Regular Eating Habits And Ailments

My husband always tells me to eat meals at regular times.

He has been advising me from the early days of our marriage about the need to eat regularly. Thanks to him I got into the habit of eating at least 2 meals without fail. This habit has prevented me from falling sick often.

Headaches, dizziness, irritability, ulcers, body aches, lack of concentration, feeling tired for no reason, feeling sleepy all the time, are all primarily causes arising out of empty stomachs with nothing to digest except air, water, tea, aerated drinks, coffee and chocolates.

Eating at home and eating outside are two different things altogether.
One must learn to make a fresh, quick, healthy and easy meal using basic ingredients everyday without fail. Even if one is very tired, one must resolve to cook and eat without fail. Once this becomes a habit, the cooking part is no longer a burden besides it benefits our health and makes such a lot sense healthwise.

Occassional outisde food is ok but not on a regular basis because ingredients may be compromised in some way with a profit motive, cleaning and washing of ingredients, the cooking vessels may not be given due weightage to cut time in such processes, which could often result in food poisoning.

When we prepare the food ourselves, we give the dish and the ingredients a thought. We can work out menus which have health benefits as well as good to taste. Since we are going to eat it, we will give hygiene a thought too.

Anyday a simple home-made Indian meal, from the health and taste point of view, is the best to keep our body fit.

Any number of combinations are available.
We can go in for different cuisines from across Indian regions like the Maharashtrian, Gujarathi, Bengali, Andhra, Tamil, Kerala. Pick the most simple recipe with basic ingredients from among the thousands now available, try them out at least once. Repeat them if you like. Write down the recipes for the ones that you like most.
Eventually practice makes perfect. Just keep trying and you will be good at it.

Self help is the best help.
Try not to depend too much on outside food often.

The simplest and easiest complete meal is the improvised delicious kichdi which can be readied under half an hour. I make this recipe this way - 1 cup of rice, 1/2 cup of moong/pesar dal, 1/4 Kg of all diced vegs (like carrot, potato, peas, beans, tomatoes), ghee or oil, 1.5 teaspoon salt, 1 tsp cummin, 1 tsp black pepper crushed, 3 cloves, a small piece of cinamon stick, few curry leaves and a handful of cashews.

I stir fry the (washed and drained) dal and rice until it gives out an aroma, then add the cloves, cinamon, pepper, cummins, salt, diced vegs, curry leaves, 4.5 cups of water and cook it in the pressure pan until it gives out 2 or 3 whistles.
Wait until the pressure subsides. This is a wholesome meal which has all we need in a meal. A cup of curd raitha is a good enough accompaniment or some pickle will also do.

3 Cheers to a simple home cooked meal every day for good health!

After all health is wealth!!

Mahalakshmi