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How To Digest Food?
- Overindulgence in carbohydrates, heavy foods only leaves us feeling slow and sluggish. In Ayurveda, the digestive process is considered central to the development of good quality of Tejas (intelligence), Ojas (vitality) and prana (life force).
- Digestion is the key to converting good food into good nutrition for the body while separating out and eliminating the waste.
- Ayurveda recommends warm, spiced foods and hot herbal teas made from fennel, ginger, liquorice, cinnamon, cardamom and ajwain.
- Simple well-cooked foods like ginger carrot soup are a great way to pacify Vata and maintain balance.
- Ginger and black pepper and promotes circulation and digestion, thus reducing congestion and sluggishness from overly oily foods.
- Carrots are high in antioxidants which are beneficial for immune function.