As more and more Americans work hard to keep the pounds off, an interesting study shows that when you eat is just as important as what you eat for weight loss.
According to a study recently published by researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, mice dropped 40% of their weight just by not eating after 7:00 p.m.
This is a familiar idea for those of us who have been practicing Ayurvedic principles. In Ayurvedic terminology, the daily routine (called dinacharya in Sanskrit. Pronounced ‘dee-na-chari-a’), is structured around basic rhythms of the sun, moon and your body. These rhythms are powerful indeed and good things happen when we respect these natural cycles.
For instance, one of the major principles of the Ayurvedic daily routine is to eat your main meal at noon, when the sun is at its zenith and the digestive fire is strongest inside you. (Another secret to healthy weight: a strong digestive fire, or agni) And a corollary to that is: eat light at night, early in the evening, and allow your digestive system to cleanse and repair itself all through the night while you sleep.
This study is a great validation of the power of these age-old insights, and the simple, natural principles of Maharishi Ayurveda. Sleep is considered a significant period for daily natural detoxing; and Ayurveda has long recommended herbs and other modalities to support ideal deep sleep and strong digestion.
Life in tune with the rhythms of nature has multiple benefits. Healthy weight may just be one of them.
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About Linda Egenes
Linda Egenes has written over 400 articles on Maharishi Ayurveda, sustainability, and travel for publications such as Alternative Medicine, AAA Living, and LA Yoga. With Kumuda Reddy, M.D., she has co-authored three books on Maharishi Ayurveda, including the recently released Super Healthy Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Maharishi Ayurveda. Visit her website at www.lindaegenes.com.
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Many research workers have reasoned that the mixture of an extravagant nutrient consumption and an inactive life-style are the major causes for the speedy increase in rate of obesity in Western culture in the last quarter of the twentieth Century.
Yes. Ayurveda take the view that the intelligence in Nature, expressed in whole pure foods is a sophisticated concentrated source of nourishment at macro and micro levels. Even Ayurvedic herbals are formulated on this principle. The herbs are viewed as specialty concentrated foods. The texts specify many steps of preparation, temperatures, harvesting methods and timings – just to protect this inherent intelligence in any herb. This is the goal of traditional Ayurvedic production methods: protecting and evolving the intelligence of the plants. It is time-consuming; costly and takes care and attention to detail, but the result is a formulation that is brimming with that intelligence, which you, the individual ‘upload’ into your operating system. In computer parlance, the herbals are upgrades for weak code in your biological software. Who wants weak messy incomplete code in an upload?
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Sleep is one of the secrets of Ayurveda. It’s a powerful technique for detox, evolution, energy, beauty, balanced weight, balanced moods and spirituality, to name a few.
Ayurvedic principles. In Ayurvedic terminology, the daily routine (called dinacharya in Sanskrit. Pronounced ‘dee-na-chari-a’), is structured around basic rhythms of the sun, moon and your body. These rhythms are powerful indeed and good things happen when we respect these natural cycles.
This study is a great validation of the power of these age-old insights, and the simple, natural principles of Maharishi Ayurveda. Sleep is considered a significant period for daily natural detoxing; and Ayurveda has long recommended herbs and other modalities to support ideal deep sleep and strong digestion.
Many research workers have reasoned that the mixture of an extravagant nutrient consumption and an inactive life-style are the major causes for the speedy increase in rate of obesity in Western culture in the last quarter of the twentieth Century.
Yes. Ayurveda take the view that the intelligence in Nature, expressed in whole pure foods is a sophisticated concentrated source of nourishment at macro and micro levels. Even Ayurvedic herbals are formulated on this principle. The herbs are viewed as specialty concentrated foods. The texts specify many steps of preparation, temperatures, harvesting methods and timings – just to protect this inherent intelligence in any herb. This is the goal of traditional Ayurvedic production methods: protecting and evolving the intelligence of the plants. It is time-consuming; costly and takes care and attention to detail, but the result is a formulation that is brimming with that intelligence, which you, the individual ‘upload’ into your operating system. In computer parlance, the herbals are upgrades for weak code in your biological software. Who wants weak messy incomplete code in an upload?
I as well as my friends came looking through the great helpful tips on the blog and so unexpectedly I got a terrible suspicion I had not thanked the blog owner for those secrets. Most of the men had been as a consequence joyful to learn them and now have sincerely been having fun with those things. Appreciation for simply being quite kind and then for having variety of beneficial information millions of individuals are really eager to know about. Our own honest regret for not expressing appreciation to you earlier.
Thank you Alan.
Good day! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and tell you I genuinely enjoy reading through your posts. Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that cover the same subjects? Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much Venice
I�m not sure where you are getting your info, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for wonderful information I was looking for this information for my mission.
Sleep is one of the secrets of Ayurveda. It’s a powerful technique for detox, evolution, energy, beauty, balanced weight, balanced moods and spirituality, to name a few.