1. BEST FOOD FOR OUR BODY

CHAPTER 1

BEST FOOD FOR OUR BODY

When we purchase a new vehicle, we are very careful about the petrol we put into the vehicle. Suppose some body says that petrol is available at a cheaper rate in a small shop. Will you immediately go and purchase it for your vehicle? No. You will laugh and say that you do not want to spoil your vehicle by putting such sub standard petrol into it. You will still go to a standard petrol pump and purchase petrol there. You know very well that if you put sub standard petrol into your vehicle, it will get spoiled soon.

We are all souls. And a soul is nothing but energy. This energy needs a body to fulfil the millions of dreams it has. Hence it takes a vehicle ie. body. It goes about doing various activities using this body. When the body becomes old and useless, it discards this body and takes another body. The process continues till the soul is freed from all desires for a new birth. After that it remains as an energy and does not have to take up another life.

Coming to our body, it is a vehicle for us to go about doing our duties. We have to make sure that it lasts at least 70 to 80 years so that we get enough time to fulfil our dreams. And also, it must run smoothly without giving us any trouble. For this, we must first understand what type of fuel we have to put into this vehicle of ours so that it will run smoothly for at least 70 to 80 years.

Looking at the nature of a human body, it is clear that it is made to consume fruits, vegetables and nuts. Hence the best food for a human body is raw fruits, raw vegetables and raw nuts. The best drink is pure water. You might argue that man cannot live without cooked food. But remember that fire was discovered by man. What about the people who lived before fire was discovered? What did they eat? Of course, the habit pattern of our mind and body has changed through years. Our mind is convinced that this body cannot live without cooked food. If four persons sit at a place and start fasting, it is the person with the weakest mind that dies first and not the person with the weakest body! This shows how important our mind is.

Unfortunately food has become one of the means of enjoyment for the human beings. We put all types of food into our mouth without thinking of the effect of this food on our body. We forget that taste is felt only by the tongue. Once it enters the throat there is no taste at all! Through the years quality of food available in the market has deteriorated a lot. Even fresh vegetables have become slow poison due to the pesticides, fertilisers and chemicals added to them. The oil used to prepare food is no longer pure. People have become careless and lazy. Earning money has become the main goal of every human being. Corruption is rampant in all departments of life.

 A person who has his own vegetable garden is the luckiest person. He can grow fresh vegetables best for his body. But not all are lucky. We have to depend on the fruits and vegetables available in the market.

Some people eat wrong foods and yet they are healthy. And some others always eat healthy foods and yet they are unhealthy. This is due to their good and bad karma. Some people eat wrong foods but their good karma saves them from sickness! But this does not mean that we must become disheartened and stop caring about what we eat. Unfortunately we can never know what type of karma we have in our stock. So why take the risk? Let us make sure that we eat good food and keep our body fit. It is our duty to put healthy food into our mouth and keep our body fit. Hence eating unhealthy food and making our body suffer can also create a bad karma. We are not supposed to harm our body in any way.

Salads must form a compulsory dish during lunch or dinner. Fresh vegetables cut into small pieces or grated with a bit of salt and lemon juice to taste. Carrot, cucumber, coriander leaves, beetroot, etc can be used raw for the salad. You can add germinated grams too.