6 most important things to keep healthy for long term

1. Start your day with 2 glasses of water followed by any antioxidant rich juice such as aloe vera or amla juice or wheat-grass juice. Antioxidants act as strong soldiers that protect the body against all infections.
2. Keep yourself well hydrated. Drink at-least 5lts of water through out the day. Water forms 60% of our body weight & almost all activities within the body require water as an essential medium.
3. Never eat if you aren’t hungry & don’t avoid eating if you feel hungry. It is extremely important to respond to body’s alarm for food. Over-feeding or feeding at wrong times are both equally hazardous for the digestive system. One must eat when hungry & eat enough to pacify hunger. Remember to respond to the stomach but never to the tongue.
4. Keep your mind stable & relaxed, read books that help in attaining a larger goal, a broad perspective in life.
5. Regularly exercise. Moderate exercising such as Yoga & tai chi also helps in increasing immunity. So practice a combination of exercises.
6. Eat a balanced diet. This is a usual suggestion however the term “balanced diet” is often difficult to understand. Balanced diet is one that includes all the essential components of food –Carbohydrates, fats, protein, minerals, vitamins & water. As per ayurveda, a balanced meal is one that has all the 6 tastes in it: madhu (sweet), Amla (sour), lavna (salty), katu(bitter), teekha (hot), kasaya(astringent).

Example of a few most frequent meals & their contribution to a balanced meal

i.      Chappati/ bread – Carbohydrates, fats, madhu rasa
ii.      Vegetable/ curry – A few minerals, lavana rasa
iii.      Dal/ lentils – Protein, teektha rasa
iv.      Buttermilk – Water, amla rasa
v.      Rice – Carbohydrates, Fat, antioxidants madhu rasa
vi.      Salad – Dietary fibre, minerals, katu rasa
vii.      Sweets, chocolates – Fat, madhu rasa
viii.      Pasta, Maggie – carbohydrates, fat, madhu rasa
ix.      Milk – protein, minerals, madhu rasa
x.      Non-veg diet – Fat, minerals, teekhta rasa
xi.      Eggs – Fat, Protein, madhu rasa
xii.      Tea/ coffee – Water, antioxidants, kasaya rasa
xiii.      Fresh juices – Vitamins, minerals, water, madhu-amla rasa
xiv.      Cold-drinks – water, fat, kasaya rasa

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