Summer Hunger Strike

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Hunger Strike

As the trend is famous, we do it this season.
To oppose the rising Mercury, we go on hunger strike. "We condemn you,  you 'Sun on the Beach' we go on hunger strike till you cool down"

Since the beginning of summer, water becomes one of the inseparable part of diet. May it be diet or not, but it becomes inseparable. This hot summer, one gets so much exhausted that he goes on drinking water every now and then. And more than that, we don't even eat food, we drink only liquids. Why?

After loosing water through sweat we get thirsty, and when thirsty, who cares about hunger. We drink water, and....
And forget one thing;
Excessive water intake hampers appetite and digestion. So food intake is reduced. And when food intake is reduced, body gets less nutrition.

What difference does that make?

It does, because the next season is Monsoon. And Monsoon is the season which causes diseases of Vaata. Monsoon is the season of rain which favours vitiation of Vaata.

Ayurved says, Vaata increases when we don't have proper amount of food.
In Summer if we have less food and more water, Vaata increases, and that increased Vaata further expands it's boundaries in the next coming season of Monsoon.

So you may feel thirsty, but don't punish your body by subsiding your hunger.
Your hunger strike is not gonna make any difference to the 'Sun on the Beach'.
Think of tomorrow(Monsoon) and have proper food.
That helps in long run.

©Vd. Amit Pal.


21st May 2016
08:54:11 am