Sattvic Way of Eating

OP;

I appreciate what you were trying to bring to the table with your post, however, people around here are hungry, and can be very cranky and LITERAL, very very literal. :ohwell: :laugh:

Some things get nitpicked to death but it's the nature of the beast, don't take it personally. :drinker:

I'm not hungry.

Anyone else not hungry?

Not hungry.

Full disclosure: Not my own words below, I copied this from another thread. I think it was well said...

"Wow this site is full of bad advice and misinformation. People running around spewing nonsense that has been outdated forever. Then 1 guy comes around trying to give some basic advice and everyone jumps down his throat. I wish the people in this thread going at the OP would take the time to sit around and correct every bad thread started per day, and there are tons along with the people who run around given horrific advice.

I would like to say people are smart enough to realize if someone is giving them bad advice (which I don't personally feel OP has) that they can easily do some research to figure things out. A lot of people need to concern themselves less with what others are doing and more with actually losing weight and getting healthy instead of just spewing off at the mouth.

If you don't like what the OP is saying then say your piece and keep it moving. There are tons of people online on this site right now given advice that need to be ripped apart. Go at them"

Ayurveda is a 5000 year old system of natural healing.

That still doesn't make it fact.

What Is The Best Time To Eat?

—Ayurveda says that in our manipuraka region (navel region) we have what is known as digestive fire (jatara agni). This jatara agni is closely related to the sun. When the sun is out, it means your digestion is functioning at its optimum. Always aim to eat your meals between sunrise and sunset (not before or after). Eat light, sattvic and pure foods for breakfast – fresh squeezed juice, fresh fruit etc. —Our jatara agni is at is strongest when the sun is at its highest in the sky (at approximately 1pm). It is best to eat our largest meal during 12pm and 2pm. The evening meal should again be light and best eaten before the sun goes down for the day.

How To Eat?

Devote at least half and hour to eat and digest each meal. Remember that one fourth of your food is taken through the eye (sense of seeing) so serve your dish on a beautiful plate - you are worth your best cutlery! It is also a nice practice to set the table you are eating at decoratively. Play some beautiful, calming music while you eat your meals.

Gratitude:
—Say a small prayer before eating your food. It doesn’t have to be too elaborate, simply just say a small thank you for the food that you have and that is about to become part of your body.

Fragrance of the food:
—Bring your face toward the food and inhale the fragrance of the food. Enjoy the different aromas of the food. Allow this sense to be filled.

Touch the food:
—Touch the food with both hands and all fingers, feel the textures. All five fingers have minor chakras. Therefore, when we touch the food, we send a signal to our digestive system that you are about to ingest food.

Eating the food:
—Let the first morsel be a sacred act to yourself. —Chew the food 32 times – or until food is pulp in the mouth. We do this for two reasons. The first is, when you chew the food slowly, your system has time to understand that enough food has been eaten. You won't overeat when you chew the food slowly. The second reason is, when you chew the food well, the digestive process begins in the mouth itself where the enzymes in the saliva can start to breakdown the food. When the food reaches your stomach, it does not have to work so hard to breakdown all the food. Breaking down food in the stomach takes more energy than running around your street block. That is why we feel very tired after a meal. Have positivity when you are eating and digesting your food.

Leave some room:
—You should only fill three quarters of your stomach. Leave the final quarter for some water and air. Small sips of warm water can be taken during meal. Never drink cold drinks during a meal as they can weaken your digestive fire. Leave a complete half an hour after your meal, than you can drink a full glass of warm water if it is required. —One can sip water throughout the day. It greases the system and breaks down what is known as ama which is residue of your digestion.

Sit in vajrasana to help digestion:
—Sit in the vajrasana position (sitting on your heels, knees and feet together) for 3-5 minutes after a meal. This position can help the food to digest as a lot of blood will be bought to that area. It helps to remove gas and prevent bloating. The posture will help you to feel light and energized after the meal. Never lay down or sleep after a meal. Sleeping after a meal is a 100% guaranteed way to put on weight.

Foods to be avoided in sattvic eating:
processed and refined foods, —canned foods, frozen foods, food with preservatives, artifical flavors, aromas and colors added, anything packaged

Foods to be encouraged in sattvic eating:
Lots of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables and other organic products.

