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A y u r v e d a E l e m e n t s 1 7 O r c h a r d R d C h a t s w o o d N S W 2 0 6 7 0 0 6 1 2 9 9 0 4 7 7 5 4

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INDIGESTION

Indigestion is generally due to poor dietary habits such as excessive eating, irregular eating or eatingunhealthy ood. General indigestion can be cured with herbal tea asting or hal a day or a ull day.With the help o suitable digestive such as ginger tea, recovery is more rapid. I you have excessivesweat and tend to eel hot, bitter digestives are better or you, especially when you experience aburning sensation in your stomach or ulcers. Consider using slippery elm powder and cabbage lea juice also. For general indigestion mix one clove o minced garlic with a pinch o salt and a pinch o baking soda 1- 3 times daily with a little warm water or herbal tea. Heat 10 cloves o minced garlicin 2 tsps ghee and 1/4 tsp salt, or three minutes. Taking this every night be ore dinner or 3 daysprevents worms, ignites the digestive re and balances one’s metabolism. A mixture o basil (5 tsps),

cumin seed powder (4 tsps), asa oetida (1 tsp), rock salt (1 tsp), black salt (1tsp), ginger (3 tsps) andpepper (2 tsps) is a good combination which can be prepared and kept in the kitchen. Mix 1 tsp o this combination with 1 tsp o lemon juice and 1 tsp honey in 1/4 cup o warm water, drinking 10minutes be ore meals to prevent weak digestion.

WORMS

Heat 10 cloves o minced garlic with 2 tsps ghee and 1/2 tsp salt or 3 minutes in a small pan or alarge stainless steel spoon. Strain and take every night be ore dinner. Children under 8 years shouldtake hal this dose. A combination o 1/2 tsp holy basil leaves, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp asa oetida,1/4 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp ginger, 4 cloves o grated garlic, three pinches o rock salt and 1 Tbs crushedpumpkin seeds should be boiled in 4 cups o water until reduced to 1 cup. Drinking this mixture withtwo teaspoons o honey will relieve stomach ache caused by worms. Give it continuously or ve daysevery month to children. I available, neem leaves are the best remedy or worms. Chew 3 leaves onan empty stomach every morning (hal the dose or children)- under 7 years. Avoid : Sweets, walkingbare oot, impure water and meat.

SORE THROAT

Mix 1/2 cup o warm water with 1/2 tsp o salt, 5 drops o tea tree oil and 1 tsp o turmeric powder3 times daily. Red Sage tea mixed with equal parts glycerine is another very e ective gargle. Avoid:

cold, raw oods and drinks and dairy products.

TOOTHACHE

Soak cotton wool in 6 drops garlic oil and 3 drops clove oil. Apply to pain ul tooth or at least 1hour.

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AntiAllergic

This tea combination is a liver and blood tonic. Puri es blood and strengthen digestion. Reduceskapha and pitta. Slightly cooling in nature. Ingredients: Equal quantities o crushed neem leaves,crushed turmeric, crushed coriander seeds and crushed curry leaves (totally 40 grams), boiled with700 mils o water on mild ame and reduced to 200 mils. I you don’t have proper bowel movements(1-2 per day) add 5 gms o senna lea at the time o boiling, or add a tsp o senna powder with theevening dose o tea. This can be used as a powder also. Dosage : 50 mils one hour be ore meals twicedaily, pre erably be ore break ast and dinner. Powder One tsp 3-4 times daily, be ore meals, withwarm water. (Honey can be added i you are not allergic to it!)

FluAway

A tasty strong tea. Ingredients: 5 gms (hal an inch) o crushed ginger and 30 gms (4 Tbs) corianderseeds are boiled with 700 mils o water on mild ame and reduced to 200 mils. I you eel sinusy orhave a cough or cold add 10 gms o basil leaves and 5 gms black pepper to it be ore boiling. Dosage :50 mils one hour be ore meals 2-4 times daily.

CoughOf

Coriander and crushed basil leaves 2 tsps each, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, and cardamom quarter tspeach boiled with 5 cups o water and reduced to 1-2 cup on low ame. Dosage : Hal cup, 3-4 timesdaily.

FeverFar

Coriander, ginger and crushed basil leaves (2 tsps each), pepper and cardamom quarter tsp eachboiled with 5 cups o water and reduced to 1-2 cup on low ame. Dosage : Hal cup, 3-4 times daily.Excellent or us and colds too.

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“Reducing meat consumption is probablythe most potent single act individuals cantake in the effort to halt the destructionof our environment and preserve our

precious resources...it conserves water,saves energy, preserves topsoil, reducesour dependence on chemical pesticidesand fertilizers and protects forests.All thiswhile improving health.” -John Robbins,

Diet for a New America.

Would you like cleaner air and water,more trees, a healthier body, an end toworld hunger, an animal loving societyand a thicker wallet? These are just someo the reasons why more people areembracing the vegetarian diet. No longerthe domain o lentil loving hippies,vegetarianism is a viable option oranyone who understands the personaland planetary bene ts o consciouslychoosing what goes in our mouths.

To Your Health!A shi t to vegetarianism by thepopulation generally would result in asigni cant reduction in degenerativediseases such as cancer, heart disease,diabetes, in ammatory bowel disorder,in ammatory joint disease and possiblyeven some psychiatric and psychologicaldisorders. This statement is based oncurrent scienti c evidence” -Dr IanBrighthope, Physician and Presidento the Aust. College o Nutritional andEnvironmental Medicine.

Caroline Robertson and Rama Prasad

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Why is the vegetarian diet becoming so trendy? Are we just rebelling against Granny’s warning-“you’ll get sick and die i you don’t eat your chops!” Or has medical science proven Granny wrong?

