07/11/2009
[Editor’s word]
“The best gift is the gift of thought”... Anonymous.
We welcome Dr. Govind Jayswal as the creative mind behind our newsletter.
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With chilly mornings and colder evenings, the green starting to turn a little yellow, small bone fires coming up at places and people, cold huddled around it, the soft skin beginning to turn sad- its winter that is just round the corner!
News Item 02
Nature Cure Nutrition for Winter
Layout
1) Healthy Food for winter
2) Food to be avoided
3) Question-Answer
[Editor’s word]
What we present below is a scientific layout of food-groups and specific items from our regular eats that are healthy from the point of view of the ensuing winter season. By re-arranging our routine food habits we can boost our innate healing power for a winter of health and well being.
The presentation is general. Specific requirements may be different from person to person. We would like to have your queries so that we may reply food specific to your requirement (please do not forward medical queries which is not the scope or intention of this newsletter)
Healthy Food for the Winter
Different food has been placed with respect to our meals taken over a span of one day (wake up till snooze)
- our bulk of nutrition during the winter should be form solid vegetables (namely vegetables like cauliflower & lady finger/bhendi)
- some fats, the best option being ghee taken 2-3 teaspoons (surprise!! for weight watchers!!)
- stimulating products like garlic, ginger, peppermint, black salt, mint are a must in the winters. They must find place in our daily fare in some form or the other.
- Most of the fluid consumed has to be in soup form (taken hot/ warm).
- The best bet for proteins are mineral based ones (abundant as vegetable proteins rather than animal which will require a mineral supplement). A few takes are green peas, all pulses and sprouts.
- What is interesting to note is that carbohydrates- our regular wheat, bajri, brown rice/rice has to be about ¼ of our consumption while winter is on.
- Winter fruits- awla, orange along lemon occupy special place!
Food to be avoided
Well the list is not very exhaustive:
1) Milk and butter milk
2) All juicy vegetables (namely bottle gourd/doodhi, cucumber)
3) Sour like imli, amsul
4) All fermented food
Tips for sound winter health
- sound sleep, not less than 7-8 hours (are we surprised!!)
Till our next news item from editor’s desk,
Happy Nature Cure
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Warm regards,
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Dipankar Bhagawati
9970569107,
Pune
