Yogic Eating Guidelines

• Wash your five limbs – Two hand, two feet and mouth
• Must remember to be grateful of God for having the opportunity to have that food
• Food must be cooked with pure intentions and cleanliness
• Food materials must be taken from right sources where the food are kept in clean and pure environment
• If possible, try eating your food with all the family members together, this promotes love among family members
  
• Best time for having Food- 2 hours after Sun rise and 2 hours before sunset, during this time, digestive power is more active.
• Best direction for having food is towards Facing East or North. It is said that eating food facing south goes to ghosts and facing West may invite illness.

• On Bed, on your palm, in broken plate/pan/pots, and under certain trees
• When you are feeling the pressure for going to toilet
• During tension, fight, lots of noise, anxiety, emotional stress
• While standing, with shoes on or with covered head
• While having negative feelings - such as Jealousy, Fear, Anger etc., food does not digest properly

• Food which is deep fried, heavy and takes time to digest, extremely Sour or Sweet
• Someone’s leftover, or leftover from previous day
• Half eaten fruits or sweets, or any animal took a bite
• If person serving food and bragging about it or has bad habits and/or negative tendencies

• Follow silence during the course of meal, but if you have to speak, speak positive only
• Do not eat full during evening or night
• Do not discuss any serious matter during meal
• Must chew properly for proper digestion
• First eat Sweet and/or tasty items, then salty and/or fried/heavy and then sour and/or liquid items
  
• Those who eat in moderation, are expected to stay healthy, live longer, enjoy the life with healthy and beautiful children

• Drinking water, tea/coffee or going to toilet
• Horse riding, running, sitting and/or any kind of physical exercise

7.    You should do the following after having meal

• Walking to at least 100 foot steps
• Sit in Vajrasana (only one pose recommended after the meal) to help digest the food
• Take Milk or Fruits after one hour

• During the night avoid Yogurt/Curd and/or heavy/deep fried food
• Along with Milk, you should not eat Yogurt/Curd or sour items, fish or jack fruit
• Never eat Honey and Ghee in equal amount together
• Rice pudding and Kichari at the same time

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