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Ideal Menu and Timing
1. On rising early in the morning, drink a glass or two of normal water.
2. Take a glass of juice (carrot/apple-with sweet mosambi/orange) before going for a brisk walk around 7 AM (during summer – 6 AM). May take a cup of skimmed milk after vigorous yogic exercises, if it suits.
3. Lunch (12 PM)
Take good lunch (light but nutritious), as you need enough energy for working whole day (Food – Salad-consume first, 2 or 3 cups cooked vegetables, 2 or 3 bread slice or chapattis, yoghurt 1 or2 cups, steamed vegetables 1 cup
Choose your cooking oil from Table IV - OILS AND FATS
4. Around 2 PM
2 apples or 2 bananas or 2 pears or some papaya or any other sweet fruit, but one variety only.
5. Around 7 PM
Out of Total 1600 Calories consumed during the whole day, evening meal should not contain more than 350 calories. (As per your taste and choice but light e.g. a) 1 or 2 cooked vegetables with 1 chapatti and 1 cup of yoghurt or b) 1 cup soup 1 fruit and raw vegetables or c) 2 cups of skimmed milk with 1 or 2 bananas or apples or toast or bread slices.
Ideal Menu Notes
1). If you have to go out for dinner, take just a cup of skimmed milk or soup or eat some roasted grams or some fruits/vegetables at around 3 PM before going. If you take a late evening dinner, drink a glass of lemon juice (juice of 1 lemon in one glass of warm water) the following morning (empty stomach)
2). Herbs & Spices: You may use asafetida, cloves, coriander, garlic, ginger, turmeric, cumin, cardamom and pepper.
Bed tea/coffee is very harmful. Avoid tea/coffee/cold drinks, fried items always.
Abdominal Disorders
Ninety per cent of the health problems and diseases arise from abdomen through wrong eating habits. Abdomen being the store room maintaining supply line for the entire body, most health problems can be kept away if we keep our abdomen fit and efficient which is in our hands - this is the plain truth...