ayurveda and the raw foods perspective

[Guest guest]

hello and namaste everyone,

 

i am wondering if anyone has experience with ayurveda's perspective

on the modern " raw & living foods " philosophy. i clearly understand

(and follow) ayurvedic nutrition prinicpals when it comes to keeping

my vata-pitta constitution in balance , espically in my just ending

postpartum phase (we are still breastfeeding) & in my ayurvedically

inspired postpartum doula services. BUT....i ask because the recent

information in the raw food scene & information on enzymes makes a

few very good points. ( my husband is an experienced raw food

chef...in our family we eat a combination of both cooked foods and

raw foods.) i can post links to articles about the medical dangers

eating cooked foor presents and also on just how enzymes really work.

 

here is the only well written article i have found bringing the two

together.raw foods and an ayurvedic perspective...

http://www.living-foods.com/articles/ayurveda.html

 

i am also a bit familiar with gabriel cousins and his views on eating

spiritually-ayurvedically......this also brings me to

the question of milk and the ayurvedic

perspective....http://www.treeoflife.nu/whydairy

he makes an excellent point that milk, was at one time in

inida, " rasa " but the modern dairy industry has turned milk and dairy

products into total " ama " ...please see the article if you are

interested he is much better at explaining this point of view.

 

i know all of this is highly contriversial and i am not looking to

stir up anyone but am really seeking the wisdom of my ayurvedic

mentors- vidyas on this list as i begin to serve my

ayurvedic clients.

 

thank you , i look forward to all comments and critics.

 

jai ma!

jayashree noel

 

ps sorry i dont have time to check for errors with my daughter at my

feet:)

[Guest guest]

Hello Jayashree,

 

Thanks for the posting. Did you or your husband read the books

written by Dr. Gabriel Cousens? He claims that based on his own

clinical research, his ayurvedic (vegan) raw diet recommendations

will keep people's doshas balanced. It would be interested if his

findings could be tested by someone else. I am positively curious

and remain openminded to the idea. Somehow it doesnt seem very

natural that humans should cook their food to digest it, when no

other species of life on this planet needs to do the same. When my

own life is more balanced in other areas, I would like to

investigate it further myself.

 

~ Ole

 

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i am wondering if anyone has experience with ayurveda's perspective

on the modern " raw & living foods " philosophy.