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       Weapons of Naturopathy

★ Diet
★Juice diet
★Fasting
★Exercise
★Hydrotherapy
★Clay therapy
★Sun bath
★Air bath
★Massage
★Magneto therapy
★Acupressure
★Color therapy
★Mudra therapy
★Su-jok healing

                

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Diet is the mainstay of Naturopathic treatment.

Food must serve two purposes.

(i) Supply all essential nutrients to the body

(ii)
maintain acid-alkali balance in the blood.

The 5 ingredients of foods essential for the nutrition of the body are

(i) proteins
(ii) carbohydrates
(iii) fats
(iv) vitamins
(v) minerals.

Proteins:

Proteins are essential for the growth, maintenance and regeneration of body.

Sources: Pulses, milk, eggs, meat.

All proteins are made of amino acids.

A non-vegetarian diet provides excessive amounts of proteins to the body.

Many diseases result from excessive consumption of proteins.

When too much of proteins enter the blood stream, it gets converted in to nitric
acid, sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. The body is forced to use up large
amount of alkali minerals to neutralize these acids.

No adult wishing to have good health should consume more than 15/20 grams
of proteins per day.

One gram of protein gives 4 units of calorie.

Protein rich diet should be given to growing children.

》 Animal proteins including milk should be avoided.
》Meat contains methionine which if not metabolized increases the risk of heart attack.

Carbohydrates:

》 Carbohydrates provide heat and energy to the body.

Sources: cereals, tubers, roots, pulses, milk.

1 gram of carbohydrates gives 4 units of calorie.

Use of processed carbohydrates is not desirable for the body as fiber is
removed.
We should consume carbohydrate centered diet.
》 80 % calorie requirement should be derived from carbohydrates.

》 Maida, refined white sugar should be avoided at any cost.

Fats:

Fats perform the function of supplying heat and energy to the body.

》Sources: Ghee, butter and oils.

We should not consume more than 10 gram of fats per day or maximum 10% calories consumed in a day.

There are two types of fats: saturated & unsaturated.

1 gram of fat gives 9 units of calories.

Saturated fats are solid at room temperature. It is necessary to minimize the
intake of saturated fats as the prolonged use causes constipation and hardening
of the arteries.

Following foods contain saturated fats.

Butter, ghee, coconut oil, palm oil.
Whole milk, cream, milk preparations, sweets made in ghee and vegetable
ghee.
Chocolates, cakes, biscuits, wafers.
Eggs, fat meat, fish, oysters.

Following food contain unsaturated fats:

Peanut oil, sesame oil, maize oil, soyabean oil, karadi oil, cotton seed oil,
sunflower oil and dishes made from these oils.

Vitamins & Minerals:

The body needs only minute quantities of these substances.

Minerals are needed for the formation and functioning of the cells.

Vitamins are essential for the proper digestion & absorption of proteins,

carbohydrates and fats and improving immunity of the body.

Various disorders are the direct results of the deficiency of vitamins & minerals.

Cooking destroys vitamins.
The vitamins in fruits & vegetables are rapidly lost if they are not consumed
soon after peeling or cutting.

The stores of vitamins in the body get depleted during illness as well as due to

(i) improper diet
(ii) mental distress
(iii) pollution
(iv) smoking
(v) addiction to drugs
(vi) chemical medicines.

Daily requirement of vitamins:

A―――4000-5000 I.U.
B―――complex 0.5 to 5 mg of each vitamin in the group of 8 vitamins.
C―――45 mg.
D――― 300 to 400 I.U.
E ―――12 to 15 I.U.

Minerals:
Daily requirement is given below:
         (Datas from -WHO)

Calcium 800 mg: Phosphorus 800 mg

Potassium 2500mg: Sodium 2500 mg

Iron 10 mg: Sulphur 300 mg

Magnesium 350mg: Chlorine 2000 mg

Iodine 0.14

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Acid & Alkali balance in blood

The ratio of acids to alkalis in blood is generally 20:80.

The maintenance of this
ratio is essential for health.

Ph test is conducted to find out this ratio.

Some items of food leave alkaline residues in the body after undergoing the full
cycle of digestive and metabolic processes.

Some items leave acidic residues.

Symptoms associated with acidic blood are fatigue, headache, loss of appetite,
insomnia, nervous tension, hyper acidity.

Natural deaths are the culminating stages of chronic acidic conditions of blood.

In order to prevent or counteract the accumulation of acids in the body,

we
must take food that is mainly alkali-genie.

Alkali-genic foods:
Fruits
Vegetables, tubers
Milk & milk products
Acid-genic foods:
Cereals
Pulses & legumes
Nuts
Food of animal origin excluding milk.
Cheese, butter.

Food combinations.
Even alkali-genic and nutritious food taken disregard to the rules of food
combinations can generate toxins in the body.

Digested in

Carbohydrates mouth, small intestine
Proteins stomach

Fats small intestine