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HEALTH

A sound body is what you get from nature and sound mind is what you develop over time but maintaining it is important.

Health is a positive state of happiness due to the normal condition of the doshas, agni, dhatus, males, as well as a serene state of the body, mind and senses. For our busy and often unsettled modern life, Saffron4health provides a solid foundation of health with its time-tested wisdom on healthy living. 

The Nature Cure way of lifestyle is adapted to your phase of life, the season, your environment and takes into account your constitution. It includes your thoughts, your speech and your actions. In practice this means following a daily routine, being aware of seasonal changes and adjusting your lifestyle to your age.

 The most important principles of Nature Cure for a healthy, balanced life are: 

• Regularity in daily life – your daily habits have the most influence on your health. • Tuning in to the laws and rhythms of nature.  • Moderation in everything you do.

 “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” 

Adopting a healthy lifestyle With Saffron4health

This means following the daily natural rhythm, rules of hygiene, getting enough and appropriate exercise, practising yoga and meditation and repeating mantras to develop sattva, beneficial use of the senses, spending time in nature and with like-minded, positive people, helping others and avoiding extremes in everything you do.

The body and mind follow an internal clock – a cycle of 24 hours. Throughout different times of the day, the doshas change in predominance and with them their influence on you. By adapting your daily routine to these phases you are keeping the doshas well balanced, ensuring their optimal function. Regularity in your routine is essential. Getting up, eating and going to sleep at the same time each day provides the ideal framework for a healthy life and a day full of energy.

Strengthen your agni

• By only eating when you are hungry, always eating at the same time each day and adhering to light and easily digestible diet. Avoid completely filling your stomach and practise regular fasting for just a day or even half a day. Only drink hot or warm water, avoid cold or ice-cold water completely.

• By avoiding stress as much as possible. In times of stress only take a light diet or do a fast.

“The secret of being healthy and happy at all times is to be a little hungry all the time.”

Increase ojas

We are born with a certain amount of Ojas but can also produce it. Avoiding stress, keeping a strong agni and regular exercise and proper diet are the keys. Milk, almonds, almond milk and ghee are the best sources of Ojas. Milk nourishes all seven tissues and will go where it is most needed. A weak agni or the presence of ama need to be corrected first, otherwise, milk or ghee cannot be digested and will further weaken agni.

DIET

Nutrition is called “the great medicine” in Ayurveda. Food not only makes up the body but also the mind. A wholesome, well-balanced diet is the foundation of health, strength and happiness and the key for healing any disease. Moreover: your food should be appetising and to your liking and appeal to all your senses.

A well-balanced diet consists of: 

• Two-thirds nourishing foods: Grains, Fruit, Vegetables that are rich in starch, milk and milk products should be avoided if possible – alternatively rice or almond milk, nuts, and fats.

 • And one third purifying foods: Pulses, Vegetables and Salad.

Changing your diet 

Any change should be made gradually. Introduce healthy foods and reduce unwholesome foods slowly and step by step. With practice, you will find the diet best suited to your taste and constitution.

The healing power of food 

The healing power of food comes from these 8 principles: 

1. Good quality food (organic and fresh).

 2. Preparation (freshly coooked).

 3. Food Combinations: Avoid combinations such as very cold and very hot things together, milk with fruit.

 4. Not eating too much nor too little.

 5. Regional foods are best and freshest.

 6. The season, the time of day, your phase of life all tell you which foods are best for you. 

7. The atmosphere, the state of your kitchen, and your attitude all play an important role.

 8. You, the person who eats, is more important than what you eat. The healthiest food can become poison if you are in a hurry, stressed or unhappy; have a weak agni or are ill.

9. Two Time Cooked Food Is More Then Enough For Ones Body & Health.

Sugar

White sugar is nothing but White Poison, Should be consumed in less quantity. Instead, Go for raw sugar as it is in its organic and healthy.

 It is classically made from cane sugar and comes in different forms. The two most commonly used forms today are jaggery and sharkara. Jaggery is thickened and solidified cane sugar syrup and still contains many bioactive phytochemicals. In ancient times sugar was far less available than today and was used as medicine rather than as an everyday food. According to Nature cure, it soothes vata and pitta and increases kapha, produces mucous, and can lead to asthma. With very moderate consumption sharkara only mildly increases kapha, acts as a diuretic, purifies the blood, soothes burning sensations, quenches thirst and is beneficial for the eyes.

 “If you strive for bliss, your diet should be such that new disease cannot manifest and existing disease is alleviated.”

Eat everything raw food, cooked food all kinds of food you can find but in a moderate quantity.  

That is the best and logical mantra to live 100 year-long healthy life.

And that is why at Saffron we say 2 time cooked food is more than enough to live a healthy and a blissful life. Stay healthy by eating saffron healthy food and natural herbs