1. Yoga and diet are complementary - a balanced diet helps progress in yoga and yoga aids in digestion and nutrient assimilation. 2. A balanced diet provides all required nutrients in proper proportions and includes cereals, vegetables, fruits, milk, pulses, fats and oils. 3. Both modern scientific and ancient holistic approaches to nutrition are important and blending the two can help achieve physical, mental, and spiritual harmony.

1. Swami Vivekananda Yoga
Anusandhana Samsthana
Prashanti Kutiram

2. SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
Dr. Shamanthakamani Narendran
M.D. (Pead), Ph.D. (Yoga Science)

3. ONE WHO EATS
One time Yogi
Two times Bhogi
Three times Rogi
Four times No more

4. ANNAMAYA KOSA
OPERATIONS
YOGA & DIET

5. SARIRAMADYAM
KHALU DHARMA SADHANAM
Welfare of the body primary mind also
will be sound only in a healthy body

7. NUTRITION : Is the science of food and
how the body uses it.
NUTRIENTS : Which nourishes the body
DIET: Is the science of feeding people
according to their requirements

8. PHYSIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
SOCIAL

9. ENERGY YIELDING
BODY BUILDING
PROTECTIVE

10. 29
BALANCED DIET IS ONE WHICH
PROVIDES ALL THE REQUIRED
NUTRIENTS IN PROPER
PROPORTION
(QUALITY & QUANTITY)

11. 300 TO 400 GRAMS OF CEREALS
LIKE RICE, WHEAT, RAGI, JOVAR
300 TO 400 Gms
OF
VEGETABLES
100 Gms OF
FRUITS
300 ML OF
MILK & MP
60 gms OF
PULSES
20-25 gms OF
SUGAR
10-15 gms
FATS & OILS

12. EAT TO LIVE AND NOT LIVE TO EAT
EAT A HEALTHY DIET CONSISTING OF
LOTS OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES,
FRUITS, PULSES ETC
USE WHOLE GRAMS - THEY ADD TO
THE FIBRE.

13. USE SPROUTS - GOOD SOURCE OF
VITAMINS
COUNT YOUR CALORIES.
USE COMPLEX CARBO HYDRATES
LIKE WHEAT etc AS THEY ADD TO
FIBRE
USE COMBINATION OF PUFA & MUFA
USE UNREFINED FLOURS & OILS

14. CONCEPT OF THE WEST ASSESS
LONG BACK.
CHANGE IN INTAKE AND
EXPENDITURE

16. Count what you eat
Beware - 100 kcal excess /day can
increase your weight by 4 kg/year.

17. NM 6
TAMAS - GROSSEST, LETHARGIC
RAJAS - DYNAMIC, RUSHY
SATTVA - MATURE, COMPOSED
TAMAS - GROSSEST, LETHARGIC
RAJAS - DYNAMIC, RUSHY
SATTVA - MATURE, COMPOSED

18. FULL OF VITALITY PURITY
STRENGTH STAMINA
HEALTH HAPPINESS
CHEERFULNESS GOOD APPETITE
OLEAGINOUS SUBSTANTIAL
LIKABLE

19. BITTER SOUR
SALINE STEAMING HOT
PUNGENT DRY
BURNING

20. 1. OLD FOOD: CANNED, STORED FOOD
2. DEVOID OF TASTE AND ESSENSE:
OLD ROTIS, PUTRIFIED RICE
3. FOUL SMELLING STINKING FOOD:
PULAVS, PRAWNS
4. STALE FOOD: FERMENTED DRINKS
5. LEFT OVER: REFUSE, LEFTOVER FOOD
6. IMPURE FOOD: FILTHY FOOD, NOT SUITED
FOR HUMANS

21. Yoga & Diet are complimentary to each other.
Diet helps far progress in yoga.
Yoga helps in better digestion, observation &
assimilation of nutrients due to tuning up of
organs.

22. Jaisa anna Vaisa man
pahala sukh swastha sarir
HEALTH IS WEALTH
SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY

23. • EAT TO LIVE & NOT LIVE TO EAT
• WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
• BY FOOD YOU CAN GO TO ANIMAL
LEVEL OR YOU CAN GO TO HIGHER
LEVEL.
• AS THE FOOD SO THE MIND
• SOUND MIND IN SOUND BODY
• FOOD FOR THE ART OF LIVING

24. OH GOD, GIVE US FOOD
WHICH DOES NOT CAUSE
ANY DISEASE, AND ALSO
GIVES US STRENGTH
YAJURVEDA

25. YOGA IS NEITHER FOR ONE
WHO OVER EATS NOR FOR
HIM WHO OBSERVES
COMPLETE FAST.
BHAGAVAD GITA: VI - 16

26. LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC
APPROACH & ANCIENT APPROACH
HOW YOGIC APPROACH HAS
COME TO STAY AND COME TO
BEING AND ITS EFFICACY.

27. TASTES REFLECTS QUALITY
ABILITY TO MODIFY CERTAIN
DOSHAS
KNOW THE DYNAMIC EFFECT OF
FOOD
UNDERSTANDING IT WE CAN WORK
OUT ON IT & BRING EQUILIBRIUM IN
BODY MIND COMPLEX.

