FOODS DURING WINTER
SEASON
AS PER AYURVEDA
( HEMANT RITUCHARYA AS PER AYURVEDA )
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Prakriti, denotes both, body constitution and nature of the person.
Changes in season brings changes in our lives.
Every season has its own characteristics that influences the habits and life style of every person.
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In Ayurveda changes of season are termed as Ritucharya.
While changing seasons of nature, there will be corresponding effects on the Bhutas and thereby the doshas of the body (Vata, Pitta and Kapha).
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To avoid vitiation of doshas and imbalance as well, Ayurveda suggest a seasonal routine of particular diet and life style (Aahara and Vihara).
All this help in keeping dosha in equilibrium and help you to cope up with changing season.
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The winter season is marked as hemanta ritu in Ayurveda.
Hemanta ritu starts from mid-November and ends in mid-January.
This falls in southern solstice which is called as Visarga Kala or Dakshinayana in Ayurveda.
WINTER SEASON (HEMANT RITU)
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Winter season causes health problems when suitable precautions and safety measures are not taken.
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We are going to explain which and all foods are excellent to use in winter season, which not only improve the digestion but also enhance immune system.
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Due to the digestive level being very high in winter, people feel hungrier, and can actually digest food better in this season, thus nourishing their bodies more.
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Intake of these foods helps your body fight against the Vata dosha and try to stay away from diseases that we generally catch during a cold season.
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NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT FOODS & LIFESTYLE
DURING WINTER SEASON AS
PER AYURVEDA TO STAY
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PREFFERED
DIET
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You can eat more sour, sweet and salty foods to satisfy bodies metabolic desires.
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JAGGERY
Sweet products made from sugarcane extracts like jaggery etc.
Milk and dairy products should be consumed like cheese, butter, cow ghee etc.
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MILK AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS
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Ginger and tulsi tea is beneficial for your body to keep you warm in winter season and to stay away from common cold, flu, cough and fever.
TEA WITH GINGER AND TULSI
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Turmeric, is well-known to have anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties.
It is also used to boost immunity and that is why it is a part of this herbal tea blend.
TURMERIC
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One can add it into various curries or can be taken with milk.
TURMERIC
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Honey should be consumed daily as it helps in avoiding diseases caused by Kapha.
HONEY
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Citrus fruits, including lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruit, are at their juiciest in the wintertime and can add sunshine to the dreary winter.
CITRUS FRUITS
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Citrus fruits are loaded with vitamin C and also are rich sources of flavonoids.
This help in enhancing cardiovascular system and boosts immunity as well.
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SWEET POTATOES
Sweet potatoes offer all the versatility of white potatoes with incomparable nutritional content.
With very few calories and virtually no fat, just one medium sweet potato contains 0.14 ounces of fiber plus 0.07 ounces of vegetable protein.
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But sweet potatoes also stand out for their vitamin and mineral content.
Alongside all that fiber is loads of vitamins A, C and B6, as well as potassium and manganese.
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Garlic is so nutritionally important that it should be eaten year-round but preferred much in winters.
It is rich in antioxidants and has got anti-inflammatory, ant infection, anticancer properties so fantastic to use in curries during winters.
GARLIC
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GINGER
Ginger is known to have more than twelve types of anti-oxidants, making it useful for treatment of many disorders.
Like other spices, it has aphrodisiac properties and is used widely for medicinal purposes.
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This herb contains essential oils, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C, choline, folate, inositol, manganese, silicon, and a small amount of vitamin B3.
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NUTS
Nuts are warm and hot in nature.
The cold weather makes it suitable for people to eat nuts in winter without getting internal heat.
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Most nuts can nourish and strengthen kidneys, brain, and heart.
Eating nuts in winter helps to keep warm and improve physical quality of a person.
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HOT SOUPS
Soups aren’t just a delicious winter meal but they can also help control weight gain and boost your immune system.
Vegetables, herbs and meat cooked into a soup retain more nutrients than if the same foods are stir-fried.
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The warm liquid can help control your blood pressure and keep your body feeling full for longer between meals.
Better to make your own soups with vegetables so that one can cut down on both sodium and overall caloric intake.
Common health-boosting soup ingredients include alliums like garlic and onions, ginger, mushrooms, beans, green leafy vegetables etc.
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NON VEG
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As digestive fire is strong in winter season. One can take Non-veg (Chicken, Meat, Fish, Eggs).
Non-vegetarian foods are rich in protein of high biological value and in Vitamin B complex, especially B12 which is not easily available in plant foods.
HERBAL WINES
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Special herbal wines (not to be consumed for intoxication) and honey can be taken to keep body warm.
People should exercise regularly.
Exercise can help cure seasonal affective disorders.
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REGULAR EXCERCISE
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Exposure to sunlight and fire to keep yourself warm.
On other hand, everyone knows that sunlight in a natural source of Vitamin D also.
EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT
In winter season - Wear warm, woolen clothes.
Cover your body properly while exposing cold wind to prevent from cold, cough, allergy and asthma.
WEAR WARM CLOTHES
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Oil massage (Snehan) helps you get relaxed to the core during the cold season and to retain body moisture.
OIL MASSAGE (SNEHAN)
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Steam bath (Swedan) should be taken regularly.
STEAM BATH (SWEDAN)
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DIET
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AVOID
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COLD FOODS AND BEVERAGES
Avoid Cold foods, Cold drinks especially one who is suffering from asthma or any kind of allergy that again triggers the symptoms.
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Avoid Light and restricted diet.
Avoid More pungent and astringent food items.
Because Vata gets vitiated and blocks the channels to produce Ama or Toxins.
LESS DIET
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OVEREATING
Care should be taken not to over eat and eat enough to satiate hunger.
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Bitter and spicy foods should be avoided as they tend to increase dryness in the body.
BITTER AND SPICY FOODS
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Avoid Laziness and leisure
Avoid Dryness increasing activities
Avoid To stay in direct air
Avoid Exposure to chilled wind
LIFESTYLE
In Ayurveda, Immunity is connected with the digestion.
When digestion is strong and appetite is good, then immunity is strengthened.
For this reason, it's more important that people eat immunity-boosting foods.
CONCLUSION
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This should be the regimen in winter, to nourish the mind and body by getting more rest and eating well.
Winter is the time to build up and nourish all systems even hair, nails also.
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It's also the best season for taking Rasayanas and herbal products, because the high level of digestion helps people to assimilate them better.
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