Art of healthy eating is a way to enhance our eating habits and healthy diet for attaining the good benefits of it to our body. Features mentioned in Indian vedas and texts helps to learn and directs a right path for our thoughts, choice of food and time for healthy mind and body.

1. Art of Healthy Eating
By :- Dr. Arunesh Parashar, Head of Department, Department of Tourism Management
Dr. Shailendra Dubey, Department of Yogic Science
Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar

2. Food (Definition, Meaning and significance)
• Food is anything that you can eat
and digest.
• Your body needs food to grow and
live.
• Food is any substance consumed to
provide nutritional support for
an organism.
Characteri
stics
Nutrition,
minerals,
proteins,
chemicals etc.
Appearance
Hunger
Health

3. आयु:सत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतितििर्धना: |
रस्या: तिग्धा: स्थिरा हृद्या आहारा: सास्त्त्वकतप्रया:
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कट्वम्ललिणात्युष्णिीक्ष्णरूक्षतिदातहन: |
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दु:खशोकामयप्रदा: || 9||
याियामं गिरसं पूति पयुधतििं च यि् |
उस्िष्टमतप चामेध्यं भोजनं िामसतप्रयम् || 10||
गीता, 17 अध्याय

4. खाने मे मुख्य तथ्य
खखलाने वाले का प्रेम भोजन का संस्कार
खानपान हमारे जीवन का बडा अंग है।यह हमारे वयखिव को भी प्रदर्शित करता है।

5. Health (Definition, Meaning and significance)
• Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and
infirmity".
• According to ayurveda balance of vatta, pitta and kapha.
• Balance of body and mind

6. Food and Health
• Panch tatva (Natural element) effects :- five elements
plays a vital role in development of body, mind and food
• Mental effects ( जैसा खाए अन्न वैसा बने मन )
• Social effects :- impact of social and geographical
surroundings
• Spiritual effects :- ancient ways such as fasting , duration
of gap between meals , practices (emotions, thoughts,
rituals) involved in making food.

7. Management of Healthy Diet
Hitbhuk
Mitbhuk
Ritbhuk
Healthy is one who eats the right type of food
The one who eats in moderation
One who eats according to season; and what
has earned through righteous means

8. Harmful effects of unbalanced diet
• An unbalanced or imbalanced diet is one that consists of either too much or too little protein, fats, carbohydrates,
fibre, vitamins, minerals and fluids – the essential components of a healthy and nutritious diet.
Negative impacts of unbalanced diet
Effect in body Effect in mind

9. Effects in Body
• Obesity
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease & stroke
• Nutritional deficiency
• Tooth decay
• Vitamin deficiency

10. Effects in Mind
• Anxiety
• Tension
• Stress
• Depression
• Poor body image
• Self esteem
• Complications

11. Tri-dosha System
Imbalance of Tri-dosh system = illness

12. Medicinal Feature of balanced diet-1
Balanced diet :- A balanced diet gives your body the nutrients it needs to function correctly. To
get the nutrition you need, most of your daily calories should come from:
•fresh fruits
•fresh vegetables
•Satvik (yogic) food
•Whole grains
•legumes
•nuts
•lean proteins

14. Medicinal Feature of balanced and healthy diet-2
Positive impact of balanced diet:-
• Supports muscles
• Boosts immunity
• Strengthen bones
• Lower risk of heart diseases
• Helps the digestive system
• Better mood
• Improve memory
• Brain health
• Build confidence

15. Medicinal view of balanced and healthy diet – 3
(observation part)
• Physical Effect
• Mental Effect
• Social Effect
• Spiritual Effect

16. • Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Medicinal view of balanced and healthy diet-4 (observation part)

17. Psychosomatic effects of Balanced diet
• Awareness
• Positive Thought
• Physical and mental excellence
• Enhanced metabolic rate
• Strength , Endurance and power
• Concentration
• Confidence
• Zeal and enthusiasm
• First step towards yogasanas , pranayama and mudra bandha
• Helpful in performing meditation

18. Old is Gold : - Insights of Holistic diet & health
• Role of Indian spices
• Role of dadi – nani ke nuskhe
• Hidden secrets in traditional texts (arsh granth)
• Role of Indian (natural) lifestyle Vs westernization
• Role of Indian medicinal herbs and plants
• Organic farming
• Rishi & dev Parampara
• Logic behind fairs and festivals
• Vatika concept (panch vatika , tulsi vatika , navgrah vatika etc.)
• Mysterious facts about Atharva veda
• Spiritual Diagnosis

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