FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Drink 2 glasses of pure drinking water every morning immediately after brushing your teeth. This helps to remove acidity, biliousness and constipation.

Drink water 1 hour before or after food so that when you eat, your gastric juices will be in the right concentration to facilitate digestion.

Do not eat when you’re not hungry. This will lead to indigestion and promote formation of toxins in the body.

Avoid pastries and cakes as they get fermented in the system and may lead to constipation.

Observe fasting atleast once a month. Drink only fresh fruit and vegetable juices on that day as it helps to clean the system.

Eat atleast one fruit like a banana, guava or two slices of papaya every night at bedtime to facilitate bowel movement in the morning.

Exercise regularly (preferably yogasana) 8 to 20 minutes every morning to keep the mind and body fresh, throughout the day.

If you have a mild headache or stomachache, try applying a wet towel for a few minutes on the affected part. This sometimes helps to get over certain types of pains.

Soak a teaspoonful of methi in half a cup of thick curd (not sour) for 2 hours. This can be consumed to control diarrhoea.

If you have gastric trouble, try drinking water in which jeera has been soaked overnight at regular intervals.

I can not thank you enough for putting this on here. I have been struggling with a stupid stomach illness for two years and I am just now learning what to do about it (yeah I procrastinate.) I think some of what you wrote will be of benefit to me. Thanks again!
Debbie

Interesting! I have two questions though:

What is methi?
What is jeera?

I wasn't sure about that, either. So, I looked it up for us!

Methi is fenugreek.

Jeeri is cumin (is that right, gilly?)

Right again Linda, jerra is a product of cumin seeds as I understand it but then again I'm not a culinary expert. Not that the wife wouldn't like me to to be.Anything beyond salt and pepper and I become lost.

Thanks Linda1, always useful to know these things, you never know when they might come in handy!