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There are four types of unhealthy diet
One should not practice these types, as they cause varied disorders in the body.
  • Samshana -Mixing of healthy and unhealthy foods together is Samshana.
     
  • Adhyashana - Over eating i.e. intake of food before the previous meal has been digested is called adhyashana.
     
  • Amatrashana - When food is taken in either larger proportions or totally lesser proportions is called amatrashana.
     
  • Vishmashana -Taking food too early or too late than the scheduled time is called vishmashan.
Food items that should not be used or consumed are
  • Persons should not eat aukula (unripe corns present in the ears, fried or burnt over fire), abhyosa (unripe barley fried or burnt over fire), prthuka (parboiled paddy fried and flattened) and eatables prepared with rice flour after meals; but if very much tempted or desired he can take very little of it.
      
  • Foods that are prepared from vegetables or grains of worst quality,
     
  • Foods having predominance of pungent, sour, astringent and salty taste,
      
  • Eating foods of only one taste only,
     
  • Foods which are hard to digest and which are dry should be avoided.
     
  • All those that are mentioned as the causes in disease i.e. those, which bring about an increase of all the doshas,
     
  • Foods that are atyabhisyandi (cause severe obstruction of tissue pores by more fluid secretion) and those which lead to constipation,
     
  • Which cause burning sensation during digestion, those not easily digestible, those causing dryness inside, should not be eaten.
     
  • Kilata (inspissated milk), dadhikurcika (inspissated buttermilk), fish, dry or uncooked radish, alkaline foods, flours, germinated grains should not be used as food.
 

 
 
 
 

 

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