Statistics show that vegetarianism is great medical insurance. Vegetarians have a markedly loweredincidence o arthritis, asthma, cancer, constipation, dementia diabetes mellitus, diverticulosis, oodpoisoning, gallstones, gout, hypertension, hypoglycaemia, impotence, in ammatory bowel disease,kidney disease, obesity, osteoporosis and peptic ulcers. Why is it so health promoting? Not only isa balanced vegetarian diet low in cholesterol, saturated at and chemicals, it’s high bre, vitamins,minerals and phytoestrogens o er protect rom the most deadly diseases. (NB: to editor-the ollowingup to “easier” could be chart orm)

Other ringe bene ts include:Longer li e -Vegetarian people such as the Himalayan Hunzas and Seventh Day Adventists have avery high li e expectancy. In contrast Eskimos who live primarily on meat and sh age rapidly withan average li espan o about 30 years, same goes or the primarily meat eating Russian Kirgese whorarely survived beyond 40yrs.

Energy edge -What? Aren’t vegetarians weak weaklings? Not according to Yale and Brussels Universitytests which show that vegetarians have double the endurance and recover three times aster romexercise than meat eaters.

Glowing skin -The high bre in a healthy vegetarian diet and the absence o heavy meat preventsconstipation so toxins are easily ushed out. The extra vitamins, minerals, enzymes, chlorophyll plusother goodies in the healthy vegetarian diet promotes a so t, moisturised and rapidly repairing skin.

egging out?

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Easy weight management -Vegetarians are our timesless likely to be obese than meat eaters.Loosing all that saturated at intake makes weightcontrol much easier.

HAVE A HEART

It seems animals are getting their revenge according toDr William Roberts, Chie Editor o the American Journalo Cardiology “When we kill animals to eat them, theyend up killing us because their esh, which containscholesterol and saturated at, was never intended orhuman consumption”

Do you have a amily history o cancer or heart disease?It wouldn’t be surprising. These two diseases are nearlyepidemic in countries with high meat consumption

whereas incidence is much lower in countries with lowmeat intake. Heart disease is the number one killer inthe US with 50% o Americans dying rom it. But there’sgood news or vegetarians as “90-97% o heart diseasecan be prevented by a vegetarian diet” accordingto the Journal o the American Medical Association. This is because a vegetarian diet is high in protectiveantioxidants, minerals and bre to keep the heartpure. Meat on the other hand is high in saturated atsand oxidised cholesterol which clogs up the arteriespromoting high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis,atherosclerosis, stroke, angina and heart attacks. Evenchildren ed the typical American diet have been oundto have atty deposits in their arteries.

But chicken and sh is OK I hear you say. Not so. Mostchicken has the same at and cholesterol levels as leanbee . Many sh such as cat sh, sword sh and troutare almost 1/3 at. Salmon is 52% at whereas shrimphas double the cholesterol o bee ! Fish do have thebene cial ats such as omega 3 and 6 atty acids but

they also contain the artery-clogging saturated ats aswell as some other nasty surprises...more o that later.Better to get your atty acids rom green vegies, beansand ax seed oil.

Now onto the BIG C...CancerWho doesn’t know someone whose li e has beendarkened by this tragedy? The speci c cause o cancer has alluded us up til now. But we’ve knownthe contributing actors or decades. Guess what ood

increases the risk o colon cancer by 250%? That’s right,meat. The British Medical Journal cites that vegies are40% less likely to die rom cancer and have an amazing80% reduced risk o breast cancer. An Everest o clinical

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studies revised by the 1995 Government advisory committee on Medical Aspects o Food and NutritionPolicy came to the irre utable concensus that there is a strong link between meat consumption andcancer o the bowel, lung, breast, mouth, prostate and womb.

Why is it so? Vegetarian diets are high in cancer inhibiting phytochemicals such as iso avones andlycopene (in tomatoes). Vegetarian high bre ushes waste rom the intestines whereas meat tendsto constipate and putre y in the gut. Kelloggs corn akes mogul himsel believed that 90% o all

chronic ills lay in the sluggish bowels o a meat eater.

In light o this startling evidence the 1997 World Cancer Research Fund stated that a vegetarian dietcould prevent 100,000 cases o cancer annually in the UK. We’ll uncover the hidden carcinogenicagents in meat next.

Dead Meat“Every juicy morsal o meat is airly alive and swimming with the identical micro-organisms ound ina dead rat or the putre ying carcass o a cow” -John Harvey Kellogg, ounder Kelloggs

Lets ace it, most ood today is a chemical time bomb. Nitrition and taste has taken a backseat tothe agribusiness’ synthetic science o increased yield, attractiveness and pro t. O course there’s theorganic meat industry which is relatively healthier but it still has certain dangerous contaminants.

Eating meat is particularly daring roulette as not only do you have to contend with the arti cialchemicals, pollutants and drugs in ecting it, there is the added bogeyman o communicable diseasessuch as Mad Cow disease, anthrax, salmonella, brucellosis and worms! Could this be why workers inthe meat industry in the UK have ve times the average employee illness?

From birth to execution a livestock animal is kept alive and attened by a continuous administration o tranquillisers, hormones, antibiotics and up to 2,700 drugs. The hormones ed to chickens can make aseven-week old baby have the giant body o an adult. O ten the chicks’ skeleton can’t support its massivebody so they su er joint pain, de ormities and can’t walk. What does this do to us when we eat it? Arti cialhormones present in nearly all meats are strongly linked to breast cancer, heavy periods, ovarian cysts andin ertility. Guys aren’t sa e either. It decreases sperm count and motility; the average hamster today hasmore morphologically normal sperm than the average man. Interesting to note that organic armers havetwice the normal sperm o other men. Even i they do have enough swimmers the saturated ats in meatcan clog up the arteries in the penis so blood supply is blocked and erection is thwarted.

