A healthy metabolism is essential for the body’s proper functioning. It is the method through which your body transforms the food you eat into energy. A sluggish metabolism causes weight gain as well as a slew of other health problems, including skin problems, hair loss, chronic fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and unhealthy desires.
In Ayurveda, metabolism and metabolic rate are sometimes interchanged, and metabolism can be defined as the time required by dhatus (tissues) for external metabolism from poshak rasa (nutrients). Dr. Sathe claims that a set quantity of bala (energy), ushma (heat), and the rate of dhatu tarpana (diffusion) require a specific length of time, and that desha and kaala (environmental & temperature) influence this metabolic rate.
To promote metabolism, Ayurveda recommends avoiding the following foods:
– Eating at inconvenient times and late at night
– Eating unhealthily prepared meals
– Eating before the previous meal has been completely digested
– Eating a lot of food
– Drinking excessive amounts of water
– Drinking alcohol
– Consumption of incompatible foods
– Consuming tainted foods
– Taking in fine particles
– Eating cereals that have just been harvested.
“Aside from that, high-intensity workouts, extensive walking, and lengthy periods of standing should be avoided.”
To guarantee that the previously ingested diet is properly digested, one should endeavor to live an active lifestyle and consume two main diets each day at regular intervals. It’s also worth noting that fruits should always be ingested before to eating.
According to the expert, people should adjust their food and lifestyle based on their prakriti, seasons, and age.
Variety in diet is also recommended, although mixing good – that is, handmade and fresh – and poor food products should be avoided in order to optimize metabolism. According to Ayurveda, packaged, canned, ready-to-eat, quick food, food that has been refrigerated for a long time, outdoor food items, food with opposing properties such as fish and milk, fruits and milk, stale and contaminated food should be avoided.
“Excessively sour, salty, bitter, and alkali meals are absolutely forbidden in the Charak Samhita. It also says that resting during the day, having too much sex, and having negative emotions like anger and sadness diminish one’s life span “Dr. Sathe comes to a conclusion.
