Eight Best Practices of Healthy Eating

Eating correct is fundamental to vibrant health and longevity. Human life oftentimes revolves around three meals a day. And in the process, satiety of the taste buds takes precedence over satiety of hunger . This is the point from where food starts becoming a poison for the system. Overeating and wrong eating gets entrenched as a habit, and diseases takes root in the body.
In order to make eating habits a boon for the body, a curative rather than degenerative process, it is necessary to stick to some best practices of nutrition.

# 1. Eat Less – Overeating is the root of many disease which beset the human body. One should get up from the dining table while still a bit hungry. Overeating taxes the digestive system and takes a toll on the internal organs. Ayurveda prescribes that half of the stomach should be filled with food, one fouth with water and fluids and one fourth should remain empty.

# 2. Eat More Fruits – Eat more of fruits and raw foods. These are nourishing foods containing minerals and vitamins which are absorbed directly by the body. Cooking destroys the natural nutrients. Negligible toxic wastes are produced by the metabolism of fruits and raw foods.

# 3. Drink Plenty of Water – One should drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water daily. Sufficient water intake helps in proper elimination of toxins from the body. However, little water should be taken with meals as it dilutes digestive juices. Water should be drunk an hour after a meal.

# 4. Eat less meat and no red meat – Flesh food release large amount of toxins in the system. Beef and pork metabolize to release still more toxic byproducts. Despite elimination- efforts by the body, parts of these toxins remain in the system and clogs it. Bacteria feeds and breeds in these toxins and beget diseases.

# 5. Eat Your Carrots – Dangerous diseases like cancer occur when body lacks anti-oxidants to counter the oxidation process in the system. Carrots, onions and such similar foods are rich source of antioxidants. These antioxidants neutralize the free radicals which result from the oxidation process.

# 6. Eat A Light and Early Dinner – Take a light dinner at least two to three thours before going to bed. This makes digestion proper. Going to sleep in a loaded stomach makes digestion difficult and sleep disturbed. A light and early dinner releases the body energy from digestive work for self-healing and regeneration.

# 7 . Eat Less of Refined Food – Refining strips the food of its fibre , mineral and vitamin elements. Thus foods like white sugar, white bread, milled rice lack their original goodness . They lack the roughage. Refined foods lead to increased cholestrol buildup and faulty elemination.

# 8 . Fasting – Fasting is the reverse side of the healthy eating coin. Fast at least once a week. Fast on water, fruit juice or fruits as the system demands. Fasting gives the internal organs a much needed rest. During fast while organs rests, energy normally used by them gets released to regenerate the system. Toxins are eliminated.

So it is not enough to eat well, but to eat judiously as well. Only then food will bring its boon of health, vitality and longevity.