How can we describe food? What sun is to plants, food is to humans. Food is as much sun. The only visible god. The energy. Prana Shakti. What you eat will determine the longevity of your strength not just of your body, but also of your senses. Not just five, but all ten of them. And very slowly as you will with full awareness practise eating, it will start determining the strength of ones spirit. Because anything that we consume becomes our spirit.
The most beautiful things in life work and are found in silence. So should working of our stomach be. It is the home where Shakti resides. Feed her respectfully.
And to tell you that is how Yog arrived in me it wasn’t that i started doing asanas, no. It arrived through food. It took only the alignment of understanding the body from within. That is how I imagine the first and the foundation of becoming a yogi starts, by understanding ones relation with food.
To cut the story short
I will not tell you to east less. It is your journey and you all will know yourself when, what and how much you need.
But if you can, to start with Avoid these four foods with grit and resolve however weak it may be at the start.
Potato.
Rice.
Sugar.
Maida/White flour
In Ayurveda- the ancient Indian science of food and medicine that one should eat those food that grow in and around your vicinity. That may not be possible today. But what you can do is to buy less, cook well and finish each day. So that your food remains as young and leads you to light and energy.
ROAD TO NARA 
That thali is yummy.
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It was indeed 🙂
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I love your blogs! Short, crisp and such a fine msg. Spreading cheer, wisdom and positivity in such gloomy times.
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If you can feel this, then them are all within you, right Amrita 🙂 nonetheless i compassionatly accept your kind words. Delighted. Thank you,
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Lovely post thnx to share this lovely post
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Pleasure Nitin. Thank you.
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Good post ! 4 whites to be avoided salt sugar rice maida flour .
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Yes, to remember for ourselves and our loved ones. Thanks Ranjini.
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Most welcome !
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👌👌
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I love your post. I guess more and more people start to be interested in Ayurveda including me. I incorporated some ayurvedic tips (I know this word is wrong but it came to my mind 1st) and it is has been very helpful. However, each person has their own journey; one size doesn’t fit all and you said it too. Anyway, we are what we eat and this is something that we must to learn and to be aware of.
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Hello May, morning, Thank you for sharing bit of your life.
Ayurveda(Knowledge or Science of medicine as it is) was kind of always popular but in the garb of western industrialisation, and also with the advent of so many new diseases coming from outside, it couldn’t get that space that it enjoyed for centuries pan asia at least. And you know more so it is said in Ayurveda for food that you must eat crops, vegetables that grow around few kilometres of your being alike for medicine that you’ll find but it is not possible anymore. Anyways It has many wise and organic ideas for our body and mind for us.
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Ayurveda is fascinating. At least, it treats the cause not the symptom, unlike the western modern medicine.
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Narayan, I love this post. I’m a stanch vegan and vegetarian most of my life. I’d never eaten white or processed foods until college and immediately stop when I noticed it sapped my energy and made me feel horrible. It’s a tough thing for many to forego their sugar and starchy foods but it can be done slowly. Thank you for the awesome read!
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Easier said than done. 😦
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hmm.. so you made your choice dear Anna. Well you know if it feels right but it is hard, then wish to surround yourself with such people, the ideal ones that you wana be. It will surely pave the way to and make it just a tad bit easier to tread
❤️ to you
Narayan
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