Don’t like taking antibiotics? Well you might think twice about you your next steak. Consumer a airsassociations have proven that there are traces o antibiotics in bee , veal, pork and chicken. 33% o all

antibiotics used in Canada are used or livestock and Australia is likely to be similar. We all know thatantibiotics can compromise our immune system leaving us more vulnerable to thrush and in ectionsbut did you realise that they create super-bugs in our system resistant to treatment? An example o this is the recent resistance o salmonella typhimurium to commonly used antibiotics.

What does it tell us when 75% o US chicken inspectors re use to eat chicken due to poor hygieneconditions? Chickens living in a cage o aeces or weeks o ten leads to salmonella which as Newsweek recently published is present in 23% o Australian chickens. Although there are 900,000 reportedcases o salmonella in the US annually these are probably conservative estimates as salmonellasymptoms are similar to the u. I don’t want to make you chicken but the bacterial in ection E.Coli’s

not much better. 10,000 cases o it were reported in the US in ‘97 as well as 400 people being in ectedwith it rom an award winning Scottish butcher, 20 dying. I you’re a child, pregnant or elderly thesein ections can prove atal.Who can orget the recent ootage o mad cows rothing at the mouths, eyes rolling and bellowing in

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pain? Thousands o cows were slaughtered because they had a disease could have been preventedi they hadn’t been orced to eat in ected o al and meat in the rst place. No wonder the naturallyvegetarian cows went looney. Mad Cow Disese (BSE) is not a pretty picture. What we didn’t see waswhat happens to the dozens o people who get it annually. Eating in ected bee or bee productssuch as gelatine, bee shortening can give you with the disease which presents in humans as CJD(Creutz eld-Jacob disease.) The results are like a horror movie. People’s brains are eaten away romthe inside until a slow death ensues. Un ortunately cooking the bee doesn’t destroy the disease and

it can incubate in our body or orty years until symptoms occur. The ull extent o this disease will notbe known or many years. Vegetarians needn’t worry as they have the luxury o eating a meal withoutworrying about what it died o .

The naturally occurring things in meat can also pose a serious health hazard. Make bee tea by boilingsteak and you’ll nd it has almost the same chemical composition as urine. That means lots o toxinsincluding uric acid enhancing our chances or cancer, arthritis, kidney stones, gallstones and gout.

An animal acing the trauma and terror o slaughter releases stress hormones such as adrenalin andnoradrenalin. These put the body into a state o de ensive alert: heart pounding, stomach churning

and muscles contracting. These hormones are still present in the meat when we eat it, making usuptight, ear ul and ready or a ght at the smallest incident. Maybe that road rage maniac had turkeyor lunch.

Meat also contains arachidonic acid, uric acid and nitrates which promote arthritis, gout and periodpain. But how does meat increase Osteoporosis? Excess animal protein (high in sulphur amino acids)and acid causes the blood to become acid which leaches calcium rom the bones. This is why highmeat and milk intake countries have the highest rate o osteoporosis. Excess protein also causeskidney disease.

Once animals are killed esh naturally starts to rot and turn a greyish green. Preservatives and dyesadded to the meat to keep it a “ resh” red colour are digestive irritants and may be carcinogenic(cancercausing). The way meat is cooked is also important. Eating

2 pounds o charcoal broiled steak you get as much carcinogenic benzopyrene as smoking 600cigarettes! Heterocyclic amines, highest in chicken, are also particularly carcinogenic. So now youknow why vegetarians have a drastically decreased risk o the number two killer -cancer.

Something Smells FishyHave you been reeled in by the BIG sh story? The news is that sh is health ood that is good orthe heart and skin. Fish(in cold climates-not Australia) do have health promoting omega 3 atty

acids good or the skin and heart but so do other healthier oods. I you like a little saturated ats,cholesterol, mercury, lead, arsenic, petroleum, DDT, nitrogen, sewage, chlorine, phosphorus, PCBs,dioxin, salmonella, cholera, hepatitis, PAHs, radioactive waste and pesticides with your Omega 3’sthen I suggest the sh. I on the other hand you pre er to side step the possibility o a ter-dinner braindamage, liver tumours, in ertility, sterility, nervous system diseases, paralysis, kidney damage andeven cancer I suggest you choose the ax seed oil, walnut oil, to u, pumpkin seed oil and lea y greenvegies which have the added advantage o antioxidants with the omega 3 and 6.

Do you know where your sh has been and what its been eating? You might loose your lunch i youknew. The rising pollution in the oceans is carried great distances and sh indiscriminately absorb it all.

I the waters not sa e to drink, the sh aren’t sa e to eat. Fish can accumulate as much as 9 million timestoxins as that o the water in which they live. Shell sh are particularly absorbant with so many peopleapparently allergic to them whereas its probably the toxins they have trouble with. As much as 10% o shell sh are in ected with organisms that can cause hepatitis, salmonella, cholera and even death.

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The Simpsons three eyed sh isn’t that ar etched!Ailments o sh and ocean birds are indicating the extento the crisis. Su ering rom skeletal de ormities, tumours,chromosomal damage, reproductive dys unction andradioactive poisoning they’re drowning in a sea o toxins.Male sh are starting to show emale characteristics -isthat why emale impersonators are so convincing these

days! Recently dioxin land contamination in Brazil pollutedcitrus pulp in Germany. What to speak o the radioactive

allout rom places like Chernobyl. Increased algal bloomsand red tides are evidence o the rising ocean pollutionlevels, even deep water sh are a ected.

I you’re pregnant you might like to take the advice o world health authorities who warn pregnant woman notto eat sh due to the risk o oetal brain damage, de ectsand developmental deviations. Extensive studies in the

Netherlands and the US support this caution.

An increased demand or sh and modern trawling andvacuuming methods o shing mean that there is a globalcrisis o over shing. Over the last 10 years the marinecatch has increased by our times and the most importantcommercial sh are in steep decline. Some species are soover shed they are becoming endangared, the CanadianCod are a good example. There’s a lot o unnecessarywaste and killing in commercial shing resulting in onequarter o the sh caught being discarded. A third o the

sh caught is made into meal or livestock.

