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Sugar – The Sweetness We Can Do Without!

  Heyam Dhukham Anagatam Misery which has not yet come can be avoided. -Patanjali Yog Sutra-2.16 “Shiv Sir, I am possessed! The devil has taken over me yet again!”, saying this I slipped into a deep slumber. Shiv Sir my Vedic teacher would always be unruffled with my frantic calls. Nov 2018, Diwali vacation in my home town Chappar, I happened to pay a short visit to my cousins’ ancestral old Haveli (grand bungalow), a beauty built somewhere around the 19th century. Having spent a couple of fun-filled days with my maternal family, on my way home I dropped my son to Mayo college hostel. As a parting gift, we treated ourselves to red fudge and chocolate ice-cream!! By the time I reached home, it was around 9 p.m. Fatigued after a day-long journey, I hit the sack without even having dinner. The next morning to my surprise, I woke up with high temperature, cough, and cold. My family doctor asked me to undergo a couple of tests and put me on antibiotics as all reports were normal. The st...

Protein Balls

  Protein Deficiency and Malnutrition Terms almost as commonly used as breathe, live and let live! Unfortunate? Yes… The polluted environment we live in today, our unhealthy food patterns, adulterated milk, vegetables with pesticides and cell radiation are some of the reasons to making us victims of a delicate immune system. Our bodies have become very fragile. This current scenario demands that we make mindful food choices and healthy eating habits. More often than not, we eat the right quantity, but our body refuses to absorb due to malabsorption. I have struggled to get that right amount of protein in my diet…you too, right?! The general notion is that vegetarians face protein deficiency. Being a vegetarian myself, I make conscious efforts to include proteins in my daily diet. Consuming a lot of lentils is a winner dish for sure! The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for protein is 0.8 gms/kg. So, weigh less… less addition of protein in your diet!! Just joking ;-) On a serious...

Protein-the building block

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 Almost six months back, I wrote a blog on Sugar.   It's been one year since I quit sugar, honey, misri, maple syrup or jaggery. For that matter, even dates, figs and raisins are out of my daily diet.. The Result = anxiety has gone down amazingly, and I'm able to meditate with greater concentration. This is not it. Also it's been a year that I quit gluten, rice and reduced dairy (extensively), villi have started growing in the intestine..this can be known by my energy levels and of course by the way I'm able to eat food like peas, carrot, potato etc which I was earlier allergic to.  My Doc Mayank says that in  next two years I will be able to eat everything and will be normal and yes, the biggest factor would be that I would have gained my health and my life back. I eat millets and more protein in order to build and strengthen my organs. The liver condition has really improved.  Even without medication, my b12 is superb. This is how my diet looks like: My breakf...