Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Dear respected Ayurvedic doctors, Is there any effect of our diet ( what we eat ) on our mind & body ? Or there is absolutely no relationship ? The medicines are also eatables. Do they have any effect on mind or body ?........... Please enlighten me & us. Some may find my question childish. But its imp, in wake of some ayurvedic doctors recent statements that there is absolutely no relationship. Thanks Yashendra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Can you honestly look at an alcoholic and still ask this question? Everything affects us and far more so if we ingest it. Common knowledge that the nightshade group of foods is discouraged when people have arthritic tendencies, that is capsicum, potato, tomato, aubergine, and then cheese and chocolate are discouraged if you suffer from migraines - have a look at a Homeopathic Materia Medica if you wish to see the full range of effects that common substances have on the body. This well proves how a complete range of both ingestibles and non-ingestibles affect us. Jane > Is there any effect of our diet ( what we eat ) on our mind & body ? Or there is absolutely no relationship ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Dear Yashendra, It's not that there is no relationship, but that concepts such as trigunas cannot be applied as a dogmatic, inflexible theory Ayurveda indicates that there are many factors involved in choosing a suitable diet for e.g., the dashvidya pariksha looks at several factors including satmya, kala, desha, prakriti etc etc - these are important components that must be considered when choosing an appropriate diet. for e.g. with regard to desha, eating a diet that is suitable in sub-tropical India is simply not appropriate in very cold climates in Europe and North America - any Indian that has traveled abroad and spent a couple winters in such a place, when your body constantly feels cold, when your skin is so dry it flakes off etc etc, will quickly appreciate what I am saying, and see the fallacy of applying a dogmatic approach to diet. similarly, a dietary appropriate for such cold places would make no sense in tropical India - this the beauty of Ayurveda, that it acknowledges the concept of bioregionalism, the importance of ancestry, climate and season simply ignoring these factors is tamasic, living out of balance with nature - it is this inflexible thinking, a kind of inertia of consiousness that applies rules without any real insight or flexibility - Ayurveda exists to elaborate this teaching - if it was so simple as eating what you call a sattvic diet then there would be no disease among such individuals, no reason for any treatment except to adhere to this diet, no concept as desha etc- and yet, this is clearly not the case, and people that eat what you call a sattvic still suffer from disease the issue it hand is that the true mind is pure, unstainless, and beyond the limitations of body - this mind is sattva, and despite what one eats, this mind is there for all to realize - we may argue the path, but if it is reduced to an argument of one food over another we fail to understand the true nature of mind - this is what the Adi Granth meant when it said that the argument over veg or non-veg is irrelevant best... todd > Is there any effect of our diet ( what we eat ) on our mind & body ? > Or there is absolutely no relationship ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 We may consider the following conversation recorded in our scriptures: Sage: The body is dependant on the food and so is the mind. Student: I can understand the body being dependant on food, but the mind? Sage: Can you fast for a few days? Student (after the fast): My body is weak and my mind is perplexed. I cannot think, I am totally confused. Sage: So you see both the mind and the body are dependant on food. The course elements of the food make up the body, the finer elements go to form the mind. Regards, Jagannath. > Is there any effect of our diet ( what we eat ) on our mind & body ? > Or there is absolutely no relationship ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 This subject has been discussed by several members in last five years, and is being repeated. It seems a very good discussion has already taken place, and let us not waste bandwidth over stale subjcets; if anyone wishes to post anything, may please see following past messages and post only additional info if not covered already. Or contradictions in already posted material, if any. 228, 504, 877, 885, 887, 1398, 3370, 3283, 4044, 4088, 5067, 5067, 5770. Author has excluded messages where a simple change in diet caused change from disease to health, since mind is the major issue here. Also he did not include messages where mental disease was cured by simple technique. Sum total of all messages appears that diet has a profound connection on gunas of the mind, and ideal health is balance of all gunas. Diet is Brahmastra( missile!) in the hands of a vaidya, please use it with due respect. ayurveda, "Yashendra Prasad" <yashendra2 wrote: > > Dear respected Ayurvedic doctors, > > Is there any effect of our diet ( what we eat ) on our mind & body ? > Or there is absolutely no relationship ? > > The medicines are also eatables. Do they have any effect on mind or > body ?........... Please enlighten me & us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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