Art of Living : Hitbhuk,Mitbhuk and Ritbhuk
=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya
Na ma tamanna sramannota tandranna vochama ma sunoteti somam| Yo me prnadyo dadadyo nibodhadyo ma sunvantamupa gobhirayat|| - Rigveda 2/30/7
O men! Only those food articles are fit for consumption that make the body energetic and contented, that provide glow and comfort, and that make the organs strong and fit for the performance of yajna. Do not ever stock and consume those herbs / food materials that sap the bodys strength and produce lethargy and intoxication. The effect of food on the body is comprehensive. Be it physical health or mental well-being, both are intrinsically linked with food, and keeps taking up and down swings depending on changes in it. It is a matter of common experience. Bad and irregular dietary habits make the body sick and the mind restless.
If we were to enumerate the ill effects of rich, pungent, spicy and fried food, we will have to list practically all the diseases, because all of them have direct or indirect connection with food.
The fashionable fast food, packed food or junk food of today also fall in the same category. This new style of eating, widely prevalent these days, has given many a body-blow to the quality of human life. Food is a basic necessity of life. Everybody knows this, but few have an idea of what to eat, when to eat, and how to eat. Lets first take the "what to eat?" aspect. The only proper and right answer to this question is that we should eat only what provides nourishment to the body.
It is important to remember that we eat to live and do not live to eat. So, if the right kind of food is to be selected out of a long list of eatables, we will have to give preference to only those items that have nutritional value and are beneficial for health. Such articles can very easily be identified. Everybody is aware, for example, of the value of fresh fruits, vegetables, pulses, cereals etc. Many cooking ingredients like pungent spices, appetizers, pickles etc. lack any nutritive value and are manifestly harmful to health; and so are the processes of frying, stewing etc.
These render even healthy food useless and deleterious. Materials inimical to health are found not only in the kitchen but also outside; e. g. liquor and intoxicants of various kinds, betel, tobacco, zarda, gutka and so many other such things have acquired the status of food supplements and are used in a routine way.
These render even healthy food useless and deleterious. Materials inimical to health are found not only in the kitchen but also outside; e. g. liquor and intoxicants of various kinds, betel, tobacco, zarda, gutka and so many other such things have acquired the status of food supplements and are used in a routine way.
The situation has become so alarming that even the food habits of the elite of society make one wonder why these educated and well-informed persons have lost their sense of wise discrimination. There are some exceptions, of course, in this class but their number is negligible. (This is the first of a series of articles under the main theme ART OF LIVING. In this series we propose to publish practical tips for leading a healthy, vibrant, enlightened, happy and balanced life. We hope that these articles will receive a hearty welcome from our readers and they will be able to adopt the guidelines and thus uplift themselves to a nobler and higher level of purposeful life.)
Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru,
Shiv Sharma
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