20 Procedure to take food according to AYURVEDA METHOD
1)Pay attention to calls or nature before eating.
2)Bath or at least wash your hands, face and face before you eat.
3)sit in an isolated and clean area.
4)Face the direction of the sun.
5)Pray and thank nature for providing you food.
6)Feed others.
7)Consider eating as a yagna (A Vedic fire ritual) and thal you are offering havis to the internal fire who is Bhagavan (God).
8)Concentrate and eat with confidence.
9)Avoid watching T.V. & conversation during eating
10)Approach each item with reverence and love and chew them well.
11)See that all the six tastes are present in the menu.
12)Eat sweet, oily food first. sour, spicy in the middle and bitter, astringent at last.
13)The food should be warm
14)Always eat accustomed food (in relation to body, age, season, dosha and disease). Make your diet according to your condition by showing your pulse to Vaidya Jeevan.
15)Half of the stomach should be filled with solid food, one quarter by Liquids and the other quarter should be kept vacant for air.
16)Use rice, wheat, barley, tender raddish, grapes, green gram, jaggery. ghee.Milk, honey, pomegranate, triphala daily.
17)Foods which are preserved from the previous day should not be taken except curd, ghee, honey. butter milk.
18)Avoid curd at night. Avoid over eating and untimely eating
19)Anupana - the drink which is taken after meals gives satisfaction, aids easy digestion and provides a sense of contentment.
For example - drinking water after food.
20)MiIk is good for vata and pitta type people.