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Yoga Diet - The Yogic Way of Changing Your Diet
2005-3-29 11:44:19

Introduction
Becoming a vegetarian is a good step in Changing your Diet. You are not just deciding to stop eating meat, you are opening the door to a new way of life. For some, the change is easy, for others it may take a little longer. It is best to change your diet gradually rather than drastically, slowly phasing out meat and fish and substituting them with well-balanced vegetarian foods.
Yoga Tips for Changing your Diet
To ease your transtition, we here are some pointers:
Ensure that you have a regular intake of good protein food, such as nuts, pulses, whole grains and cheese.
Eat a salad or raw vegetables every day.
Include plenty of green, leafy vegetables in your diet
If you're cooking vegetables, do it as quickly as possible in order to preserve their goodness.

Eat some fresh fruit every day.
Make sure that the food that you eat is fresh and wholesome.
Avoid denatured food such as white flour, white bread, cakes or refined cereals.
Cook only as much as you need and no more.
Be inventive and adventurous.
Learn to substitute more sattvic food for rajastic or tamastic one - use tofu instead of eggs, honey for sugar.
We truly hope that you will manage to follow these guidelines and achieve to live a healthy and happy live enjoying the best and tastiest food possible.

Warning: The Yoga Diet is not rocketscience. It is just about including more healthier food options in your diet. However, if you feel unsure on how to proceed or you have a medical condition which prevents your from radically Changing your Diet, please consult a physician first before changing any of your food patterns.

 


  

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