does cold milk cause mucous

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Thank you Todd and everyone,

 

I appreciate the feedback. I think only one person here told me it

( " cold " ) milk does not cause mucous while the rest said it does. Well,

I'm inclined to agree with those who said it does. And yes, thank you

for telling me to trust my own experience. My children could never

have such milk when they were sick as I could see right before my

eyes, their increase of mucous.

 

Good point here: >there was no refrigeration before 150 years back,

and so there was never any cold milk to start with<

 

Exactly. And sometimes I forget that. Thank you for reminding me.

 

I guess I did think someone would have ayurvedic scientific studies

only because the opposite was all over the news, but its fine with me

if they dont. My trust is in the ancient sages & Danvanthari, not the

mundane scientists.

 

YS,

Prtha devi dasi

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> probably nobody is interested in funding serious medical research to

> see if cold milk causes more mucus or not - however, if you apply

> ayurvedic principles and your own experience you will easily

> understand that it does...........

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ayurveda , " Prtha (Priitaa) devi dasi "

<Prtha_devi_dasi wrote:

> I think only one person here told me it

> ( " cold " ) milk does not cause mucous while the rest said it does. Well,

> I'm inclined to agree with those who said it does.

 

There are some general guidelines in acient texts. Even ancient texts

recognize that there can be controversies. Though general guidelines

exist, there can be exceptions. THough a child gets born every minute

on earth, no two finger prints are alike, and so also no constitutions

are alike. Small differences exist between all of us.

 

That is why, author has given tests to find out what suits everyone, be

it food, milk, grain, meat or even a medicine. please visit

 

ayurveda/message/3055

ayurveda/message/4511

 

Body itself reveals what it likes and what it dislikes. We consider

ourselves intelligent, but every cell has intelligence, can become

happy, depressed, cry or dance with joy. The music of these cells is

apparent in pulse, moods, pains, inflamation, itch etc

 

After seeing some healthy octagenerians who were taking a diet which

ayurveda describes as incompatible, author meditated on these and found

some revolutionary principles, which he has posted in this list from

time to time. Be it west or east, you become what you eat is a

universal principle, provided your body accepts it. Siblings may differ

in allergies, tastes, likes etc. Truly, everyone is unique. One may

find helpful advise in the posts here, but everyone should seek the

advise of a vaidya if convenient.

 

Though milk is generally known to create mucous, same milk when taken

in proper manner will drive out that mucous, as seen in the case of a

2.5 year old boy, suffering from chest congestion, posted in the list!

Irrespective of fat content, lactose content, by doing samskars on

milk, one can make it compatible. Some loss is inevitable in vitamin,

enzymes etc. At the same time, some samskaras can make it difficult to

digest also.

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Dear Dr. Bhate:

 

Could you please elaborate more on the following excerpts from your posting?

 

What does Ayurveda deem an incompatible diet for Octagenerians? Also, the

healthy octagenerians that you came across, how incompatible was their diet?

Here, I am trying to get a sense of how far off diets can be tolerated given a

person's uniqueness. Other than the uniqueness dictated by the " prakriti " and

" vikriti " of an individual, what other factors come into play, in your opinion?

 

How is a " samaskara " done on a food item? What does it involve?

 

Thanks in advance,

Matt

 

 

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After seeing some healthy octagenerians who were taking a diet which

ayurveda describes as incompatible, author meditated on these and found

some revolutionary principles, which he has posted in this list from

time to time. Be it west or east, you become what you eat is a

universal principle, provided your body accepts it.

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ayurveda , Matthew Remley

<mattremley wrote:

 

> What does Ayurveda deem an incompatible diet for Octagenerians?

Also, the healthy octagenerians that you came across, how

incompatible was their diet? Here, I am trying to get a sense of how

far off diets can be tolerated given a person's uniqueness.

 

Milk is considered incompatible with several fruits (mostly acidic

ones), legumes, non vegetarian foods. Saurashtra is the region of

Gujarat streching from Rajkot to Dwaraka. Many old people were noted

to eat Khitchri made from Mung dhal with milk for dinner. All were

healthy, having good eyesight, hearing etc and some were beyond 90.

They told they have been eating this diet for life time. Similar

observations were made in Kutch and Rajastan also. In many temples

and ashrams Khitchri is served with either milk or Kadhi. There is a

proverb in Gujarati: One who eats Bajra roti with curd for breakfast

and takes milk in dinner, Vaidya will never visit his house.

 

Author too tried this diet and did not find any problem.

 

Many fertility boosting sweets are made by cooking grains/legumes in

milk or by adding ghee. Puranpoli of Maharashtra is often taken with

milk. It contains Chana dhal, which is incompatible with milk

according to common knowledge.

 

What is the secret here? Those with strong agni and Pitta

constitution are able to digest milk even with legumes, and do not

find any immediate indigestion problems. Long term problems such as

vitiligo, psoriasis, asthma were not seen for such individuals. And

when milk is taken in the evening, it has gone through two heatings,

making it less problematic for such people! That is what this author

calls samskaras. Other warming herbs (sunth, pepper etc) have been

already discussed earlier.

 

More importantly, incompatible diet is believed to be one reason for

vatic problems. But looking at the health of these octagenarians,

they defied this belief also. Strong agni burns(digests, converts

into bhasma) everything, and does not leave any ama to worry. Chemistry

equations apparently do not hold here.

 

Such observations hold true in regions where scorching summer is seen, arid

regions with less ground water makes people with pitta dominant constitution.

Frequent famines, starvation teaches the body techniques to squeeze everything

possible out of the diet. You will see that the herbs/grains/vegetables

available in geographical regions are precisely the ones needed there for

people.

 

 

> How is a " samaskara " done on a food item? What does it involve?

 

boiling milk with herbs and other food items reduce its problems

making it more easily digestible. This is samskara. many other

samsakaras can be witnessed in indian kitchen. an instance of less

common samskara is taking a heated iron or steel rod and quenching it

in water. This makes water very sharp for digestion. a stone can be

heated and also quenched in water. ancient texts mention such

samskaras which are slowly no more seen in practice.

[Guest guest]

When some incompatible foods are eaten for a long time, body adapts to

them somehow.

Some samskaras are additionaly discussed at:

http://www.ayurveda.com/online%20resource/food_combining.pdf