28. FAMILY MEAL
EATING OUT - JUNK FOOD
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
& DISINTEGRATED FAMILIES
CHANGING PATTERN

29. NO OF FAST FOOD CENTRES,
RESTAURANTS & PRE COOKED
FOOD.
FASHION & PASSION
RESTAURANT; HEALTH &
EXPENDITURE

30. ORGANIC MANURE VERSUS
CHEMICAL MANURE
LOOSING TOUCH WITH THE
NATURAL ELEMENTS

31. SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
1. ISOLATED APPROACH OF NUTRIENTS
RATHER THAN FOOD AS A WHOLE.
2. LABORATORY EXPERIMENT WHERE
NEITHER THE ISOLATED NUTRIENTS
NOR THE HUMAN PICTURE IS TOTAL.

32. 3. FOOD CONTAINS SOMETHING MORE
THAN JUST NUTRIENT ie PROTEIN &
CHO.
4. THE MIND HAS A BIGGER ROLE.
WITH DIGESTION, ABSORPTION &
ASSIMILATION

33. WE CANNOT ISOLATE
PROTEIN,CHO AND EAT.
INDIVIDUALITY OF NATURAL
PHENOMENA IS LOST

34. ANCIENT METHODS
1. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS
THROUGH FOOD.
2. FOOD AS MEDICINE
3. THE ESSENCE OF THE FOOD OR THE
QUALITY OF THE FOOD WAS OF
IMPORTANCE.

35. 3. THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH
FOOD IN ECOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
4. BY ITS EFFECT ON THE HUMANS
HOW IT DISTURBS THE TRIDOSHAS
5. AYURVEDA IS AN EDUCATION
SYSTEM.

36. AYURVEDIC
CONCEPT
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT
TASTES ON THE DOSHAS

37. KAPHA VATAPITHA
BITTER
PUNGENT
ASTRINGENT
SALTY
SOUR
SWEET
watery
Watery
kapha
Solid
kapha

38. PHYSIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY &
THERAPEUTIC
ASPECT OF
HYPOGLACEMIA

39. ELEMENT & PERSONALITY
NUTRIENTS ALONE NOT ENOUGH
MIND-BODY COMPLEX PLAYS A
VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
HUMAN HAVE GREATER DIMENSION
HE IS A PART OF UNIVERSE
EACH PERSON HAS A DOMINATING
ELEMENT.

40. ELEMENT & PERSONALITY
DOSHA BHUTA SYMBOL
VATA
AKASA &
VAYU
ETHER
AIR
PITHA AGNI FIRE
KAPHA APA &
PRITVI
WATER
EARTH

41. YOGIC CONCEPT OF
BALANCED DIET
• THOSE DIETS WHICH RESTORE
BALANCE AT ALL LEVELS
• PHYSICAL
• PRANIC
• MENTAL & EMOTIONAL
• INTELLECTUAL

42. SUMMARY - SUBTLE POINTS
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO EAT ABOUT
200 CAL TO 500 CAL/DAY & STILL
HEALTHY. Eg: OLD LADY AT KK
IT IS NOT ENOUGH IF YOU PROVIDE
THE FOOD

43. MODERN LIFE, CATERING, HAVING
FOOD WATCHING TV MOVING
AROUND AND EATING FOOD, JUST
GULPDOWN NOT EATING
PROPERLY.
PREPARE FOOD WITH LOVE - YOU
CAN ADD SUBTLE VIBRATIONS.

44. SERVE WITH LOVE AFFECTION AND
SMILE.
EAT WITH AWARENESS SLOWLY
ENJOYING EACH BITE, CHEW IT
PROPERLY ( SLOWNESS GIVES
MAXIMUM SATISFACTION)
VISAYAVISAYI SAMBHOGA

45. ENJOY WHAT YOU EAT.
SURRENDER TO THE LIFE ENERGY
- BRAHMARPANAM
MODERN SCIENCE
CONTROVERCIES MORE NEED TO
BE KNOWN ABOUT THE HOLISTIC
SCIENTIFIC APPROACH.

46. SO BOTH SHOULD COME TOGETHER
TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ANSWER.
TO BRING ABOUT HARMONY WITH
THE SURROUNDINGS & SELF.

47. EAT IN MODERATION
EAT SATVIC FOOD, YOGIC DIET.
BE A VEGETARIAN
PRACTICE YOGA REGULARLY

48. EAT FOOD THAT BRINGS BALANCE IN
YOUR SYSTEM
AVOID JUNK FOOD, PRE PREPARED
& STORED FOOD.
USE MORE COMPLEX CHO, LOT
OF GREENS & VEGETABLES

49. IF POSSIBLE, USE ORGANICALY
GROWN FOOD.
USE UNREFINED FLOUR & OILS.
BY PROPER PLANNING & EATING
PRACTICE, PRQCTICE YOGA LEAD
A HEALTHY HAPPY CONTENDED
BLISSFUL LIFE.

50. BLEND THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC
APPROACH AND THE HOLISTIC
APPROACH OF OUR ANCIENT TIMES
TO BRING HARMONY WITH THE
SURROUNDING S & SELF.
PREPARE, SERVE & EAT WITH LOVE
& AFFECTION

51. ENJOY EACH & EVERY MORSEL OF
FOOD - EATING MEDITATION
SURRENDER TO THE LIFE ENERGY
- BRAHMARPANAM