fruits, veggies ~ experiences with Ayurvedic Diets, etc,

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Let me preclude this with what Amma, Bible and other scriptures say:

 

Whatever you do( including eating flesh? if you have to ), do it with

Love; without Love whatever you do will not be worthwhile. Or

something like that. Maybe someone knows the quotes.

 

These are just some of my experiences and some of my opinions; yours

may be different. I am sharing this in hope that some of this may be

useful for someone. There have been some inquiries about Aurveda, etc

 

My experiences with vegetarian diets include ~

 

1)"mucusless diet healing system" Arnold Ehret ~ several years( good

for me )

 

2)various supplements( not so good, risky )

 

3)concentration foods, superfoods like spirulina, etc( some limited

benefits )

 

4)macrobiotics ~ about three years( OK and tasty but not for me )

 

5)ayurvedic ~ consultations, diets, herbs( rasayanas ) ~ several

years ( too costly for me, recommendations different each time, too

confusing, benefits questionable ) ~ this was my experience; yours

may be different; imho, it's not for someone with limited income

unless you easily grasp some of the basic concepts and apply them

yourself

 

6)dr Fuhrman's ~ plant based diet( fresh unrefined veggies, fruit,

seeds and nuts and some legumes ) ~ both uncooked and cooked ~ (

close to #1, very good for me ) ~ dr Fuhrman is 100%vegan but he

says that from science alone the best he can say is that at least 90%

vegan is necessary for health benefits ~( very good for me )

 

7)presently going in the direction of more fresh and uncooked ~ FEELS

GOOD for me

 

8) after all I have learned, now I try to listen to my body, for

simplicity, some common sense and do the best i can to adopt to my

environment ~ for example, in India because GREENS are so limited,

some westerners use Spirulina, Neem and other green powder

supplements to avoid acidity from too many grains.

 

9)Also, had some experiences with water fasting and master cleanse

fasting.

 

10)In India there are many many Ayurvedic Experts all with their own

views how best to apply the Ayurvedic Principles. Manoharan

introduced me to info that dr Gabriel Cousens, MD, Homeopath,

Ayurvedic Master applied the concepts of Ayurveda to the LIVE VEGAN

DIET. Below is an excerpt ~ also the website where his three books on

diets are listed

 

11)At Amritapuri, daily coconut water and jelly like coconut meat

from fresh green coconuts and (from the ashram temple shop )

Spirulina and Neem helped us a lot.

 

12)Also, Srinath presently a renunciate at Amritapuri who has also

been a renunciate at MIU in Fairfield for many years gave the

following short summary of notes he took at one of many Ayurvedic

presentations in Fairfield:

 

A general recommendation from one Ayurvedic Physician ~ A diet of

leafy and fresh vegetables. Fruits, freshly made juices and pure

water. Milk, honey, almonds, apples, plums and oranges, dates,

bananas and nuts and seeds ~ is considered to be the healthiest.

Except for the milk and honey this is very to my present diet.

Perhaps Amma speaks to us through various friends we met along the

way at Amma's Ashram, Amma's programs, etc.

 

Below is an Excerpt

from( http://www.satyamag.com/june03/cousens.html )

on Gabriel Cousens applying Ayurvedic Principles to Live Food Diets

 

Talking of ancient dietary practices, does Ayurveda have anything to

say about raw foods?

In Ayurveda there are three doshas which correspond to different

types of physiology that can go out of balance. We have kapha, which

is a water imbalance. These people tend towards things like

congestion, weight gain and lots of mucus, and a live food diet is

superior and should include spices. Then there are pittas who tend to

be overheated, get angry easily, and may have heart and liver

problems. They do really well on a bland live food diet because it

can be very cooling—fruits especially. Thirdly, there are vattas who

tend to get dehydrated, have trouble with the nervous system, and

digestive problems. People say that a vatta is made worse on live

foods but I have found they can thrive on it; they just need sweeter

foods (though not sugar) and creamier, blended foods and oils; soaked

and hydrated nuts and seeds are good. So, we need to understand what

things like Ayurveda and TCM are really saying and not get caught up

in cultural biases. I can say categorically that anyone who wants to

be a vegan or a live foodist will be successful using my principles.

 

Another diet I want to mention is the Blood Type diet. Type Os are

theoretically supposed to eat lots of meat. Well, I am type O and

I've been 100 percent raw since 1983. Yes, it's possible that type O

needs more protein but you can do that quite adequately on live

foods. They may eat meat and get away with it but they will not have

the longevity of a type O who's a live fooder. Blood type A must

definitely be vegetarian. But the fact is everyone can be totally

successful on a live food diet regardless of blood type.

 

So the message is: no matter what your constitution is, you can

thrive on raw foods?

"No matter what your constitution" is the key concept. You must be

conscious and individualize your diet, which is why it's called

conscious eating. For example, fast oxidizers (who have faster

metabolism) need to eat more frequently and need a higher protein

diet; slow oxidizers need more complex carbohydrates and less protein

and fat. At the Tree of Life we take a few days to first of all

figure out what diet people need—for example, by testing the pH of

their blood to see how they respond to certain foods. ~ Gabriel

Cousens

 

Whatever you do( including eating flesh? if you have to ), do it with

Love; without Love it will not be worthwhile. Or something like that;

maybe someone knows the quotes.

 

These are just some of my experiences and some of my opinions; yours

may be different. I am sharing this in hope that some of this may be

useful for someone.

 

Amma's Blessings,

amarnath

 

May all beings everywhere be happy and peaceful and well nourished !