Innocent bystanders are also victims with millions o dolphinsdying in tuna nets, about 44,000 albatrosses killed annuallyin lines, birds swallowing bait and hooks plus millions o other marine mammals such as seals, sea turtles and evenwhales die horrible deaths. Maybe we’ll think twice be orethrowing a shrimp on the Barbie knowing that or every onepound o shrimp sold twenty pounds o other sea creatureswere caught. There’s always a to u steak!

Although sh aren’t cuddly like puppies they still eel thesame pain. They have taste buds on their tongue, lips andnoses which give them acute pain perception. Their sensoryhairs on their backs allow them to register the most subtlevibrations. Being hooked and thrown onto their back hasgotta hurt. Maybe Pythagoras knew this. Sympathising withthe ailing sh so much he would pay the shermen thecost o their catch to throw the sh back to sea.

Fishing is dangerously depleting the marine ecosystem.Don’t take the “healthy choice” bait, you can let them o the hook. By keeping them o your plate and in the wateryou’ll be making a valuable contribution to preserving

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the ocean or uture generations. Your body will thank you too.

VEGIEMAN to the worlds rescue!Imagine you’re sitting at the dinner table with an 8-ouncesteak on your plate, surrounded by 45-59 starving peoplewith empty plates. I you were having a vegetarian meal

everyone’s plate would be ull. This is the reality o thesituation as explained by Francis Moore Lappe in herbook- Diet or a Small Planet. Harvard nutritionist JeanMayer estimates that cutting down meat production byonly 10% would release enough grain to eed 60 millionpeople. While a child dies o starvation every 2.3 seconds70% o US grain is ed to animals. With proper agriculturalpolicies and less meat production global hunger couldbe a legacy o the past.

What’s the real price o meat? Every 1 pound o meatproduced costs us 16 pounds o grain, 35 pounds o topsoil (1 inch o which takes 200 years to develop)and up to 6,000 pounds o water as opposed to the 60pounds o water it takes to produce 1 pound o wheat.

Concerned about the rain orest and de orestation? 40%o the Amazon rain orest has been destroyed along withinnumerable irreplaceable plant and animal species inorder to graze cattle. Worldwide 50% o the landmassis used to graze cattle whereas only 1 1/2% is used orplant ood production.

As ar as the world’s pollution problem -70% o it is dueto animal “production.” The late Homebush abbattoirwas the single greatest polluter o Sydney’s coastalwaters according to a NSW Government Newlsetter.Contaminated runo and sewage rom slaughterhousesand eedlots are the main producer o eco-killing blue-green algae.

Vegetarians are making a step towards preventingdeserti cation o arable land, the destruction o rain orests and the wastage o global resources. This pro-active approach may be the only way to save our planet

rom the grave collision course its headed on.

Meals Without Squeals“Never eat things with faces thank you” Joanna Lumley

The average Australian eats 17 cows, 92 sheep, 15 pigs,

1,200 chickens, 2,000 sh and 16,500 eggs in a li etime.No wonder George Bernard Shaw described meat eatersas animal graveyards. Demand or meat is de nately onthe decline though including pork sales which hit an all

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time low during Babe’s box o ce success.Who would like to torture, kill and slice up their pet? Then eat it! How about shooting Babe, Bambi,Lassi, Flipper or Black Beauty in the head. No takers? Its no wonder. Why does societies scope orcompassion have such arti cial boundaries? We love our pets, zoo animals and “ avourite species” yetturn a blind eye to the millions o innocent animals massacred yearly. Why do we pamper one animaland cannablise the other as dinner? We eel or the victims o Bosnia and Kosovo but remain silent atthe violence going on at our local butcher. Maybe we don’t think that animals eel anything. Does a

dolphin who carries her dead baby around with her or several days eel love and sorrow? How aboutthe elk cal who gaurds the body o her murdered riend or two days, sni ng and nuzzling the deadcalves ace. The Prince o Wales Zoo recently witnessed a heartbreaking display o elephant mourning.Elephant Damini wept or 24 days, re using ood or drink in 44 degree heat whilst she lay with thebody o her departed riend elephant Champakali who died in childbirth. She eventually died romgrie . Its obvious to anyone that humans don’t have an exclusive right on emmotions. Animals alsohave a limbic emmotional area o their brain, they secrete similar hormones and neurotransmitters inresponse to situations, they have a developed nervous system and pain receptors just like humans. Doanimals experience joy, love, ear, anger? O course. The only disadvantage animals have is that theycan’t express their eelings using human language. Basic understanding o body language will tell

you what they’re eeling though. Eyes widened and rolling back in the sockets, heart beating rapidly,hairs standing on end, mouth rothing, muscles trembling, teeth chattering, sphincters loosened, legsshaking as they run, dive, hide, scream or their shells slam shut. These are just some o the symptomso ear- “the slaughterhouse dance” as one abbattoir worker called it. Do they experience sorrow andloss? Baby elephants who witnessed their amilies being killed or tusks wake up screaming in thenight. Cows bellow or days when separated rom their calves. Animal mates waste away and die o sorrow when separated rom their partner.

Humans have the capacity to exploit and abuse animals but we also have the skills to understandand appreciate them. Due to sel shness or moral cowardice we can abuse our power over animals.It takes courage and mercy to make a stance against the violation o animal rights as well as anacknowledgement o their own silent dignity. As author Alice Walker supported “The animals o theworld exist or their own reasons. They were not made or humans any more than black people weremade or white, or women created or men.” We can get so much more rom animals by loving themthan by eating them. And our Karmic Bank account will be much richer!

