Eating for Good Health

For keeping good health the optimistic way is to eat perfectly. Choose your diet optimistically.
The sense of taste, in its higher, more refined state, is capable of discerning what the body most needs at any given time. However, when blunted or debased, it discerns not what is wholesome in a given moment, but what is tasty, or even what will feed a health-undermining craving. A de-based sense of taste can be redeemed, returned to its higher purpose.

There are different times of the day when the body craves different elements. It varies with each individual, but there is also a general pattern.In the morning, the body most craves whole grain; at noon raw vegetables; in the evening lightly cooked vegetables, with greens as a staple nutrient-bearer.

The more “live” a vegetable or fruit is, the more enhanced is its etheric energy, the life force of the plant world. However, predominantly raw food diets are met best by a healthy etheric force in the individual eating them. If one’s etheric is depleted, by either a temporary, or long-term ailment, lightly cooked foods are easier to assimilate. For most people a balance of raw and cooked works best.

Experiments with live foods (raw, sprouted, and such) show that graying hair can be reversed. Also, there are numerous accounts of the reversal of debilitating illnesses. Plants can be looked at as the inverse of the human form. Root - headStem, leaves, - rhythmic systemFlowers, fruits - metabolic.

If a person is suffering from an ailment that resides principally in the head region - headaches, etc - then the body will benefit from ingesting more root vegetables. If the lungs or heart are an issue, then more of leafy and stem parts of the plant. And if the issue entails the metabolic organs, or limb system, then the body can benefit from more fruits and “flower” vegetable portions - such as broccoli, cauliflower, etc.

The potato is not a root, but a tuber. Roots are far more optimal for nutrient needs.The potato feeds a part of the brain that causes one to become more materialistic in one’s thinking. Further, potatoes are debilitating in a general way, and also specifically debilitating for eyesight. One would make out better if one ate the skins of potatoes and threw away the white portions - but unfortunately, the other way around is the usual custom.

Healthy Foods

Food is a necessity of life. The food we eat determines how one looks and feels or in other words determines our wellbeing. The function of food is to supply us with the energy for the different activities of the body, the structural materials for every cell of the body, and the thousands of regulatory substances essential for all the body processes.

Energy is supplied by carbohydrates and fats. Minerals and vitamins are not sources of energy but are essential for many steps in the release of energy. Amino acids and mineral elements are constantly required for the growth and maintenance of body tissues. Eating food should be a necessary function as breathing is, but most people regard it as a means of gratifying their desire for the nice things in life, which is a wrong thing to do and is very harmful. That is why it is said "eat to live" and not "live to eat". Proper eating habit or proper diet is a must for good health.

Proper diet can also cure most of the diseases for which we prefer modern day medicine not being concerned about the ill effects that comes with these medicines. Food is the fuel for the body, various types of food for various types of functions of the body. If someone is a robust individual without any constitutional disorders one may take any type of food, but in a morbid condition special food becomes a necessity. Food contains every type of necessary vitamins and minerals for the maintenance of good health but a misunderstanding of the vital functions of food has led modern day man to ignore the facts and rely on modern medicines.

Hippocrates the renowned scholar had thousands of years ago emphasized on the importance of food. Also known as the father of medicine by historians he had said "let food be thy medicine". From the times of Hippocrates, it has been known that certain foods have disease preventing and disease healing properties. However this knowledge is hardly in use as most people want immediate relief which is provided by modern day medicine rather than permanent cure from food only because it takes more time.No therapy or drug known to modern medical science can rebuild tissue that has been damaged by disease or trauma.

Food alone can achieve this feat. It is therefore that nutrition is an important and an indispensable weapon against disease. Food or nutrition is not only about cure but about wellbeing. Foods that heal by rebuilding damaged tissue will enhance wellness by increasing the efficiency and energy levels of the under active endocrine glands and tissues.

Food Groups And Its Nutritive Value
Nutritional Classification of Foods
Acidic And Alkaline Foods
Vegetables That Heal
Beet Root
Cabbage
Carrots
Onions
Spinach
Tomato
Fruits That Heal
Apple
Banana
Date
Figs
Lime
Mango
Orange
Papaya
Watermelons
Spices and Herbs That Heal Asafoetida
Fenugreek
Flax Seeds Garlic
Ginger
Turmeric
Other Foods
Almonds
Curds
Soya Bean
Tea