FOOD IS MEDICINE
❝I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone,
best both for the body and the mind.❞
(ALBERT EINSTEIN )
A thought
came in my mind about the different functions and the food we provide to
our guests. Actually our intention is to provide a delicious and
healthy food to them. So they can relish the food & at the same time
should get a health from it. And on top of that should not suffer any
discomfort after that.
But today
we have moved far away from this purpose. Giving hundreds of items from
all part of the world is something we offer as a best to them. How can
nature will accept this? So many combinations, so many things which may
not suit to the region we live, and the season we are in. Ultimately
leading to discomforts and only discomforts to our guests.
Why we
should be so unnatural, why should not we use our wisdom, why should not
we listen to Mother Nature? So an idea came that we can offer a
delicious and simultaneously healthy food to our beloved guests. Pl note
healthy does not mean eating raw vegetables & salads or boiled
vegetables. A delicious food is a delicious food as we offer today in
all the functions.
But now we
will use the age old wisdom of Ayurveda and also the knowledge of
today’s science. So before deciding the menu we will consider the
prevailing season whether it is a winter, summer or rains, the time of
the day means lunch or dinner, the venue whether it is in north east
India, north west India , south India, whether it is Pune, Mumbai or
Nagpur etc.
We can also
give attention on which oil we should use for cooking, which type of
grains, pulses, vegetables, fruits etc. Further we can avoid some wrong
combinations of food such as giving milk & fruits together. Which
sweets to be given & how best they can be prepared. We can also
offer something made out of organic food.
Depending
upon the urge of the customer we can go still further. How to keep the
freshness of any particular dish. We think that health means fresh food.
So how can we keep the freshness of food? And for that instead of
giving hundreds of tasteless items why should not keep less no of items
but with an explicit quality. When you keep a food item in a hot plate
to keep it warm, this continuous heating reduces its taste.
Or instead
of giving so many items give limited no of items and use much more man
power to make the things fresh. Divert your funds in this direction. We
can also act upon the angle of environment. We can make our functions
more environment friendly. We can think upon the unnecessary wastage of
plastic and thermocal etc. And can also plan in advance what to do about
the remaining food?
So come
make our functions healthier, delicious and environment friendly. We
will think together to make this happen. Let us change the food culture.
By
Dr. Santosh Vyavahare
(Refer from Dr Nikhil Mehta)