The entire li e o a captive “ ood” animal is an unnatural torture o arti cial breeding, viciouscarstration, hormone stimulation, isolation, an abnormally attening and arti cial diet and the longuncom ortable ride to the screaming nale. One out o ten will miss the closing scene as they die

rom stress or disease be ore their bloody end.

But animals are killed in a compassionate, humane way aren’t they? I’ll spare the gory details or thosewho don’t want nightmares. But i you ever visit your butcher again instead o pandering to his irtysmall talk why don’t you ask him how his goods made the journey rom baby cal to veal cutlet, rolickingpiglet to pork crackling, cuddly lamb to roast or loving cow to llet mignon. For the brave ones who arewilling to witness hell on earth, take a stroll down to your local slaughterhouse. Problem is unless youlive in the country it’s probably days away. Best to keep all that screaming and blood away rom people.It might upset someone! I abbatoirs had glass walls and were closer to home more people would bevegetarian. Why do you think vegie Paul MacCartney risks arrest by sneaking into slaughterhouses totake videos?” -its always been and always will be compassion or animals ” We love him yeh yeh yeh!

Holy Cow!We now have scienti c evidence that vegetarianism is good for the body. The greatest teachers havealways known that it is good for the soul”-Rev Alvin Hart

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Even though religion doesn’t play a major role in many people’s lives today our deep-seated moraland ethical views are unconciously in uenced by religious conditioning. “Love they neighbour”, “Dounto others as you would have them do unto you”, “Thou shalt not kill” are basic character yardsticks.We may pro ess to honor these yet ail to apply them to our meek and de enceless animal riends.Do we think that a merci ul, compassionate God condones this mass torture and slaughter? Most o the world’s major religions and their earliest adherents strongly advocated vegetarianism. Generally,the older the religion-the closer to vegetarianism. Islam, one o the worlds’ youngest religions, isn’t

a strong supporter o vegetarianism but ancient Christian, Judaic, Buddhist and Hindu texts supportit. Modern denominations such as Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, Quakers, Su s, Baha’i, Jainismalso endorse vegetarianism. Ancient scriptures embodying the message o major religions suggest that killing animals is absolutelysacrosanct and perpetrators will su er or their actions. But many Christian texts seem to supportmeat eating...the modern translations that is. Un ortunately with human’s penchant or “Chinesewhispers” and manipulation many scriptures have been conveniently mistranslated, watered down oreven edited to attract converts and avoid loosing ollowers who might seek out an “easier” doctrine. There are 19 re erences to meat in the gospels but the original Judaic translations re er to ood, not

meat. Even Jesus’ sh were actually vegetarian sh plant rolls- a popular ast ood in his time (makesbetter picnic ood than spoiling sh). In Genesis 1:13 he did say I’ve given every green herb or meat”.Emperor Constantine’s campaign in AD 325 was a classic example. He had all the negative re erencesto meat eating or drinking cut out o the Christian scriptures in order to win a popularity contest. Thelosers, as always, were the animals.

It seems that people were so attached to the taste o meat that great religious leaders made concessionsor them, with very strict conditions intact. Buddhists are only supposed to eat meat under three

precepts but even then the Dalai Lama says he sees no reason why animals should be killed or ood.Deliberately complicated killing regimes would at least reduce the number o animals slaughtered.Since both Jews and Muslims are banned rom eating the blood o animals the complicated 14-step“koshering” process o meat preparation was devised. This process subjects animals to pain and terrorthat makes a POW camp look like Disneyland. And it goes on even as ISIAH 1:15 says “when you pray,I will not hear you or your hands are ull o blood.” All the blood isn’t drained out o the meat anywayso they’re kidding themselves. It would be much more consistent to give up meat eating completelyas many sincere ollowers do. Is that such a big sacri ce?

Hinduism makes no bones about the karmic repercussions o meat eating. The Sanskrit word ormeat ‘maamsa’ means ‘as I eat it now, so it will eat me in the uture.’ Karmic retribution echoed byJesus when he say boys set a snare or birds and commented that they will be caught in a similarsnare in the uture. Makes you wonder about people choking on sh bones!

You don’t have to eat the stu to get karma. Those who rear, sell, buy, prepare or serve meat are saidto su er equally negative repercussions according to the Hindu texts. Pythagoras explains “he whosows the seed o murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”

In today’s world blowing o someone’s head while wearing a designer suit is cool. Why isn’t compassioncool? Escalating violence in our hearts is bearing out in our actions creating an increasingly righteningenvironment o war, pestilence and homicide. As Indira Gandhi, late Indian Prime Minister said“everything is related. Whatever happens now to animals will eventually happen to man.”

Spiritual vegetarians aim to puri y their hearts(o violence and cholesterol!), maintaining a lovingbond with animals rather than exploiting them or sel sh sense grati cation. The highest religioustruth is to cherish all li e and emulate God’s all-encompassing love and compassion. This promotesglobal peace at all levels.

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Were the long and pain ul deaths o bothBuddha and Mohammed rom meatpoisoning a lesson to teach us this? A ter allJesus was born in an animal shelter, not anabbatoir.

Per ect Vego Diet There is absolutely no nutrient, no protein,no vitamin, no mineral that can’t beobtained rom plant-based oods. ~MichaelKlaper MD

Where do I get my Protein and Iron? “There isabsolutely no nutrient, no protein, no vitamin,no mineral that can’t be obtained from plant-

based foods” -Michael Klaper MD

The same place the power ul elephant,

rhino, bullock or hippo get theirs...plantbased oods. It’s a allacy that you have toeat meat to be strong and healthy.

Plant protein is pre erable to meat proteinanyway because meat protein contains moreacid orming sulphur amino acids which

eed bacteria in the gut unlike plant basedsulphur amino acids which are neutralisedby the carbohydrates. Vegetable proteinalso reduces cholesterol by up to 20%. AHarvard study ound that vegetarians wereconsuming twice the minimum daily proteinrequirement. Leading nutritionist Paavoairola ound in his numerous studies thatprotein was easily available to vegetarians.

