Deepak Chopra's 6 Tips How to Stop Counting Calories, Eat What You Love, and Lose Weight

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The main difference between modern Western nutrition and Ayurvedic perspectives is the materialist view of reality vs a view that includes values at other levels.

Western nutritionist:

Protein. Carbohydrates, fats, minerals, cholesterol, vitamins, calories, etc

Ayurvedic:

Also, consider food’s intelligence value that exists at the point of mind/body junction.

The most important method to identify the qualities of intelligence is based on taste.

Use your taste and follow your instincts.

Examples of each taste:

Sweet: sugar, honey, rice, pasta, milk, cream, butter

Sour: lemon, cheese, yogurt, plums, vinegar

Salty: any salty food

Pungent: chili peppers, ginger, hot spice

Bitter: greens such as endive, spinach, romaine lettuce

Astringent: beans, lentils, pomegranates, apples, pears

The six tastes are digested in an orderly progression:

Sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.

The six tastes balance a diet and create a feeling of satisfaction.

6 Tips on What to Eat and Lose Weight

1. The first principle is: The fresher the food, the better. (But fresh does not mean raw. Favor freshly cooked, balanced, wholesome meals, with plenty of freshly cooked vegetables and whole grains.)

2. Include foods from all six tastes in your diet every day.

3. Avoid food that caused you problems. Most people should avoid heavy dairy products such as milk, cream, ice cream, and butter.

4. Avoid cucumbers, green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale, sprouts, and grapes

5. Avoid deep-fried, oily, greasy foods that are difficult to digest.

6. Avoid packaged foods and foods prepared with artificial chemicals and preservatives.

2 Guidelines on How to eat your meals for better Digestion?

1. Eat in the sequence that mimics the order in which the body digests them. This optimizes your digestion.

2. Eat only one food at a time. This helps your body digest easier.

What to eat:

1. Grains: rice, barley, corn, millet, buckwheat, and rye.

2. Honey: ideal sweetener

3. Fruits: apples, pomegranates, pears, and oranges

4. Fiber: better from whole foo

ds rather than from supplements

1. Meat: Vegetarian diet is preferred but you do not need to make a dramatic change. You could begin to increase more fresh fruits, vegetables, and grains and diminish the amount of meat in your diet.