Today, the Ayurvedic nutritional system is increasingly mentioned, and most people who don’t know treat it as just another exotic diet, but this is a fundamentally wrong perception. Despite its prevalence, few of those who have tried this diet have come any closer to understanding the principles of Ayurveda and proper consumption of foods. To understand one concept, you will have to dig deeper into the meaning of another and talk about what life is according to Ayurveda.
Ayurvedic medicine
The Ayurvedic diet is a section of the entire life system, and Ayurveda is ancient Indian medicine, which is rightly called the ancestor of universal medicine. Historically, it was the Ayurvedic system that had the greatest influence on the development of world medical teaching, in particular among Europeans, Arabs, and Chinese. The name is made up of two words in Sanskrit: “ayur” (life) and “veda” (knowledge), which can be translated as “knowledge of life”.
The teaching is based on the trinity of the human being; in the Ayurvedic system, spirit, soul, and body are perceived as a single whole.
Contrary to popular belief, the teachings of Ayurvedic medicine do not contradict classical methods of treatment but rather complement and enrich them.
Ayurvedic dietetics
According to Ayurveda, a person is what he eats. According to the doctrine, products cannot be bad or harmful by nature; everything depends on the individual characteristics of each organism and its reaction to these products. Ayurvedic dietetics offers a unique approach to creating a nutritional system – according to the type of constitution. You can determine what type of constitution you are by studying the doshas, data at birth, and their changes as you grow older.
Doshas in Ayurveda are vital forces obtained as a result of exposure to the elements of the universe. Upbringing, environmental influences, habits, diet, congenital diseases, lifestyle – all this affects the ratio of doshas in a particular person, the original constitution changes, and because of this, it is necessary to make adjustments to the usual way of life, including nutrition.
If the changes are minor, the internal balance is not disturbed, but with noticeable shifts, an imbalance is formed. As a result of a strong violation of harmony, various problems, chronic diseases, and problems with mental and emotional health appear.
Basic concept
The basis of Ayurvedic dietology is Tridosha. This is a system that represents the human physical body in three manifestations that are closely interrelated and have mutual influence:
- Vata dosha – represents wind and air; IN
- Pitta dosha – personifies bile, fire;
- Kapha dosha – symbolizes mucus, earth.
It is these matters that form the human body along with the five primary elements. Nature has established a certain balance between the doshas because each element has its task. Pitta is responsible for metabolism and temperature, as well as digestive processes. The task of Kapha is to maintain structure, and volume and unite all particles together. Vata controls movements, breathing processes, and rhythm.
The main rule of the teaching is “food according to hunger,” that is, one should abandon the nutritional rules imposed by society. If, according to your usual schedule, it’s time for lunch, but you’re not hungry, you should skip the meal. Ayurvedic dietology does not recommend eating for future use if there is no hunger.
How to create an Ayurvedic diet?
Today, the Ayurvedic diet is quite popular. There are many online tests on the Internet to determine the constitution, but few of them give the correct result. Such tests show the current ratio of doshas, and to draw up nutritional rules, you need to know the primary ones to see and correct the discrepancy in the balance. An astrologer who studies Vedic astrology can help with this.
Using the tools of ancient Indian knowledge of Jyotish (Indian astrology), an astrologer can determine what type of dosha you had at birth. Based on the external signs of your body, he will also be able to determine the type of dosha that you have developed as a result of life. Next, methods of correction in nutrition and lifestyle are determined to achieve a more harmonious and healthy image.
The Ayurvedic nutritional system is not a diet in the classical sense of the word, but rules and recommendations that are drawn up individually – according to the data of each person, his date of birth, place, and other details. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to independently understand how to choose a diet using Ayurveda.
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