Even the Encyclopaedia Britanica says“protein obtained rom nuts, pulses, grainsand dairy products is relatively pure ascompared with bee which has 56% impurewater content” Its easy to get Iron romplant oods and its assimilated easily withthe extra vitamin C and without all thesaturated at, cholesterol and wastes thataccompany meat.•

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I animals could talk they would thank the ollowing people!

THE WHO”S WHO OF VEGETARIANS

Alexandra Paul (Baywatch) Alicia Silverston Annie Lennox Anthony RobbinsBelinda Carlisle Billie Jean King Billy Idol Bob DylanBoy George Brad Pitt Brigette Bardot Brooke SheildsBryan Adams Candice Bergen Charles Darwin Chrissie HyndeDamon Albarn (Blur) Dannii Minogue Darryl Hannah David Duchovny

Depeche Mode Des’ree Drew Barrymore Dustin Ho manElvis Costello George Bernard Shaw Greg Chappel H.G.WellsHayley Mills Henry David Thoreau Jennie Garth Jim KerrJoan Armatrading Joan Baez Jon Anderson (Yes) Judith DurhamJulie Christie Kate Bush KD Lang Kim BassingerLarry Mullen Lenny Kravitz Leonado da Vinci Lindsay WagnerLisa Bonet Liv Tyler Loiusa May Alcoltt Mariel HemmingwayMark Twain Martin and Gary Kemp Martina Navratalova Meatloa Melissa Etheridge Morrissey Olivia Newton John Percy ShellyPeter Brock Peter Gabriel Plato PlutarchPrince Ralph Waldo Emmerson Richard Gere Rick Allen (De Leppard)Ricki Lake Robert Smith Ruth Rendell SealShirley Bassey Sinead O’Connor Siouxsie Sioux Sir Isaac NewtonSpike Milligan Terence Stamp The Beatles Thomas EddisonTolstoy Virginnia McKenna William Blake Woody HarrelsonYasmin Le Bon Yehudi Menuhin Bill Pearl (body builder, Mr. America & Mr. Universe)Dave Scott (5 times winner iron man triathalon) Katherine Monbiot (World champion arm wrestler)

Albert Einstein: “It is my view that the vegetarian

manner of living, by its purely physical effect on thhuman temperament, would most bene cially in

ence the lot of mankind.”

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OMNIVORES &VEGETARIANS

MEAT EATING ANIMALS VEGETARIAN ANIMALS HUMAN BEINGSHas claws No claws No clawsNo skin pores; perspire through tongue Perspire through millions o skin pores Perspire through millions o skiSharp, pointed ront teeth to tear esh No sharp pointed ront teeth No sharp pointed ront teethSmall salivary glands in the mouth (not

needed to predigest grains and ruits.)Acid saliva; no enzyme, to predigestgrains.

Well-developed salivary glands needed to

predigest grains and ruits. alkaline saliva;much ptylin to predigest grains

Well-developed salivary glands needed to

predigest grains and ruits. Alkaline saliva;much ptylin to predigest grains

No at back molar teeth to grind ood Flat back molar teeth to grind ood. Flat back molar teeth to grind oVery strong hydrochloric acid in stomach todigest tough animal muscles, bone etc.

Stomach acid 10 times weaker than meateaters.

Stomach acid 10 times weaker than meateaters.

Intestinal tract only 3 times body lengthso rapidly decaying meat can pass out o body through body quickly. Meat putre esin intestine due to slow transit time

Intestinal tract 6 times body length; ruitsdo not decay as rapidly as meat.

Intestinal tract 6 times body length; ruitsdo not decay as rapidly as meat.

Enzymes uricase to breakdown uric acid Not present Not presentHave the ability to excrete large amouts o cholesterol

Unable to excrete large amounts o cholesterol

Unable to excrete large amounts o cholesterol

Where do you t in?

“In the future all intelligent peopl will be vegetarian, so why not give

now?”- Chrissie Hynde

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Energies o the world

Vibration God Planetary Energies Modes Channel Physiology QualityA Brahma Air Praana Satva Sushumna Vata NeutralU Vishnu Sun Tejas Rajas Pingala Pitta Hot

M Shiva Moon Ojas Tamas Ida Kapha Cold

Home Work

1) Collect 3 therapeutic uses and 3 nutrients or each ood item rom page 58 onwards.2) Read the article (Why’s everyone vegging out?) and share your thoughts.3) Explain one o your past health events in terms o doshas.4) Explain one o your past health events in terms o elements.5) Explain one o your past health events in terms o channels.6) Explain one o your past health events in terms o agni and ama.

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<<<< Light<<<< <<<< <<<• >> >>>> >>>> Heavy>>>>Tall Short Angular Curvaceous Rectangular

Slender Small Muscular So t SolidCircle the main eatures o body.

ether air re water earth

Dominant eatures in geometrical shapes are ………………………Dominant elements are ………………………






Slender Small Muscular So t Solid

Circle the main eatures o body.











Body type analysis

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Grains

Barley Slightly dry, cool, sweet and light, barley reduces vata and pitta. It is especiallyused as a soup during convalescence and barley water with coconut water isused or treating urinary stones, colic and respiratory diseases.

Corn Corn silk tea is used to treat urinary tract in ections, prostrate enlargementand water retention.

Rice Sweet, light and cooling, rice is especially indicated to lower high pittaimbalances. As a soup it is the most common ood given to people duringillness, especially during evers, intestinal disorders and in convalescence.

Wheat Sweet, cool, heavy and unctuous, wheat helps the tissues to adhere together,stabilises vata and pitta, and is strengthening and aphrodisiac.

LegumesMung beans Considered the most healthy legume, mung beans are astringent, sweet, cool

and pungent in post-digestive e ect. Good or all doshas mung beans arevery nourishing and puri ying, especially when made into a kitchari meal.

