Ayurvedic cooking. Vasant Lad, Usha Lad

Properly selected food contributes to the cure of diseases and strengthens health, on the other hand
Improper nutrition is one of the main reasons for the development of diseases. After reading the book, you will get acquainted with the Ayurvedic approach to nutrition. This will help you learn to identify the qualities of food and
choose those foods and dishes that match your constitution and current state. Recipes from Indian cuisine will add variety to your diet.
Foreword
During and after my internship, I worked
trainee in the internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatric departments of the Ayurvedic Hospital in Pune. I watched over and over again
a well-formulated diet, combined with correct herbal treatment and an appropriate lifestyle, could play a vital role
in recovery. I became clearly aware that
the disease seemed to “invite” a person to change his habitual patterns of thinking, perception and nutrition.
My view of the disease began to change from commonly used labels like "this is the flu, and this
virus" to the inner meaning of its manifestation with
point of view of Ayurvedic theories. I tied
a deeper and more subtle understanding of the interaction of the doshas in health and disease with how gentle natural sources,
bringing healing with the help of herbs and food,
bring healing and restoration
equilibrium. As my understanding of the role of food as medicine grew, I increasingly noticed that many health problems were closely intertwined with the stresses of everyday life.
These included anxiety about work
or money, general tension and even stress,
resulting from the use of
those” types of food or the wrong combination of foods.
Over the past 20 years I have seen many disorders
health, sometimes ending in serious
diseases that were the result of poor food choices and ignorance in
the art of cooking for yourself and your
families. While working in the panchakarma department of a hospital, I saw what an impressive effect the cleansing programs prescribed in
combined with special nutrition, which
usually represented a mono-diet and consisted of one type of food. It also taught
me that the right food
becomes medicine.
This book provides a simple, practical
approach to food and here you will get acquainted with the recipes of dishes prepared according to the Ayurvedic tradition and helping to restore
healthy balance in the body. But despite
Although this book contains a lot of useful information, we do not suggest that it be considered as a plan for the treatment of any disease. This is the plan you should definitely get from your doctor.
Most of the information provided here can best be classified
as an "intuitive science of life" that appeared
as a result of my own clinical
practices based on the principles
created by thousands of years of Ayurvedic medicine. It is not a "scientific" method in the sense that
what this term is used in Western medicine, but the information carefully collected
over hundreds of years of everyday life experience.
For example, sour fruits, food obtained from
participation of fermentation processes, hot spices
excite pitta and can lead to indigestion and heartburn due to increased
acidity of gastric juice. black beans and
pinto beans excite vata, which leads to
the formation of gases in the intestines and, consequently, to bloating and discomfort. Yogurt, cheese
and soft drinks excite kapha and four
can lead to colds, coughs and congestion in the airways. This book will help you develop a correct understanding of wisdom and
the practicality of Ayurveda's approach to food and health in
in general.
I hope you find what this book has to offer vital to your recovery.
The Golden Keys to Health Are in Finding the Path
to your inner "I" and to see the healing process as a good means for knowing
unique, specific needs of your body.
I met my wife Ushu when she was studying at the Ayurvedic medical school and working at the Ayurvedic hospital. After our wedding, Usha began to use her knowledge and love for Ayurveda as
guiding light when cooking. She treats every stage of food preparation with the greatest love and respect and puts a piece of her heart into every dish.
While working on the book, I wanted you to discover
constructive программу улучшения сinоего здороinья и здороinья сinоей families. Suggested Recipes
and the methods of therapy are natural methods
healing without any side effects.
The purpose of this "how-to guide" on food is to keep you healthy and balanced.
body at any time of the year.
Enjoy Ayurvedic cooking that brings health, happiness and healing to your
family and friends.
May the Lord bless you with love and light.
Dr. Vasant Lad Albuquerque, March one99four
INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDIC COOKING
Today, there are many cookery books on sale in bookstores, representing a mass
various types and concepts of nutrition, some of
which are very traditional, others are very modern
or are one-day quirks. People who care about their health are interested in the fact that their nutrition strengthens their health. It is truly said that we are what we eat.
Ayurveda, India's ancient system of medicine, is actively
uses in healing the body, mind and spirit properly
selected nutrition, lifestyle and rejuvenation products. These techniques are accompanied by cleansing
programs and medicinal herbs. The art of holistic, holistic healing teaches that food and diet
can make a vital contribution to sustainability
good health. Ayurveda contains a deep understanding of what foods are suitable and balance in the body of each individual, how to properly prepare these foods, and
how to avoid such a combination of them, which will lead to
formation of toxins in the body.
