Talk Ayurveda Slide Show

a Talk on Ayurveda by Darshana Thacker

What is Vegan Diet?
A vegan diet is that which does not use any animal product (meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy) and any by-products derived from them. Many people turn to a vegan lifestyle for better health, ethical and environmental reasons.

AYURVEDA
Ayurveda medicine follows the principles of health and prevention of diseases with the aid of intensive knowledge and study of physiology, pathology, different diseases, and their treatments with diet, herbs remedies, cleansing therapies, exercise, meditation.

Divisions in Ayurveda
There are 3 body constitutions (doshas)
Vata (air)
Pita (fire)
Kapha (earth)

Taste (rasa)
There are six tastes - sweet, sour, salt, bitter, pungent and astringent.

Qualities (gunas) Vata Dryness, cold, rough, light, subtle and movement. Primary is cold Pita Sticky, deep, hot, light, bad odorous, free flowing and liquid. Primary is hot. Kapha Sticky, cold, heavy, smooth, slimy and static. Primary is cold.

A well-balanced Ayurvedic diet has a lot of variety

Vegan Diet
Three main reasons to choose a vegan diet:
Health
Ethical
Environment

HEALTH
The modern man is facing an epidemic of chronic diseases and there is a constant search to find a cure and a preventive measure for these diseases.
Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity etc.
According to the World Health Organization - Overall, 2.7 million deaths are attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake.
How does a vegan diet help YOU!

Many of the health risks of meat, dairy and poultry.
Diabetes
Cancer
High Cholesterol
Heart disease
High Blood Pressure
Obesity
Hormonal disease

Diabetes
Diabetes is increasing in India at an epidemic rate
India is believed to have the highest number of diabetics in the world, as high as 20 million.
Rapid increase in weigh, obesity and lack of exercise are the main causes

Cancer
The World Health Organization has determined that dietary factors account for at least 30 percent of all cancers in Western countries and up to 20 percent in developing countries

Many of the health risks of meat, dairy and poultry.
Diabetes
Cancer
High Cholesterol
Heart disease
High Blood Pressure
Obesity
Hormonal disease

Where do you get your protein?
Sources of Protein
100 gm Soya 36.49 100 gm Mug beans 23.86 100 gm Masoor (Lentil) 26 110 gm Chicken 28 110 gm Lamb 30 100 gm Eggs 12.6 110 gm Fish 20-25

The Ethical Reason

The Environmental Reason
Deforestation
Unsustainable pressure on land
Harmful impact from the manufacture of pesticide, herbicide and fertilizers
Unsustainable use of water including groundwater extraction
Pollution of soil, water and air from fertilizers and from manure
Land degradation
Loss of biodiversity due to single crop farming for feed crop.

The Environmental Reason Deforestation Water waste due to animal waste

Ayurvedic Vegan Food uses a variety of natural ingredients Fruits Vegetables Nuts Seed Grains

Suggested reading on Ayurveda and Veganism
Veganism
The China Study
By T. Colin Campbell PhD. & Thomas M. Campbell
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
Mad Cowboy
by Howard Lyman
Being Vegan
by By Joanne Stepaniak
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes
by Dr. Neal D. Barnard, MD
Dr. John McDougall's Digestive Tune-up
www.drmcdougall.com
Ayurveda
The Ayurvedic Diet
By Dennis Thompson
Ayurveda - A Life of Balance: The Complete Guide to Ayurvedic Nutrition & Body Types with Recipes
By Maya Tiwari
Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing: A Practical Guide
By Vasant D. Lad
"The Complete Illustrated Guide To Ayurveda"
By Gopi Warrier & Deepika Gunawant, MD

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