Ayurveda is an ancient way of living to keep your body, mind functioning at its best capabilities and if determined even beyond your imagination.
Ayurveda which is known to be one of the ancient science of life was born in India. It is one of the oldest medical knowledge from the past 5000 years and still followed by the uncountable number of people all over the globe and especially in India.
Ayurveda focuses on these following key factors in your life:
- Improve the quality of life
- With the help of diet, nutrition, lifestyle, exercise, rest and relaxation;
- This help to achieve overall well-being
- And, this also includes physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation
Ayurveda has always been a part of our Indian culture and our way of living, even today there are people in India who follow this science of life as a holistic approach to a healthier and longer quality life. Just like our ancestors lived before any invasion from different countries.
If you are looking forward to becoming better every day a bit, no matter what profession you’re in, you can kick start with your health.
Because it may sound odd, but you are what you eat, drink and breath. From food to water to the environment to people around us, a lot of factors matters, when you are on a journey to self-betterment.
Ayurveda Tips Towards a Quality Life:
Balanced Diet:
Rasas: According to ayurveda one should include all six types of taste in every meal – sweet, sour, salty, bitter and pungent: this will ensure a healthy, balanced diet and leave you with satisfaction. Why you should follow this? Because this will prevent you from overeating and snacking.
Eat Food That Nourishes:
Eating fresh is the best. We get the maximum nutrients from seasonal locally grown foods and our bodies are also made to process natural whole foods rather than processed foods. Choose whole grains over refined ones, whole fruits and lots of seasonal vegetables. Go organic for the maximum benefits.
Load Up On Fruits And Vegetables:
Colour your plate deep blue, purple, red, green, or orange. These are the richest sources of antioxidants and nutrients that help boost immunity. Load up on fruits and vegetables, they are great internal cleansers too.
Make Nutrition Bioavailable:
When we eat raw vegetables, the digestive system takes time to work through the layers to reach the core and release nutrients. Eating them cooked means more efficient digestion. Ayurveda recommends that eating sautéed, steamed and cooked vegetables help the digestive process. If you want to eat salads, then lunch is the time to do so.
Spice Up:
Spices are an integral part of our daily meals. They add to the taste but very few realise that spices add to a meals’ nutritional value too. They enhance digestion, promoting absorption of nutrients to the maximum. Spices also add to the Ayurvedic principle of including all the rasas in a meal.
Cleanse Out:
Ayurveda staunchly believes that when our digestive energy- Agni is robust, we are in a state of balance and health. However, if our digestion is not good we build up Ama- an accumulation of digestive toxins. To avoid this, we must eat away from our computer or TV, in a peaceful atmosphere. Food is eaten when you are actually hungry, let the body set the time. Eat at a moderate pace, neither gulping nor too slowly. Ayurveda also recommends a complete cleanse in every change of season, especially at the start of spring.
Drink Up Water:
The key is to keep yourself hydrated and energised with water, preferably warm to flush out the toxin. Ice cold water is a bad idea, cool or room temperature is healthy. The caffeine, aerated sodas and alcohols are not really the vitality-boosting drinks! Go easy.
There is no right time to step up and begin a healthy way of living to achieve health. Once you start your day with a dose of healthy food and exercise or yoga, you know you feel much better than usual days when you try to be lazy. So, it is high time that you stop being a lazy lad and make health your biggest priority.