Improve Your Health With Dairy Product and Juices

Rajeev Sharma

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Nature has provided mankind with a gamut of fruits, vegetables, dairy products and other sources to maintain a healthy lifestyle. These natural sources of food are rich in vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and other essential nutrients. Moreover, they have numerous unexplored healing powers. Through this series, we have made a sincere attempt to unfold the various benefits of these foods. You will find a cure for every big or small disease in this invaluable series, and will discover what treasure nature holds.

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• Sciences et techniques
• Natural disaster

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• Publié par: Diamond Books
• Date de parution: 08 décembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788128822360
• Langue: English

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Nature has provided us several valuable sources to maintain a healthy life style. These natural sources of foods are rich in vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and other essential nutrients. Dairy Products and Fruit Juices have also numerous unexplored healing powers, but most of us are unaware of these curative properties. In this book, you will find so many medicinial properties .
Improve Your Health With
DAIRY PRODUCTS AND JUICES
 

 
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I MPROVE Y OUR H EALTH W ITH D AIRY P RODUCT AND J UICES
By - Rajeev Sharma
PREFACE
A yurveda is an ancient age old science which has helped human beings a lot. In different ayurvedic texts, several home remedies are described with their medicinal properties.
There are several fruits such as apple, pomegranate, banana; vegetables like onion, garlic, radish, carrot, ginger; cereals; plants; honey; dairy products; water; wheatgrass; spices that help enhance our life immensely. These are regular items which we find around us but most of us are unaware about the properties of these nutritional substances. Balanced and healthy food itself is the key to good health.
The main aim of this series is to make general readers aware of these helpful healthy items, to which most of us are ignorant.
I have included those properties of each substance which are scientifically proved and are prevalent in our families through the times of our forefathers. Hopefully, you will find this series beneficial for the whole family. You can choose any one of these books depicting your choice and follow one formula only, at a time. If there is any need, you can consult an ayurvedic physician or can write to me.
Dr. Rajeev Sharma AAROGYAJYOTI® 320-322, Teachers Colony, Bulandshahr (U.P.) - 203001 Email- [e-mail] , [e-mail]
CONTENTS Curative Properties of: Milk Curd Cheese Honey Sugarcane Juices for Healthy Life Raw Juice Therapy Water: A Drink for Better Health Supreme Green Medicine Food and Aphrodisiacs Herbal Tips for Daily Cure A Dictionary of Ailments Q-A on Milk and Milk Products Q-A on Fat and Oils
CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF MILK, CURD, HONEY, SUGARCANE
MILK (DOODH)
M ilk is generally obtained from cow, buffalo, goat, sheep and mare but the first two animals’ milk is most commonly consumed. Milk is nearly a perfect food, having in suitable proportions, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, which are said to be necessary to sustain and maintain good health. The protein found in milk, contains all the essential amino acids with high biological values that build up the body and repair broken cells.
FOOD VALUE
Moisture Water-87.5%, Protein-3.2%, Fat-4.1%, Carbohydrates-4.4%, Calcium-120 mg, lron-0.2 mg, Phosphorus-90 mg, other minerals-0.8%, and small amounts of Vitamins B-Complex, K and P. Calorific Value-67 (per 100 gms of edible portion of milk.)
The fats, proteins and carbohydrates contained in milk are easily and quickly digested; it takes not more than half an-hour for milk to be digested whereas other liquids take much longer time. Almost as soon as it reaches the stomach, milk starts to curdle as its organic salts and water contents are immediately absorbed by the intestines. Milk is suitable for all age groups, from infancy to old age. Milk, particularly the cow’s milk, is the only substitute for mother’s milk. It is equally beneficial for nursing and expectant mothers, infants, toddlers, growing children as it is for invalids, bed-ridden persons and old people. Being a wholesome and well-balanced victual, milk promotes long life, dispels exhaustion and run-down condition, builds up energy, improves memory and sustains and nurtures body. Milk, being an essential part of our diet, is consumed in many other forms, no less delicious, like cheese, yoghurt, whey, khoya, butter, ghee, sweet-meats, dessert and various other delicacies in bakery and confectionery as also in some medical preparations.
Milk is highly beneficial in disorders which includes under weight problem, hyperacidity, insomnia, skin disorders of various origins and respiratory disorders. One litre of milk, in divided doses, will suffice to meet a person’s daily requirement for all nutrients. It is also a potent means for enhancing beauty of face, hair, hands, feet or rather skin as a whole.
