In every endeavour of humanity, there are laws that govern it, and our health is no exception.
There are laws in nature which when obeyed would translate into vibrant and vice versa. These are commonly termed the natural remedy, thus nature’s solution to all our health challenges.
The acronym NEWSTART is used to denote Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest and Trust in divine power, the eight gifts of nature that influences our health more than anything else in the universe.
This article is to give an overview of these eight factors and the subsequent articles would throw more light on each of them and the undisputable influence on our health.
NUTRITION: “Your food is your medicine”
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. Your food should contain grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts. Eat a nourishing diet which includes sufficient vitamins and minerals. Chew your food well and eat slowly. Have a short walk after the meal. Eat at regular time every day. This helps your digestion.
Do not eat in between meals. It will ferment the previous undigested food and will make the blood impure. There should be 5 to 6 hours gap between meals. Also it clogs the brain. Your stomach needs rest after digestion. Avoid overeating too. Overeating will cause indigestion, clogging of brain, and it will make it difficult to absorb the nutrients in it. Continual taxing of stomach will weaken your stomach and intestine. Avoid drinking water during meals.
Avoid refined sugar and refined products like white bread, white rice, and refined noodles and margarine. Your body needs vitamins and minerals in the whole grains form for good digestion. This prevents diabetes.
Avoid all fried foods. Frying in any manner, no matter what oil you use, spoils the wholesomeness of the food, because temperatures up to 600-700 o F. may be obtained. At these temperatures the unsaturated fats behave as if they were saturated. Thus fried foods, than unfried foods, increase the likelihood of developing the hardening of the arteries. Please avoid chilli and hot species, for this could cause ulcers and even make your blood acidic.
Avoid processed salt. Use less salts in your food. Our body cannot use the artificially prepared salt. Take rock salt (black salt) or sea salt. It contains minerals and trace elements. Search for it in the supermarkets or in health food stores.
It is not good to eat fruits and vegetables during the same meal. The use of both will often cause distress, and creates inability to put forth mental effort. It is better to have the fruits at one meal, and the vegetables at another. Fruits and vegetables taken at one meal produce acidity. It’s not a good combination of foods.
Acidic conditions of the body tissues is one of the basic causes of many diseases. It is therefore vitally important that there is a proper ratio between acid and alkaline foods in the diet. When you keep your body in an alkaline state, you will get strong resistance against diseases. All meat and animal products are high acid forming, and should be avoided completely. All nuts, except for almonds and brazil nuts, are acid forming; and all grains are acid forming, except buckwheat and millet. These acid forming foods should be eaten in very limited amounts.