Peas, lentils These are astringent and sweet in taste, cool, light and pungent vipaka. Sothey tend to increase vata but they are bene cial or high kapha conditions.

Sesame Charaka includes this under the category o legumes. It is sweet, bitter,astringent and hot and has a sweet post- digestive e ect. Since it is oily andheavy it promotes kapha and pitta while is the main medium or healingvata. The oil is used very success ully as the base or most o the external oiltreatments in Ayurveda. It is a rejuvenative or teeth and bones. In amenorrheablack sesame seeds are used.

Urad dal Astringent and sweet in taste, hot in potency and sweet in post-digestivee ect, urad dal cures vata and quickly imparts virility. It is bene cial or thenervous system and or cough and ever due to weakness. It is considered thehighest non-animal source o protein and is sometimes shunned by celibatesdue to it’s aphrodisiac e ect.

Vegetables

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Bitter melon A very bitter vegetable which is taken rst in a meal to stimulate gastricsecretions and it is also taken by diabetic to keep their blood sugar stable.

Cucumber Sweet, heavy and cooling, cucumber slows the movement o ood through theintestines and is diuretic. It apparently helps to reduce toxicity due to alcoholand is applied to the skin as a cooling astringent.

Garlic Garlic possesses ve o the six tastes, lacking only sour. It is good in manydisease conditions, lowering vata and kapha and increasing pitta, but it shouldbe used in moderation during health as it makes the mind intolerant andincreases rajas and tamas. One o the reasons garlic is such a potent medicineis that it penetrates to all parts o the body very quickly. Its most prominente ects include aphrodisiac, anthelmintic, anti-bacterial strengthens thememory, improves the complexion, digestion and tissue nutrition. It has beenused to treat lung disorders, typhoid and diphtheria, to reduce cholesteroland to scavenge heavy metals rom the tissue.

Ginger Known as the “Universal Remedy”, ginger is pungent in taste yet sweet in post-

digestive e ect. It balances vata and kapha and i taken in excess may increasepitta, there ore it is not taken in high-pitta conditions. Ginger is especiallyused to promote digestion and appetite and to relieve bloating due to gas.It prevents motion sickness and is given with rock salt and cumin with watera ter meals in chronic diarrhoea. Ginger is also given with castor oil in orderto detoxi y the body and with honey, black pepper and long pepper (piperlongum) or cough and bronchitis. Mixed with a enugreek decoction andhoney it is given or the u and or dry cough or nausea it is given with mint juice, lemon and honey.

Lea y veges Tend to be good or pitta and kapha and not so good or vata.

Okra Good or all doshas, it is high in protein and mucilage hence making it soothingin dysentery. A good diuretic that is use ul in urinary tract disorders.

Onion Although onions promote kapha and decrease vata, it is another remedyonly to be taken in illness due to it’s tamasic e ect on the mind. Onions aresweet and pungent in taste and sweet in post-digestive e ect. Onion juice isused in innumerable home remedies or gas, ear and eye in ections, sterility,nosebleeds, asthma, bronchitis diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, rheumatism andhair loss. The crushed paste is put on the soles o the eet to treat headachesand smelling crushed onion is use ul or nausea and vomiting.

Root veges (Beetroots, carrots, parsnips, radishes, swedes and turnips) Since they areheavy and earthy these tend to increase kapha and pitta. They are considered

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di cult to digest.

Fruits

Apple Raw, apples are sweet in taste, cold in action and pungent a ter digestionthere ore they tend to increase vata. The whole raw ruit aids constipation yetthe browned pulp or juice controls diarrhoea.

Banana Cold and heavy, banana is to be avoided by those with sluggish digestion. Theruit is said to be aphrodisiac while a little unripe and cooked it is a popular

home remedy or diarrhoea, particularly in children. The ripe banana and thepowder o unripe banana are stomachic and used to cure ulcers and acidity.

Coconut Sweet, oily and cool, the coconut strengthens and builds up the body. Coconut

water ushes out the kidneys and cools the system. Coconut oil is used morethan any other oil to strengthen the hair.

Date The date is sweet, aphrodisiac, heavy, cool and builds the body. They reducevata and pitta.

Fig Sweet, nourishing, strengthening, heavy, laxative, cooling, gs control vataand pitta.

Guava Eaten without the rind it will cause constipation. So the unripe ruit is used to

control diarrhoea

Lime Sour, bitter, astringent, cooling and sweet in post-digestive e ect, it canaggravate elevated pitta. Its juice is applied externally on bites, skin eruptionsand on the scalp to remove dandru . It is used to treat diarrhoea and takenbe ore meals to aid digestion. It is also used to treat evers, constipation, liverdisorders, poisoning, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and cataracts.

Mango The ripe ruit is laxative, diuretic and cools the blood. It paci es vata andincreases esh and semen. The bark is used to treat uterine haemorrhage,haemoptysis and diarrhoea. The kernel inside the seed cures diarrhoea. Theunripe mango increases pitta.

Orange Sweet, slightly sour and heavy, oranges promote appetite and cure vata.

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Pear The hard variety will increase vata, but the usual so t variety will control alldoshas. Heavy and cool.

Pomegranate The ruit rind and root bark are astringent and bitter, while the ruit is sour,

sweet, astringent, cooling and sweet a ter digestion. When sweet it controlsall three doshas and cures vata and pitta, while sour it aggravates pitta andvata. The sweet ruit juice is good in diarrhoea and worms. The seeds are madeinto a digestive powder and the root bark is given or worms.

Tamarind Sour and hot, tamarind when ripe decreases vata and kapha. Tamarind is usedto stimulate appetite and digestion and to promote bowel movements. Theseeds are soaked and taken or leucorrhoea and backache.

