AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN ONE SEASON CHANGES TO OTHER THERE SHOULD BE CHANGES IN OUR DIET AND LIFESTYLE SO AS TO DEAL WITH CHANGING WEATHER WHICH HELP OUR BODY TO GET ACCOMODATED IN THE CHANGING WEATHER.
.BELOW ARE CERTAIN TIPS FOR SPRING:
DIET
- IN THE SPRING SEASON, EATING CERTAIN KINDS OF FOOD WITH ASTRINGENT ,PUNGENT ,AND BITTER FLAVORS AND MILD WARM
- EAT THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FOODS WITH A PUNGENT TASTE. PUNGENT FOODS CAN AID PERSPIRATION AND DETOXIFY ACCUMULATED KAPHA. PUNGENT FOODS INCLUDE ONION, GARLIC, GINGER, RADISH, AND CHIVES
- AVOID OVEREATING FOODS WITH SOUR ,SWEET TASTE ,FRIED TO BE AVOIDED AND FOOD TRHAT ARE COLD IN NATURE SHOULD BE AVOIDED. SOURNESS ACTS AS AN ASTRINGENT, ATTRIBUTED TO LIVER TOXICITY. OVEREATING FOOD WITH SOUR TASTE MAY IMPAIR THE LIVER’S FUNCTION. MANY KINDS OF DISEASES OR ILLNESS ARE RELATED WITH LIVER FUNCTION STAGNATION, SUCH AS DEPRESSION, DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, PAIN-SYMPTOM’S DISEASES, AND MENSTRUATION PROBLEMS. SOUR TASTE FOODS INCLUDE POMEGRANATE, BLACK PLUM, GRAPEFRUIT, UNRIPE TOMATOES, AND UNRIPE ORANGE AND TANGERINE FRUIT. FOODS WITH A COLD NATURE MAY AGGRAVATE KAPHA. COLD FOODS INCLUDE WATERMELON, BAMBOO SPROUT, AND PEAR.
- SUITING FOOD OF THE SEASON
FRUITS AND NUTS SUCH AS APPLES, DATES, WALNUTS, PEANUTS, CHESTNUTS
CEREALS, GRAINS, AND LEGUMES ie BROWN RICE, BARLEY , MILLET, OATMEAL, SORGHUM, SOYBEANS, BLACK GRAM, ADZUKI BEAN, RED KIDNEY BEAN, BROAD BEANS &BRAN
MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH: HEN, CHICKEN EGG SHOULD BE CONSUMED INTHIS SEASON.
VEGETABLES SUCH AS SEAWEEDS, MUSHROOMS:, ONIONS, RADISHES,BROCCOLI, ASPARAGUS, LETTUCE, COOKED SPINACH, CORIANDER, CAULIFLOWER, GARLIC, YAMS, CELERY, COMMON MUSHROOMS SHOULD BE CONSUMED.
BUTTERMILK IS GOOD IN THIS SEASON
HERBS, SPICES, CONDIMENTS, OILS:
PEPPERMINT, LIQUORICE, GINGER, BLACK PEPPER, HONEY, SESAME OIL, SHUNTI, PIPAALI, GUDUCHI ; MUSTA , TRIPHALA ,VIDANG, AMLA , PUDHINA,CUMIIN
LIFESTYLE
- AVOID SLEEPING DURING DAY TIME..
- DO EXERCISE DAILY DURING THIS SEASON AS IT WILL BE HELPFULIN NEUTRALISING KAPHA AGGRAVATION.
- THERAPIES RECOMMENDED IN THIS MONTH ARE MASSAGE, STEAMING, VAMAN, VIRECHAN, LEPAN.