HEALTH TIPS 1. Never drink iced water, especially not with meals.. This interferes with flow of digestive juices and impairs 2. Drink a glass of fresh pure water, at room temperature, 3. Drink five to eight glasses of water every day.the first thing in the morning and last thing at night. It should be taken hot only when one is troubled by constipation. In that case, a little lemon may be added. (Approx one glass for every 14 pounds of body weight). Drink mineral water to be on safe side. |
4. Don't drink water with your meals, but take it half hour before
or two to three hours after meals so as not to
disturb the process of digestion by diluting the digestive juices.
5. Sip the water slowly, never gulp it down at once.
or two to three hours after meals so as not to
disturb the process of digestion by diluting the digestive juices.
5. Sip the water slowly, never gulp it down at once.
6. In order to restore life elements of the water lost in boiling/processing,
pass it through the air, pouring it from one glass to another.
You will soon notice that this gives a slightly invigorating and stimulating effect,
which is absent in lifeless and devitalized water.
pass it through the air, pouring it from one glass to another.
You will soon notice that this gives a slightly invigorating and stimulating effect,
which is absent in lifeless and devitalized water.
7. It is better to eat fruit than to drink fruit Juices.
8. Don't keep juices standing, as they will lose their precious enzymes.
Orange Juice for instance loses one third of them after half hour and all of them after two hours.
Orange Juice for instance loses one third of them after half hour and all of them after two hours.
9. Alcohol, tea, coffee and chocolate are not recommended because tannic acid, theine, caffeine and
theobromine are stimulants.
theobromine are stimulants.
10. Milk is a food, not a drink. It should be taken in small sips, otherwise it is likely to produce indigestion.
11. It is not the amount of food you eat that nourishes your body,but only the amount the body itself can assimilate.
12. Choose carefully the foods that suit your system, choose them just as carefully as you choose a dress,
a hat or a tie.
YOU HAVE TO TRY VARIOUS FOOD COMBINATIONS UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHICH SUIT BEST.
a hat or a tie.
YOU HAVE TO TRY VARIOUS FOOD COMBINATIONS UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHICH SUIT BEST.
13. Avoid all devitalized foods like canned food, polished rice, white flour and refined sugar.
Use unpolished rice, whole wheat flour and brown sugar/honey.
Use unpolished rice, whole wheat flour and brown sugar/honey.
14. Chew your food carefully, especially if it is the starchy kind, so that it may be properly mixed with saliva,
otherwise starch will lie waiting for digestion for several hours.
15. Toasted bread is better than fresh. Do not eat it with liquid.
Drink before eating the bread, as starch should be converted into glucose by saliva.
otherwise starch will lie waiting for digestion for several hours.
15. Toasted bread is better than fresh. Do not eat it with liquid.
Drink before eating the bread, as starch should be converted into glucose by saliva.
16. Eat only one starch to a meal. For instance, if you take rice then omit bread, potatoes, macaroni starchy
pudding and so on.
pudding and so on.
17. If you suffer from gas, it is advisable to plan your meals so that you do not eat starch and protein
together; and specially not with cooked sulphur foods like peas, cabbage, cauliflower, eggs, turnips
and so on because gas is produced by sulphur working on the starch.
together; and specially not with cooked sulphur foods like peas, cabbage, cauliflower, eggs, turnips
and so on because gas is produced by sulphur working on the starch.
18. Don't throw away the water in which vegetables have been boiled
but use it for soup, gravies or for drinking.
Potato water is very good as it alkalizes the body.
but use it for soup, gravies or for drinking.
Potato water is very good as it alkalizes the body.
19. Fried foods as well as rich dishes should be avoided altogether,
because these digest more slowly than fat itself.
Fat is the last to leave the stomach, carbohydrates come first and then proteins.
because these digest more slowly than fat itself.
Fat is the last to leave the stomach, carbohydrates come first and then proteins.
20. All saturated fats, like lard, margarine, eggs, butter and dairy products tend to increase the blood
cholesterol level and can be classified as unessential fats.
cholesterol level and can be classified as unessential fats.
21. Any diet which is high in saturated fat is dangerous.
So eat balanced meals, a high fat and low protein diet inhibits the function of enzymes.
So eat balanced meals, a high fat and low protein diet inhibits the function of enzymes.
22. Remember, it is not only the calories and amount of fat that determines the nutrition and health, but the
quality of fat. Bacon, for instance has caloric fat value only. It contains nothing else,neither vitamins, nor
minerals.
quality of fat. Bacon, for instance has caloric fat value only. It contains nothing else,neither vitamins, nor
minerals.
23. Six glasses of fresh raw cabbage juice a day keep peptic ulcers away.
24. The richest source of protein is soya bean. two pounds of soya been flour contain as much protein as
four pounds of cheese, five pounds of boneless meat or six dozen eggs or fifteen quarts of milk.
Soya bean is the only non-acid forming protein.
four pounds of cheese, five pounds of boneless meat or six dozen eggs or fifteen quarts of milk.
Soya bean is the only non-acid forming protein.
25. The most essential rule about food, however, has nothing to do with quantity, quality or preparation, but
with your mental attitude at the time you are eating it.
with your mental attitude at the time you are eating it.
