Food Body (eBook)
About this eBook
twenty-first century. Choosing our food is no longer about fruits, vegetables,
grains and other such obvious ingredients. We now have to contend with calories
(of two kinds no less – empty and non-empty), fat and protein content (protein
also being of two kinds – protein from plants as opposed to protein from
animals), confusing nutrition labels, and precise serving quantities. Added to
this is the unruly flood of books, TV shows and nutrition experts proffering
advice on the best kind of diet for you – Paleo diet, Vegan diet, Detox diet
and so on so forth.
This book
is not meant to contribute much to that flood. Which is why it’s just 33 pages
(with a lot of pictures, so you don’t have to do too much reading). There are
tips and guidelines and a few nutritional facts, but the real essence of the
book is epitomized by the title itself – Food Body. As Sadhguru says, “Food is about
the body… To eat intelligently means
to understand and supply the kind of fuel the body is designed for so that it
can function at its best.” Food Body is a first step for you to tune
into your body and figure out for yourself what suits you best. It opens up the
opportunity to experience the true joy of eating, and the possibility for our
food to be something more than just a means of physical sustenance.
Interspersed with
Sadhguru’s wisdom, the book looks at the kind of foods that the body is most comfortable
with and explores the most appropriate ways of consuming such foods. It also touches
on the latest research which reveals some shocking truths about foods we
commonly consume. Look out for the “Did You Know?” and “Keep in Mind” sections
which offer tips and interesting facts about food and ingredients, and be sure
to try out the simple recipes at the end.
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About the author
Sadhguru
Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serve as a reminder that yoga is not an esoteric discipline from an outdated past, but a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Probing, passionate and provocative, insightful, logical and unfailingly witty, Sadhguru's talks have earned him the reputation of a speaker and opinion-maker of international renown. With a celebratory engagement with life on all levels, Sadhguru's areas of active involvement encompass fields as diverse as architecture and visual design, poetry and painting, ecology and horticulture, music and sports.
Sadhguru is also the founder of Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization which has been dedicated to the wellbeing of the individual and the world for the past three decades. Isha Foundation does not promote any particular ideology, religion, or race, but transmits inner sciences of universal appeal.
Isha Foundation
Isha Foundation is a non-profit human-service organization, supported by over two million volunteers in over 150 centers worldwide. Recognizing the possibility of each person to empower another, Isha Foundation has created a massive movement that is dedicated to address all aspects of human wellbeing, without ascribing to any particular ideology, religion or race.
Isha Foundation is involved in several path-breaking outreach initiatives: Action for Rural Rejuvenation (ARR) enhances the quality of rural life through healthcare and disease prevention, community revitalization, women empowerment, the creation of sustainable livelihoods, and yoga programs. Isha Vidhya empowers rural children with quality education. Project GreenHands (PGH) initiates mass tree planting and creates a culture of care for the environment to keep this planet liveable for future generations.
Isha’s unique approach in cultivating human potential has gained worldwide recognition and reflects in Isha Foundation’s special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
The Foundation is headquartered at the Isha Yoga Center, set in the lush rainforest at the base of the Velliangiri Mountains in southern India, and at the Isha Institute of Inner-sciences on the spectacular Cumberland Plateau in central Tennessee, USA.