The main goal of this book is to help you choose the right diet based on the principles of Ayurveda and bring balance, harmony and health to your life. In her
also presents recipes for simple, delicious dishes,
that can become part of your regular diet, as well as recipes that can help with those
or other health problems. But first, some understanding of Ayurveda is needed to make it clear
how changing eating habits can
have such a profound effect on health and well-being.
The Ayurvedic science of food and nutrition is vast and exhaustive. Being the science of life
it affects every aspect of it. Tradition Ayurveda stretches back five thousand years
back to the past, during which
practiced non-stop until today. Despite the fact that - India has seen many different rulers and aggressors,
the ancient, uninterrupted tradition of Ayurveda testifies to the fact that she never lost
its integrity and essence.
In 900 BC, three of the greatest scholars - Charak, Sushruta and Vagbhata gave the oral tradition a new, wonderful form, starting to write down the principles of Ayurveda. Today, students continue to use their textbooks,
practitioners and all Ayurvedic medical institutes and colleges throughout India.
Many different areas of medical therapy,
popular today, such as massage, physical therapy, nutrition, herbal remedies, plastic surgery, psychiatry, polar therapy and
kinesiology, shiatsu therapy, mantra, meditation, color therapy and gemstone healing are firmly rooted in the philosophy of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is the mother of many modern branches of medicine.
In order to understand how to choose food that meets your needs and suits your type of constitution, and learn how to prepare it, recommended in Ayurveda, you need to understand the main
operating principles of Ayurveda.
CHAPTER one YOUR CONSTITUTION
The essence and framework of the teachings of Ayurveda is
concept of body constitution (in Sanskrit -
prakriti). There are three main types of human constitution, teaches Ayurveda, or three main doshas called vata, pitta and kapha,
a different combination of which in a person determines his individual characteristics. Knowledge
its prakriti is the key or guide to
the way of life and food that will allow you
обрести equilibrium. Without knowing the concept of
three doshas, ​​or tridoshas, ​​it is impossible to perfectly know the hidden secrets of Ayurvedic cuisine.
ELEMENTS
The three doshas are dynamic sources that govern the body, mind and consciousness. They are
associated with the genetic structure of the individual
and determine his emotional and mental
type of. Let's try to start understanding
the principle of the three doshas with a brief knowledge of the five basic elements of our planet.
The human body, like, no doubt, the whole
world, consists of the same basic elements: Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. All
organic and inorganic substances are composed of combinations of these constituents. Big5
part of the physical universe is the interaction of these
five elements.
All заполняющий coбой эфир служит kaк бы общим
фактором or «домом» for inсех объектоin inо Allленной. Air is active, mobile, dry and is the vital force or prana essential to everything.
alive. Without air, life is impossible neither on this nor
on some other planet. Fire governs the digestion of food, the absorption and assimilation of nutrients.
substances by living organisms, as well as flowering, maturation and decomposition of plants. The sun is an eye
paradise, the daytime "lamp" is the main source of thermal energy. The life-sustaining, fluid, cool element is Water. It maintains electrolyte balance, nourishes plants and animals, and preserves the environment. Earth - a solid, dense, rigid element - creating a solid ground
life on the planet. She nurtures in her cradle and
gives support to all living beings, supplying them with food
and blood.
Normally, these five elements support life and
harmony in the world, but when they are unbalanced, then
there is discomfort, up to a threat to life. On the
самом деле coотношение элементоin постоянно meется, what inедет к измеnotнию температуры, inлажности,
time and the change of seasons. People have to adapt to these changes in order to survive. With intelligence, people use one element
against another to create optimal conditions
existence: for example, building houses out of brick
(Earth element), they protect themselves from changes
air, heat and water.
Every individual contains all the elements
but in different proportions and combinations. On theличие идеального здороinья заinисит от coхраnotния количестinенного и kaчестinенного раinноinесия пяти осноinных элементоin in kaждом конкретном случае. If you succeed
maintain your unique combination
five elements, then your health is impeccable. The result of the disorder of this combination may be
disease. For example, an increase in the Earth element can lead to obesity, Water - to edema, Fire - to
fever, ulcers, or conditions that cause burning