R: Ayurved Online Message Pratima Raichur - Weight Loss

June 17, 2002

I lost 7kg in one year by applying kapha reducing diet

without limiting quantities much, going toward

raw semiveg food and abolishing almost totally

refned sugar, this not abruptly but month by month

reducing kapha aggravating food.

It helped with my allergies as well, I don't suffer from

it anymore.

Manuela

> -----Messaggio originale-----

> Da: durgesh mankikar [d_mankikar]

> Inviato: lunedì, giugno 17, 2002 09:10

> A: ayurveda

> Oggetto: Re: Ayurved Online Message Pratima Raichur - Weight Loss

>

> It is perhaps the single most important issue in all forms of

> medicine, and even more so with Ayurveda.

> The problem is we put on weight, or for that matter other

> accumulations of our dietary habits, over 35 to 40 years and

> expect instant results.

> One ought to estimate the exact nature of doshic imbalance and

> eat correctly--qualitatively as well as quantitatively--- for

> several years before one would see the results.

> The first part is equally important--the exact nature of one's

> doshic imbalance !!!

> goldlisa2001 <no_reply> wrote: I am new to

> ayurveda and wondering about others' experiences with

> eating according to your dosha for weight loss. Any experience with

> Pratima in NYC?

>

June 17, 2002

We talk in generalities, not in specifics, so it is difficult to judge the

regimen.

1. We have no idea if your predominant dosha is kapha or a combination of kapha

/ pitta, or kapha/ vata or tridoshic.

2. We also do not know your weight, or other problems.

3. Going by your statements alone, you seem to be doing well on whatever is

implied by semi-veg diet. I have no idea what that term implies and how much of

it is veg and how much is "semi" and what is considered "semi". These are

personal definitions.

4. Ayurveda prescribes cooked food and "raw" vegetables are not necessarily

"ayurvedic", although our entire society seems to have developed this knee-jerk

acceptance of raw vegetables. And you may be right, but I am not sure if

Ayurveda prescribes uncooked food.

However, if one goes by results alone, and you have cleared your allergies and

have also lost weight in the bargain, or vice versa, lost weight and got rid of

the allergies in the bargain, good. Keep up the good work. You might benefit

from exercise too, unless you are already doing it, but have not mentioned it.

Manuela Federella <manu.fdr wrote: I lost 7kg in one year by applying

kapha reducing diet