Course in Ayurvedic Diet & Nutrition

Duration: 3 weeks (60 hours) Theory+Practical

• Three pillars of life: Food, Sleep(Rest) & wise use of sense and function organs
• Importance of appropriate diet & nutrition in maintaining health
• Food & Fire: Physiology of nutrition
• How much to eat/consume? Quantitative aspect of diet
• Qualitative aspects of food: Taste: six tastes and how it works on body,mind&senses, Post digestive effect, Potency, Attributes, Functions
• Classification of food: Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Milk & milk products, Meat, Spices
• Food preparations: Soup recipes, Vegetable recipes, Rice recipes, Porridge recipes, Desserts, Bread recipes, Chutneys, Pickles & Masalas recipes, Infusion/Herbal tea recipes, Salad recipes
• Eight factors contributing to nutrition
• How to modify your diet according to age, sex, constitution (Prakruti), occupation, season, physiological condition (puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, nursing mothers) etc.
• Compatible food, Incompatible food combinations
• Food as a medicine: Some common illnesses like fever, cough cold, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhoea etc. and useful food preparations
• Concept of Fasting, its uses/benefits and limitations