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Upavas And Nobel Prize

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  1. periamma

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    @jayasala42 you are rocking with your style in all topics.Fasting is good for health and people follow this on a particular day related to God.In our town on Ekadasi day they take only idlis and in the night Rice upma.Next day morning at 6am have a heavy food with 21 vareities of vegetables.sambar,Rasam,Morkulampu,Agaththi keerai and Amla dugaiyal .Now people take chapathis too.i had seen some elders in my family having only TULSI water.
     
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    Japanese go deep into "it", i.e., the notion of Ekaadashi upavaas ? Japanese had suffered food shortages for several periods in their history. The Nobel prize for Ohsumi has nothing to do with their history of famines and starvation.
     
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    Dear Periamma,
    It is Ekadasi feasting and not fasting.We are always prepared to bend the rules and have some justification.many take chapathis without adding salt.But there is already salt content in wheat flour and chapathis without salt tastes equally good.
    Jayasala 42
     
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    Dear Amica,
    There are many who magnify exceptions and try to ridicule the practices.If one is not able to follow, let them not follow.It is not in the fitness of things to ridicule people who follow certain vratas whether with scientific reasons or spiritual reasons.
    Jayasala 42
     
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    Dear Nonya,
    May be ;But there is an underlining idea of voluntary starving keeping one's health in mind and Indians have a recorded history.
    jayasala 42
     
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    Thank you Pavithra for the nice response.
    jayasala 42
     
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    Only today's generation relaxes rules for fasting.....earlier they used to have even nirjala ekadasi......that is fasting without even having a drop of water......

    today people work after travelling.....so they relax rules for themselves........ Earlier mostly people will be bound to their house or their area.......So it was easier to fast....

    I fast by avoid meals/tiffin items......I take only fruits and juices.....so it is actually detoxification.........

    The concept of fasting cannot be shirked off because of few relaxations of current generation......the concept is useful........
     
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    Feed the cold.....starve the fever......is the english saying
     
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    Dear Smt. Jayasala:

    Thank you for sharing your deep insight into the benefits of fasting. Medical field and research carried out by the pharmaceutical industry has been driven to treat more and more people for various diseases. Traditionally, fat has been declared as the most dangerous hazard for health. The world is slowly beginning to understand that it is the carbs that causes more damage to us than the fat. Ketogenic diet suggests to eat protein, fiber and fat and reduce carb significantly training the mind to use more fat to generate energy than from carb. This has proved to have reduced the obesity significantly.

    Coconut oil was declared dangerous for health and now everyone agrees that this is probably the most natural gift given to humanity. This is perhaps the second alternative to the breast milk for the babies.

    The real issue in Ketogenic diet is to balance Ketones level as high level of Ketones in blood and urine can cause serious health issues. Fasting too frequently can cause substantial increase in Ketones level.

    Viswa
     
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    Awesome post Jayakka dear, so much to learn.
     

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