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- Maintain
- Water
- Drink 1–3 glasses of warm/cold water in squatting position after rising from the bed in the morning.
- Drink at least 8–12 glasses of water everyday with a frequency of one glass every 2 hours.
- Vital Factors
- Breathe deeply and keep erect posture always.
- Cultivate the habit of passing motions twice a day.
- Bathe twice a day with cold/neutral water.*
- Pray/meditate twice a day.*
- Rest
- After every meal, pass urine and relax in vajrasana for 5 to 15 minutes.
- Sleep on a medium/hard bed with a thin pillow.
- Forget your worries and be relaxed when you go to bed.
- Cultivate the habit of sleeping on your abdomen or on the right side.
- Keep a three–hour gap between your dinner and bedtime.
- Exercise
- Early morning walk briskly/jog for 30 minutes.
- Do exercises/asanas/suryanamaskars/gardening/swimming/play games etc.
- Stroll after dinner for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Food
- Chew well and eat slowly and calmly.
- Eat according to your hunger, but fill only three–fourth of your stomach.
- Ideal time for lunch is between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and for dinner it is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Take only two meals a day (with a gap of 7 hours).
- Use any grains/seeds after soaking them in water overnight.
- Take dried fruits after soaking them in water overnight.
- Let a part of your meal consist of cereals and another of vegetables. Do not mix cooked and raw diet. Take raw diet in one meal and cooked diet in another.
- Use only pure oil having unsaturated fats such as sunflower/gingili oil.
- Eat more of raw food–sprouts, fresh green leafy vegetables, seasonal fruits, salads, juices, raw chutney, lemon–hone–water, prefer butter milk and curds to milk.
- Cooked food, Whole flour, unpolished rice and gruel. Preferably, use steam–cooked food and soups.