Sleeping after a meal is a 100% guaranteed way to put on weight.

:laugh:

The same thing was told by a family friend. She was an old lady but when she was young, she was a prima ballerina of Opera De Paris. After that she was one of the leading ballet teachers.

She always told me to stand up after a meal, it'd help to avoid putting on weight. If lay down it'd caused weight gain. And of course no food after 6 pm, not even tea.

She was a wonderful old lady of 90 something years old and her weight never was more than 50 kilos in her life.

Ballerinas are notorious for anorexia and having dangerous, unrealistic, and unsustainable eating habits and too-low body fat percentages. That's a nice anecdote and I'm sure she was a swell lady, but I don't think I ever want to take nutrition advice from someone deeply steeped in that sort of crowd.

I'm sorry but that comment just shows that you have no idea about ballet or ballerinas. And you dont know the definition of anorexia. As the matter of fact my mom also a ballerina and I was a dancer of modern dance for decades.

There is no anorexia in ballet. Period. Anorexia is a psychological problem when a person thinks he/she is fat. For ballerinas it is a REQUIREMENT to be less than 50 kilos otherwise they're not suitable for dancing with a partner and in some cases and movements might hurt his health. In ballet schools the requirement is 48 kilos maximum otherwise a student is not eligible for exams.

I've never in my life met an anorexic ballerina. Ever. They need a lot of energy and nutritious food to perform so they actually eat a lot. But at the same time they must maintain their appearance. It's their job requirement and duty.

That's the requirement of art that ballet is and I strongly recommend you to educate yourself and visit a theatre at least once in your life.

I don't know what the @!@!@## you are talking about. I live in Alaska and we don't even have sunlight for half of the year. When do we eat?

I'm sorry but that comment just shows that you have no idea about ballet or ballerinas. And you dont know the definition of anorexia. As the matter of fact my mom also a ballerina and I was a dancer of modern dance for decades.

There is no anorexia in ballet. Period. Anorexia is a psychological problem when a person thinks he/she is fat. For ballerinas it is a REQUIREMENT to be less than 50 kilos otherwise they're not suitable for dancing with a partner and in some cases and movements might hurt his health. In ballet schools the requirement is 48 kilos maximum otherwise a student is not eligible for exams.

I've never in my life met an anorexic ballerina. Ever. They need a lot of energy and nutritious food to perform so they actually eat a lot. But at the same time they must maintain their appearance. It's their job requirement and duty.

That's the requirement of art that ballet is and I strongly recommend you to educate yourself and visit a theatre at least once in your life.

Do you know all the ballet dancers that have ever lived to make such an absolute statement?

I find it really hard to believe that a profession that REQUIRES a woman to weigh less than 110 lbs doesn't push some into anorexia. You have to be 5'4" or shorter, otherwise at 110 lbs you're underweight according to BMI.

With normal body fat % it's already underweight. Since ballet dancers (like all professional dancers) are actually quite muscular, the weight ceiling can easily push the BF to a dangerously low level.

For sure many ballet dancers are genetically gifted and naturally thin, but they can't all be that lucky.

Sleeping after a meal is a 100% guaranteed way to put on weight.

:laugh:

The same thing was told by a family friend. She was an old lady but when she was young, she was a prima ballerina of Opera De Paris. After that she was one of the leading ballet teachers.

She always told me to stand up after a meal, it'd help to avoid putting on weight. If lay down it'd caused weight gain. And of course no food after 6 pm, not even tea.

She was a wonderful old lady of 90 something years old and her weight never was more than 50 kilos in her life.

Ballerinas are notorious for anorexia and having dangerous, unrealistic, and unsustainable eating habits and too-low body fat percentages. That's a nice anecdote and I'm sure she was a swell lady, but I don't think I ever want to take nutrition advice from someone deeply steeped in that sort of crowd.

I'm sorry but that comment just shows that you have no idea about ballet or ballerinas. And you dont know the definition of anorexia. As the matter of fact my mom also a ballerina and I was a dancer of modern dance for decades.

There is no anorexia in ballet. Period. Anorexia is a psychological problem when a person thinks he/she is fat. For ballerinas it is a REQUIREMENT to be less than 50 kilos otherwise they're not suitable for dancing with a partner and in some cases and movements might hurt his health. In ballet schools the requirement is 48 kilos maximum otherwise a student is not eligible for exams.