Milk with cornflakes or porridge or banana makes an excellent breakfast and wholesome food. Those who suffer from constipation or insomnia should take a glassful of milk at bed-time. It also keeps blood pressure within normal confines. It also lowers serum cholesterol. For diabetics and most alcoholics, milk is an ideal and remedial drink.
CURD (YOGHURT, DADHI, DAHI)
Curd is a fermented form of milk. But it has more Vitamin B complex than milk. Cow’s yoghurt/curd is, by far considered the finest, as it is easily digestible. It is specifically known to help in heart ailments, senile state and in preventing and delaying degeneration of body. It purifies blood, keeps digestive system healthy, renders a complexion which is fair, lustrous and moisturised.
Curd prepared with buffalo’s milk is hard to digest and causes an increase in phlegm and wind. It is also richer in fats. But, it has its own medicinal benefits. Although a mild laxative, in case of diarrhoea and dysentery, it is a boon if eaten with rice. It keeps the mind alert, protects mucus lining of the stomach,. Rub curd on body before bath to dispel body odour and make your skin glow and shine. To get rid of (dry) itching on the skin (a problem very common in winter due to cold and dry winds), rub mustard oil mixed with curd (in the ratio of 1:10 Ratio) on the affected parts. It is a rejuvenator of all the systems of the entire body, as it destroys toxins in the body, improves digestion and as a result improves general well-being of the body.
It has been observed that persons who include curd in their daily diet, are healthier, more alert, have soft and glowing skin, better bowel movement in comparison to those who don’t consume curd. Mixing black salt, cumin powder, black pepper powder with milk acts as an appetiser.
Buttermilk is cooling, lighter, more easily digestible, and also works as a tonic. It is a natural laxative and stimulator of colon. Regular and plentiful use of butter milk, by all age groups (both by the young and the old) promotes growth, longevity, corrects disorders of liver, stomach, colon and, above all, gives a feeling of general betterment of the body and brain. Diabetics can also use both curd and whey. Taking onion slices in curd, with salt to taste will stop nausea and vomiting tendency. Cheese is called ‘whey’ which contains milk-sugar, minerals and vitamins. Whey is useful in loose motions. It is a digestive tonic of very high food value as it cures dysentery and jaundice. While Curd and buttermilk should be avoided during rainy days, whey can be used all the year round. During summer cucumber raita (grated cucumber in curd with seasoning) helps beat heat. Chiwda, which is hand-beaten un-puffed rice, (dip in water and use when softened) mixed with curd soothes and cools stomach, cures loose motions. It is, in fact, a complete diet. Banana (cut into pieces), curd and honey mixed together, makes an excellent food tonic.
CHEESE (PANEER)
Cheese is a renowned dairy product. Although costlier, its nutritive values cannot be denied. It is full of protein but low in fat and contains almost all the ingredients of milk. Cheese is used in various food preparations and also consumed raw or fried in salted delicacies and in sweet meats. Taking 50-100 gms raw cheese per day nourishes the body, imparts glow to it and helps keep normal bowel movement and suits the healthy and the patient alike. Taken in excessive quantity, it can create putrefaction in intestines, wind trouble, sour eructations etc. but its moderate use, in raw form, imparts energy and good health.
Mashed cheese should be given to infants who cannot digest milk. Always opt to cook raw cheese rather than fried as cooking destroys its nutritional properties.
HONEY (SHEHAD)
Honey is one of the finest sources of heat and energy. Energy is generated mainly by the carbohydrate foods and honey is one of the most easily digestible form of carbohydrates. It enters directly into the bloodstream because of its dextrine content and this brings about the production of almost instantaneous energy. It is a boon to those who have weak digestion. All organs in the body respond favourably to honey. The famous Roman physician, Galen, has described honey as an all purpose medicine for all types of diseases. It is now used as a curative and preventive means in several ailments.
One spoon of fresh honey, mixed with half a lemon’s juice in a glass of lukewarm water taken first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, is an effective remedy for constipation and hyperacidity. Fasting on this honey-lemon juice water is highly beneficial in the treatment of obesity without any loss of energy and appetite.
A mixture of honey and alcohol helps enhance hair growth. It is said that Japanese geistia giris, who have luxuriant hair, mix and stir together several tablespoonfuls of honey with alcohol. They massage this mixture onto their scalp, allow it to remain for two hours and then rinse it with a shampoo thoroughly. It is said that regular use of this honey-alcohol mixture stimulates the hair follicles to grow into luxuriant tresses.
SUGARCANE (GANNA)
Sugarcane juice has many medicinal properties. It strengthens the stomach, kidneys, heart, eyes, brain and sex organs.
Fevers
The sugarcane juice is beneficial in fevers. In febrile disorders, which cause fever, when there is great protein loss, liberal i