Food Tidbits

CHOCOLATE
The opposite polarity to chocolate is green chili. Every time you have a chocolate urge, eat a green chili.

FERMENTED FOODS
The qualities of fermented foods have been listed as follows: for arthritis, scurvy, ulcers, colds, digestive disorders and cancer.

HONEY
Mainly depending on the pollen content, honey is known to induce longetivity, is effective in treating asthma, hemorrhoids, allergies, digestive disorders, arthritis, hay fever and multiple sclerosis. It improves assimilation and elimination, weak heart and bad complexion. Pollen is available in tablets, capsules and in pure form. It is recommended to take ten tablets a day or four to six capsules, or one tablespoon of granules for a dose.
One ounce of honey a day is all the body can handle.

LEAD POISONING
Any mechanism which makes white sugar contains lead, and lead is not good for the body.

MILK
Cow’s milk is very good milk, but if the cream content is more than 5%, it is advisable to add a little water.

OILS
Sesame, almond and olive oils are known as the oils of life.

TRINITY ROOT
Onions, garlic, and ginger are not spices; they are the trinity roots of life. In Yoga, people who do not take onions, garlic and ginger are those who are supposed to lead the life of a householder and are supposed to stay three miles away from where a woman dwells.
Garlic + onions + ginger = three basic life roots. In Egyptian history, onions were worshipped as a gift of God. It is written of garlic in the Vedic scriptures, “…it only lacks one thing: if someone knows how to make garlic sweet, it will be the nectar of life.”

From The Ancient Art of Self-Healing by Yogi Bhajan