Some rules for eating.
- Always wash, face hands, and –if possible –feet before meals.
- Never eat before sunrise or after sunset. If you eat after sunset, you must eat very light meals which are easy to digest. Like Khichrai, or soups.
- Eat only when feeling hungry and after a previous meal has been digested.
- Be mindful before eating, pay attention to your feelings and state of mind.
- Make sure to sit down in a nice pleasant comfortable environment to eat.
- Do not watch TV or do other things while eating.
- Be very attentive to all your five senses while eating, color, aromas, texture, taste, and sound of each food.
- Only sip water with meals. Do not drink chilled water or other juices.
- Never drink too hot or too cold, bring it to cool down or warm up to normal temperature.
- Include all six tastes in a day’s meal.
- Do not eat hot and cold meals together. Like never eat soups and ice-creams together at the same time.
- Avoid all in-between-meal snacks.
- Eat freshly cooked food, try avoiding leftovers for many days, and reheated many times.
- Reheating and leftover for many days destroy the prana of food.
- Reheated, frozen and canned food increases Vata.
- Never eat too fast or too slow.
- Chew food properly before swallowing.
- According to Ayurveda have a light breakfast, big lunch, and a light dinner.
- Urinate after eating. Avoid sleeping after lunch.
- Herbs: Triphala and Ashwagandha are helpful to keep the Doshas under control.
