proper and timely eating standards...

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At 14-Mar-98 15:52, Bhava-sindhu (das) HDG wrote:

 

> In a lecture in the Soho Street temple, London, a few weeks ago, one

> devotee stressed the fact that we regulate the intake of food properly;

> we should be careful not only <what> we eat, but also <when> we eat, and

> things like that. As an example, if I remember correctly, he said that

> we should not eat yoghurt after four o'clock in the afternoon, and nuts

> after six o'clock.

 

According to a Russian Ayurvedic doctor

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Till sunrise or at night - to drink piping-hot milk with honey with the

spices: (except lime(-tree), linden), green cardamon, fennel, ghee, tumeric,

cinnamon, saffron etc.

 

BREAKFAST: During or after sunrise - sweet yoghurt with fruits (abstinence

from grains and beans)

 

LUNCH: you may eat everything a half hour before midday - beans, grains,

nuts, dhal, kichri, rice, yoghurt, cream, sweets etc.

 

If you want to eat late, then it is recommended to take steamed or boiled

vegetables before 17:00 (abstinence from grains, beans, sour products like

yoghurt, orange, lemon, lime etc., if you eat yoghurt after four o'clock in

the afternoon you may have bad dreams).

 

After sunset is recommended to drink piping-hot milk with honey with the

spices: lime(-tree), linden, green cardamon, fennel etc. "to develop the

finer tissues of our brains we must assimilate vitamin values from milk...

no brain can assimilate the subtle form of knowledge without fine brain

tissues. For such important brain tissues we require a sufficient quantity

of milk and milk preparations" (Light of the Bhagavata, verse 27)

 

"best drink for warming the body is piping-hot cow's milk. The Ayur-veda

says that milk also nourishes the cerebral tissues - but you have to drink

it hot for the digestive system to extract its subtle properties. Therefore,

always boil milk before serving it, unless it's to be drunk as soon as it

comes from the cow" (Cook Books, Beverages, Adiraja dasa)

 

> I would very much like to know if someone has references to eating

> standards, preferably Srila Prabhupada's, but perhaps other references

> as well. I am especially interested in <what> to eat and <when> to eat.

 

Could someone please explain more details?

 

Your servant,

Radheshyama dasa