Diet and Lifestyle during winter season as per Ayurveda

FOODS DURING WINTER
SEASON
AS PER AYURVEDA
( HEMANT RITUCHARYA AS PER AYURVEDA )
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OVERVIEW -
 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.

CONT…
 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).

CONT…
 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.

WINTER SEASON (HEMANT RITU)
 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.

CONT…
 Winter season causes health
problems when suitable
precautions and safety
measures are not taken.

CONT…
 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.

CONT…
 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.

CONT…
 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.

NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT FOODS & LIFESTYLE
DURING WINTER SEASON AS
PER AYURVEDA TO STAY
HEALTHY

PREFFERED
DIET

You can eat more sour, sweet
and salty foods to satisfy
bodies metabolic desires.

JAGGERY
Sweet products made from
sugarcane extracts like
jaggery etc.

MILK AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS
Milk and dairy products
should be consumed like
cheese, butter, cow ghee
etc.

TEA WITH GINGER AND TULSI
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.

TURMERIC
 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
One can add it into various
curries or can be taken with
milk.

HONEY
Honey should be consumed
daily as it helps in avoiding
diseases caused by Kapha.

CITRUS FRUITS
 Citrus fruits, including lemons, limes,
oranges and grapefruit, are at their
juiciest in the wintertime and can
add sunshine to the dreary winter.

Cont…
 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.

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.

Cont…
 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.

GARLIC
 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.

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.

Cont…
 This herb contains essential oils,
protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron,
vitamin C, choline, folate, inositol,
manganese, silicon, and a small
amount of vitamin B3.

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.

Cont…
 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.

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.

Cont…
 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.

NON VEG
 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
 Special herbal wines (not to be
consumed for intoxication) and
honey can be taken to keep
body warm.

REGULAR EXCERCISE
People should exercise
regularly.
Exercise can help cure
seasonal affective
disorders.

EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT
 Exposure to sunlight and fire
to keep yourself warm.
 On other hand, everyone
knows that sunlight in a
natural source of Vitamin D
also.

WEAR WARM CLOTHES
 In winter season -Wear warm,
woolen clothes.
 Cover your body properly while
exposing cold wind to prevent
from cold, cough, allergy and
asthma.

OIL MASSAGE (SNEHAN)
 Oil massage (Snehan) helps
you get relaxed to the core
during the cold season and to
retain body moisture.

STEAM BATH (SWEDAN)
 Steam bath (Swedan) should
be taken regularly.

DIET
TO
AVOID

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.

LESS DIET
 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.

OVEREATING
Care should be taken not to
over eat and eat enough to
satiate hunger.

BITTER AND SPICY FOODS
 Bitter and spicy foods should
be avoided as they tend to
increase dryness in the body.

LIFESTYLE
 Avoid Laziness and leisure
 Avoid Dryness increasing
activities
 Avoid To stay in direct air
 Avoid Exposure to chilled wind

CONCLUSION
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.

Cont…
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.

Cont…
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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