Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Dedicated to His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(Founder Acharya- ISKCON)
Dedicated to His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(Founder Acharya- ISKCON)
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Agenda
• Lifestyle trends
• Healthy living and food-mood relation
• Vedic perspective on food
• Importance of Vegetarianism
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Some Alarming facts
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Inactivity or sedentary life style is
one of the 10 leading global causes
of death, disease and disability
Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)
WHO
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Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)
47%Overweight 27%Hypertension
10%Diabetes
WHO
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Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)
60%of world's cardiovascular diseases
By 2010, India would account for
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Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)
• Poor attention to health
Major factors that contribute to poorliving habits.
• Poor eating habits, especially eating junk food between meals
• Poor exercise habits
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Alarming facts(current lifestyle in India)
Malnourished and has little access to health foods
Over-nourished and has excessive intake of calories and fatty food
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Foods you eat can effect your moods including your level of alertness
& your behavior
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Hindu
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
The science of nutrition and healthy livingare presented in elaborate detail in
the Bhagavad-gita
• Increase the duration of life
• Purify the mind
• Aid bodily strength
Purpose of food:
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Food can be categorized in three modes
Satvik- mode of goodness
Rajsik- mode of passion
Tamsik- mode of ignorance
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Satvik-mode of goodness(Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart and pure in nature)
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(Foods those are bitter, too salty, or too hot or overly mixed with red pepper)
Rajsik-mode of passion
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Tamsik-mode of ignorance(Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable)
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Embrace Vegetarianism
For healthy living, it is important to
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WHY
?
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Human anatomy11
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HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Teeth:
Incisors
Teeth:Canines
Short and pointed
Long, sharpand curved to
tear flesh
Broad, flattened
and spade shaped
Dull and short
Well
developed
Good side-to-
side motion
The comparative anatomy of eating
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Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
1. Human Being2. Cow3. Cat4. Dog5. Horse
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HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Teeth:
Molars
Chewing
Sharp
None, swallows
food whole
Flattened
Extensive chewing
Flattened
Extensive chewing
The comparative anatomy of eating
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HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
SalivaCarbohydrate
digesting
enzymes not
present< pH 1
(to digest tough
animal muscle,
bone, etc.)
pH 4 to 5
Acidic saliva: Alkaline saliva: Alkaline saliva:
Carbohydrate
digesting
enzymes
present
Carbohydrate
digesting
enzymes
present
pH 4 to 5Stomach
acidity with
food in it
The comparative anatomy of eating
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HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Length of small Intestine
Colon
3 to 6 times
body length
Simple, short and smooth
> 10 times body length
Long,
complex
10 to11
times body
length
Long,
complex
The comparative anatomy of eating
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
The comparative anatomy of eating
HumanHerbivoreCarnivoreComparison
Perspiration
Nails
No skin pores,
perspires
through tongue
Sharp claws
Perspires through millions
of skin pores
Flattened nails
or blunt hooves
Perspires through millions
of skin pores
Flattened nails
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Your Health22
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Vegetarians overall are
20% less likely to die from heart attack
than meat-eaters
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“90% - 97% of heart diseases can be prevented by a
vegetarian diet.”Courtesy: Journal of the American Medical Association
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Meat contains 14 times more chemicals and pesticides
than plant foods
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33 Cruelty to animals
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In the U.S. alone
6,60,000 animals
are killed for meat
every hour
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The ModernSlaughterhouse
Worse than hell !
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Secrets of Success Healthy living and Food habits
Music legend and animal advocate Paul McCartney
“If the windows of slaughter
houses are made of
glasses, no one in the
world would be a
non-vegetarian.”
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“While our bodies are the living graves of
murdered animals, how can
we expect any ideal conditions
on earth?”George Bernard Shaw
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44 Aggravating world hunger
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Help end world hunger
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16 kg grain20 people
1 kg beef 2 people
Access?
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Karmic consequences55
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By inflicting injury, pain and death, one must in the future experience the sufferings caused
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Mahabharata mentions …
• The purchaser of flesh performs violence by his wealth
• He who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste
• The killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal
All of these are to be considered meat-eaters
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Reasons to be a vegetarian
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Vegetarianism Myths
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1) Vegetarians can’t get enough protein
Myth
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Ample sources of protein
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2) Vegetarians lack energy and strength
Mistaken belief that eating meat is necessary for
good health and strength
“Ridiculous fallacy”(Dave Scott – Greatest triathlete)
Myth
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3) Even vegetarians are equally guilty of killing,
if animals feel pain so do plants, is that also not
equal to killing?
Myth
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Famous vegetarians
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Physical wellness
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yuktähära-vihärasyayukta-ceñöasya karmasuyukta-svapnävabodhasyayogo bhavati duùkha-hä
He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing
the yoga system. (Bhagavad-gétä 6.17)
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Regulated eating
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Don’t eat just before bedtime Don’t eat just before bedtime
Eat a light meal to avoid indigestion
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Avoid/Minimize
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Drink Plenty of Water
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Eat satvik food
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By transforming your diet, you can reshape your body, mood, energy
levels, and overall wellness
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Regulated sleeping
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How many hours a person should sleep in a day?
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Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise
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Regulated recreation
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Spend time for self development and sharpening ‘SQ’
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Regulated work
Don’t forget the goal of life
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Set your priorities
right
“What is important in
life?”
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• Food you eat affects your mood, behavior and overall wellness
Summary
• Embrace vegetarianism and eat sattvik food
• Regulate your eating, sleeping, recreation and work
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Q & A
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Thank you
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