Nuts

Most nuts are sweet, heavy, oily, hot, aphrodisiac and strengthening. They build up thebody but can aggravate all doshas. Almonds are considered the most superior,rejuvenative nut. They are high in calcium and alkalising.

Dairy

Buttermilk This is the whey le t a ter churning yogurt to make butter. It reduces vataand kapha and cleans the channels. It promotes the capacity o the tissue toabsorb nutrients. It is a remedy or piles, assimilation disorders, diarrhoea anddysentery. It is also commonly used in treating edema, suppression o urine,loss o appetite, indigestion, anaemia and many other diseases.

Ghee Sweet be ore and a ter digestion, cow’s ghee is the best substance to curevata and pitta. It promotes memory, intelligence, the digestive re, semen,ojas and at. It removes toxicity rom the system and is used as a remedy ininsanity, consumption and chronic ever.

Milk Milk resh rom the cow, boiled, strained and aerated is considered to beambrosia or the body. It is especially good or children, emaciated people,

those who are sexually active and insomniacs. Since cow’s milk shares manyqualities o ojas being sweet, cool, unctuous, thick, glossy, viscid, heavy andclear, it is said to nourish ojas and is oremost among vitalizers and rejuvenators.Human milk is vitalizing and is used as nose drops in nose bleeds and as an

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eye application in eye disorders.

Yogurt Sweet, sour, hot and sour a ter digestion, yogurt cures vata and increases pittaand kapha. Good or treating certain types o diarrhoea, evers, loss o appetite,urinary problems and emaciation but should be avoided in hot seasons, kaphaor pitta conditions. It should not be taken daily or a long time.

Spices

Bay lea Pungent, sweet and hot, it reduces both vata and kapha and increases pitta.For respiratory congestion it is given with cinnamon and cardamom.

Black pepper Pungent and hot and pungent in post digestive e ect. It decreases kaphaand vata and increases pitta only slightly. It is sprinkled on cold ood, such as

cucumbers, melons and bananas to counteract their coldness. It breaks downtoxins or ama in the body and mixed with ginger and long pepper, it is used toignite digestion and to treat colds and respiratory congestion. It is also madeinto a medicated ghee to relieve sinus congestion and headache.

Caraway Pungent, bitter and hot and pungent in post digestive e ect. Caraway controlsvata and kapha and can increase pitta. It’s Indian cousin. Ajowan is used mainly

or the digestive tract, especially or gas, colic and to ignite the digestive re.

Cardamom Sweet, bitter and astringent in taste, and sweet post digestive. Cardamomreduces all three doshas, yet may increase kapha in excess. It increases thedigestive re and ojas and hence it rejuvenates the whole system. It is goodmixed with a milk based sweet, and chewed a ter meals as a digestive. It aidsindigestion, gas, piles, urinary complaints, heart weakness, cough, asthma,consumption and heat in the body and mind. It is added to co ee to relieveacidity.

Chillies Pungent, hot and pungent in post-digestive e ect. Chillies reduce kapha andincrease pitta. Excess use will eventually heat the system. Its main use is toignite the digestive re, but it should be taken with ghee to counteract it’sheating properties.

Cinnamon Pungent sweet and bitter in taste, and hot in potency, but sweet in post-digestive e ect. Cinnamon controls both vata and kapha without aggravatingpitta. It is used as an application in toothache, headache and impotence.

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Coriander Sweet, slightly pungent and very cooling, coriander leaves relieve both pittaand vata and help to remove heat rom the system, especially in the intestinesand eyes. The juice is o ten drunk to alleviate hay ever, eye problems and torelieve skin diseases.

Cumin Pungent, slightly hot and pungent a ter digestion, cumin controls both vata

and kapha without aggravating pitta. It is o ten used to ease digestive upsetslike gas and cramps.

Fennel The seed is sweet, pungent, bitter, cooling and sweet post-digestivelydecreasing all the doshas. It is o ten chewed a ter meals with cardamom androck sugar to prevent gas and gallstones and women utilise it’s oestrogenice ect by taking it as a decoction to increase breast milk, alleviate PMT andregulate menstruation. Fennel oil is a decongestant and improves coughs.

Fenugreek Pungent, sweet, hot and pungent a ter digestion, enugreek reduces vata andkapha and increases pitta i taken in excess. It cleanses the lymphatic systemand is there ore very use ul in puri ying the skin and the respiratory system. The tea promotes sweating in in uenza, puri es and promotes breast milk andregulates menstruation. It is given with valerian to treat insomnia, depressionand neurosis. The paste o the seeds puri es boils and abscesses and it hasbeen used as a shampoo to prevent early hair loss.

Mustard Heating and pungent in post-digestive e ect, mustard seeds are mostlytaken in winter to increase the general circulation and heat in the body thus

preventing colds and coughs.

Nutmeg Pungent, bitter and astringent and hot and pungent in post-digestivee ect, nutmeg reduces vata and kapha and increases pitta. In Ayurveda it iscommonly used to calm the nerves o the lower abdomen and there ore iso use in diarrhoea and dysmenorrhoea. It is given with buttermilk to treatdiarrhoea and with milk to induce sleep and control premature ejaculationand bed wetting.

Sa ron Pungent, bitter and sweet, hot and sweet a ter digestion, sa ron controls and

balances all the doshas. It is mainly used to treat disorders o the reproductivesystem, regulating menses, relieving dysmenorrhoea and PMT and promotingertility. It is one o the oldest aphrodisiacs known and is also used with milk to

relieve digestive and respiratory congestion.

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Turmeric Bitter, astringent and hot, and pungent a ter digestion, turmeric balances kaphaand pitta and in excess may aggravate vata. Turmeric is used both internallyand externally to puri y the body and mind. It is a good anti-bacterial herband a strong blood puri er. It is used or liver disorders, asthma, eye drops,boils and to beauti y the skin in general.

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