Vedas - the oldest collection of Hindu wisdom, written in Sanskrit, which describes how to eat right, than to be treated as keep house, raise children, and much more.
People Vedic civilization retain their youth and longevity for years to come. Rules of life given in the Manu Samhita - a masterpiece of ancient Vedic literature classics. We want to share with you the simple rules of supply Indian sages, perhaps some of them will seem useful.
1. Eat only when hungry. Overeating leads to the fact that the food is poorly digested and become poison.
2. Food, flavored with anger, irritation, sadness becomes a poison. Therefore, to eat when you are overwhelmed by negative emotions, it is impossible.
3. In order to awaken the body and improve digestion, the food you need to rinse your mouth and wash your face with cool water. Better yet, take a cool shower or at least wash water also stops.
4. During the meal it is best to sit face to the east, but in any case not in the north or west, otherwise we lose energy.
5. The food should be cooked with love. Food cooked in a bad mood, irritation, anger, sadness, and when you are under the influence of other negative emotions, it becomes poison.
6. The energy from the food you need to properly absorb free nasal breathing. Especially important is the right nostril. If she is not breathing, the digestive fire is weakened, and the food is poorly digested. Therefore, if the neck-founded, it is necessary to cover the left nostril and well exist a right, as you can before eating to lie on his left side.
7. The ancient sages considered the meal a spiritual process, so it is an important component for the proper mood for a meal was a prayer.
8. Food should not be disposed of, and eat up the rest of the family from his plate. So you need to apply yourself as much as you can eat. In an extreme case, it is possible to give the remains of food animals.
9. Before there is need to feed the others.
10. Before meals to improve digestion is recommended to chew a little ginger with lemon and salt. This will give your stomach a signal to start the digestive process.
11. As it turns out saying, "When I eat, I am deaf and dumb," it was relevant at all times. In the Vedas, it is written that empty talk during meal time spray energy and reduce air circulation.
12. If you hurry, it is better to skip lunch than eating in a hurry. There is a need to slowly and is at rest and chew food.
13. Food should impact positively on all the senses: to be beautiful, to exude a subtle fragrance, entertain our soul and please the eye.
14. It does not eat food that has been prepared more than 3.5 hours ago, and even more yesterday.
15. After the meal, as well as in front of it, you need to rinse your mouth, wash your face and it is advisable to rinse with cool water the feet.
16. Go to bed after eating can be no earlier than 1.5 hours.
17. At night, you can not eat sour fruit, and drink milk products.
18. You can never eat before sunrise and after sunset, especially at dusk.
19. Do not eat while standing and even more on the move, as well as snacking between meals.
20. If you want to lose weight, drink water before a meal, if you save and gain weight - during and after. Since food drunk during and after a meal dilutes the gastric juice, and slows digestion.