I've never in my life met an anorexic ballerina. Ever. They need a lot of energy and nutritious food to perform so they actually eat a lot. But at the same time they must maintain their appearance. It's their job requirement and duty.

That's the requirement of art that ballet is and I strongly recommend you to educate yourself and visit a theatre at least once in your life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22985310
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/feb/06/ballet-anorexia-la-scala
http://www.something-fishy.org/cultural/ballet.php
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/kathleen-rea/eating-disorder-ballet_b_2235176.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8865353
etc.
etc..
etc...

Bull****.

I don't know ANY ballerinas in La Scalla with anorexia. As the matter of fact they're pretty fat and bad trained in the La Scala. That's the main reason for the last couple of seasons they've been hiring Russians andFrench as guest stars.

La Scalla is famous for opera, not ballet.

Maybe someone is with anorexia in La Scala but they wouldn't be neither the leaders (I know all of them), nor in corps De ballet. If someone is anorexic, she must be in the last line of the corps and which is the reason why she is there.

I'm sorry but that comment just shows that you have no idea about ballet or ballerinas. And you dont know the definition of anorexia. As the matter of fact my mom also a ballerina and I was a dancer of modern dance for decades.

There is no anorexia in ballet. Period. Anorexia is a psychological problem when a person thinks he/she is fat. For ballerinas it is a REQUIREMENT to be less than 50 kilos otherwise they're not suitable for dancing with a partner and in some cases and movements might hurt his health. In ballet schools the requirement is 48 kilos maximum otherwise a student is not eligible for exams.

I've never in my life met an anorexic ballerina. Ever. They need a lot of energy and nutritious food to perform so they actually eat a lot. But at the same time they must maintain their appearance. It's their job requirement and duty.

That's the requirement of art that ballet is and I strongly recommend you to educate yourself and visit a theatre at least once in your life.

Do you know all the ballet dancers that have ever lived to make such an absolute statement?

I find it really hard to believe that a profession that REQUIRES a woman to weigh less than 110 lbs doesn't push some into anorexia. You have to be 5'4" or shorter, otherwise at 110 lbs you're underweight according to BMI.

With normal body fat % it's already underweight. Since ballet dancers (like all professional dancers) are actually quite muscular, the weight ceiling can easily push the BF to a dangerously low level.

For sure many ballet dancers are genetically gifted and naturally thin, but they can't all be that lucky.

Considering the fact that I grow up in one of the most famous ballet theatre in the world and was surrounded and raised by ballet professionals, I think I can make that statement. There's no anorexia in ballet. They don't see themselves fat. Their goal is physical beauty as it is required by the art of performance but they never starve themselves to be just thin, it would lead to sickness and lost of ability to work The female ballet dancers have muscles, fat %, and proportions most fitness models can dream of.

The muscle depends on the ballet school. Russian school demands more muscle strength due to harder work than the French ballet school. Russians have leaner longer muscles and can be differentiated in the mass of dancers, also their technique is far advanced. French dancers are as thin as Russians but have significantly less muscle tone. American school is very strong in modern dance but weak in classic ballet therefore due to the modern dance moves American ballet dancers are bulkier than Europeans. Also Americans are less strict on beauty requirements

Of course they're all naturally thin in addition to the hard work done. At least in Europe the students are accepted at the age of 8, and it's obvious if the kids have talent, physical requirements, stretching, body proportions, beauty,etc.

I'm really sad you guys are so uneducated about theatre.

The people who developed this did not live in Northern Michigan. "You now have two hours to meet your daily allotment of calories before the sun goes down. Good luck."

That would be winter. In the summer, I'd be eating at 10pm and whistlin' Dixie.

I will post this from the guidelines as to why many people are suggesting the OP create a group about this topic.


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I do personally believe this topic falls under this guideline as it is based off of religion/spirituality and not science. You may not believe it, but I am about as open to beliefs in spirituality as can be. However, I do not believe a "diet" based off of it should be pushed as being accurate when there is also no science to back it. That is where my issue with the OP comes from. There are items within it that are scientifically false. This is not a "my opinion" situation. This is about a post that is giving flat out incorrect information that can not be backed by the scientific community (based off of peer reviewed scientific study).