| If you are a pure non-vegetarian, you will probably | | | | your mental make-up. When you see a plump goat, do |
| raise a hue and cry at the thought of turning | | | | you get that predatory gleam in your eye that makes |
| vegetarian! But the truth is that meat of any kind is | | | | you stalk and kill it? Or if you've been to a sea-food |
| tough on your smart cells. If Nature intended you to be | | | | restaurant which has a large aquarium filled with |
| a non-vegetarian, she would have equipped you with | | | | lobsters and are asked to pick one for dinner haven't |
| claws, and sharp pointed teeth to tear into any flesh; | | | | you turned away with a shudder? Okay, you might |
| given you acidic saliva to digest the animal protein; a | | | | argue, I don't see the live specimen when eating it.Of |
| round stomach with the capacity to produce plenty of | | | | course, you don't. You are just habituated to eating |
| hydrochloric acid, fewer intestines to shorten the | | | | meat. But, remember, ultimately meat is dangerous to |
| process of digesting the meat so that you could expel | | | | your health. However, if you just cannot do without it, |
| it before it putrefies inside; a liver that could dispel more | | | | we suggest avoid red meats - beef, mutton, pork |
| uric acid than it does.Instead, we have hands with | | | | Âcompletely and go in for lean meats like chicken |
| moveable fingers that can delicately pluck and peel | | | | and fish. This way, at least you won't be overstraining |
| fruits; blunt teeth and molars that crush and grind; | | | | your smart cells while satisfying your taste buds. Even |
| alkaline saliva to digest plant protein; a stomach that | | | | a chicken cooked in an oil-less masata, however, has |
| produces small quantities of hydrochloric acid; more | | | | enough fat to knock your smart cells out and make |
| intestines that hold on to the food and give time for | | | | you put on weight. So, cook your chicken curry the |
| your smart cells to extract the required nutrients, a liver | | | | previous day and refrigerate it overnight. The next |
| that can expel small amounts of uric acid.Look around | | | | afternoon skim the thick layer of fat that has |
| at your circle of friends. If you find one of them is | | | | coagulated on the surface and then heat it before |
| suffering from gout, you can be sure he is a heavy | | | | serving. This way, at least, you are reducing your fat |
| red-meat eater. You can almost bet that he eats | | | | intake, Along with your non-vegetarian dish, pile your |
| salami or sausages for breakfast, a steak for lunch | | | | plate with plenty of vegetables so that you don't gorge |
| and meat for dinner. Then, one day, after a leisurely | | | | on the meat alone. And eggs? They are not really |
| weekend of imbibing an overdose of | | | | worth including in your meals, for the yolk is high in fat |
| scotch-on-the-rocks and liberal helpings of cold cuts as | | | | and cholesterol. Which means that eating only the |
| hors d' oeuvres, and a plate piled with Mutton Moghlai, | | | | white albumen is best. In any case, they contain |
| he would have slept feeling well-dined and content. | | | | enough sulphur to strain your liver and kidneys. So, if |
| Only to be jolted awake with his big toe pounding with | | | | you must. have an egg only once in ten days so as |
| pain. The gout had struck!What happened? His | | | | not to 'eggsasperate' your taste buds!The culture of |
| prolonged meat-eating habit had put an overload on his | | | | eating cooked food is deeply embedded in us. But we |
| liver. The excess uric acid had no place to go in his | | | | cannot ignore the value of raw foods. Make sure that |
| system, so it turned into crystals and settled in the joint | | | | your thali has plenty of salad and sprouts. For, the time |
| of his big toe - and, pow! (What does his doctor | | | | taken by the body to digest and absorb various foods |
| recommend? To stay off meat and eat only | | | | is:13 hours - raw vegetables, fruits, sprouts.24 hours - |
| vegetables, at least until the inflammation recedes.)The | | | | cooked vegetables and pulses.72 hours - |
| onset of gout is only one side of the unhealthy coin. | | | | non-vegetarian and fried food.Next to the - raw state, |
| Meat is so high in indigestible fat content that it clogs up | | | | steaming is best. So is boiling, provided you do it in |
| your arteries and can lead to a heart problem. It gives | | | | minimum water. Deep frying damages the nutritional |
| you no energy because though it contains | | | | value and the oil makes you fat, and raises your blood |
| carbohydrates, its also has undigestible animal protein | | | | cholestrol level. Finally, the word 'vegetable' springs |
| and a high content of fat. That's the reason you feel | | | | from the Latin vegetus meaning fresh and full of life. It |
| heavy after a meaty meal. In fact, your smart cells | | | | is what our scriptures called pranic shakti, meaning |
| sweat working overtime to digest the meat and use | | | | life-force, depicting strength and energy.Do ring in these |
| up all the carbohydrates and energy in knocking the | | | | little changes in your lifestyle. The two Es - exercising |
| meat into digestible shape!Meat also has neither fibre | | | | and eating right - will promote more than health. When |
| nor healthy plant protein. The animal protein is tough on | | | | you feel good about yourself, you will enjoy healthy |
| your smart cells and turns toxic - turning your insides | | | | relationships, a richer life. Fine-tune your mental |
| into mess. You get indigestion, bad breath and a | | | | dynamics. Don't ask yourself "Will this taste good?" |
| heartburn. The toxies load your immune system and | | | | Rather, ask, 'Will this taste good to my body's smart |
| also make you vulnerable to disease.Lastly, look at | | | | cells?" In that question lies your best answer. |