a chemical and biological nature. These include toxic elements: myco-toxins, ᴨȇsticides, benzapyrene, antibiotics, nitrates, etc. Toxic elements include 8 elements (mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, zinc, copper, tin and iron). greatest danger of these, the first three are: mercury, lead, cadmium. In recent years, the levels of environmental pollution with these salts have sharply increased. heavy metals and increased their content in food products:

Products fast food(fast foods) can cause seizures bronchial asthma, children develop aggression, adults develop chronic fatigue syndrome.

Rational nutrition is nutrition that provides the energy needs of the body and a balanced intake of nutrients.

It is customary to distinguish the following types of malnutrition;

malnutrition (malnutrition) - low intake of all nutrients and insufficient intake of calories from food;

unbalanced diet- disproportionate consumption necessary for the body nutrients with adequate caloric content of food;

overnutrition (overeating) - excessive intake of nutrients in the body.

Currently, malnutrition is relatively rare. Usually, malnutrition manifests itself in the form of an unbalanced and / or excessive intake of nutrients. Irregular meals are also common.

It has been proven that malnutrition is the cause of major non-communicable diseases:

cardiovascular diseases; diabetes mellitus type II;

some types of neoplasms.

Also, malnutrition is significantly associated with the development of caries and osteoporosis. With a high degree of certainty, it can be argued that irrational nutrition leads to the appearance of excess body weight. Probably, the development of many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract is associated with poor nutrition.

According to the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, most Russians are characterized by an unbalanced diet. There is a growing shortage of animal proteins (especially among people with low level income), deficiency of polyunsaturated fatty acids against the background of excessive intake of animal fats, a pronounced deficiency of most vitamins and an imbalance of minerals.

Energy value of food products and diet.

The food that an individual consumes chemical reactions is converted into energy. It is very important for the body to maintain a zero energy balance.

According to a number of experts, for a balanced diet, it is necessary not only to maintain a zero energy balance, but also correct mode nutrition. The following are the main dietary requirements:

food should be 4-5 times a day;

You should not eat food between its main meals;

It is necessary to exclude long breaks (more than 4-5 hours) between meals;

Do not eat immediately before bedtime (1 hour or less);

Energetically with breakfast you need to get about 25% of food, with lunch - 35%, dinner - 15% and 25% - with other meals.