5 Daily Foods You are Eating the Wrong Way

In this post, I am going to share with you 5  daily foods that you are eating the wrong way  
and the right way to consume them  so that we can derive the maximum  
benefit out of them.

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Starting with #5 on the list is Roti 

Not a day goes by without eating a  roti for many of us. It is filling,
nutritive and staple to Indian cuisine. However,  frequently people complain about digestive  
disorders after consuming roti. A prime reason  for this is the way it is prepared nowadays.  
Blame it on our fast lifestyle but often we cook  it on a tawa for a while and then quickly transfer  
it directly on flame until it is said done. This  give it an inflated look and also saves time.  
Though, in this process, while the outer part of  the roti gets properly done but from the inside,  
it remains half cooked. Imagine roasting potatoes  this way where the outside part of it looks cooked  
even burnt but when you delve into it, you realize  its undercooked. Preparing roti in this way tends  
to cause bloating and flatulence. This isn’t the  traditional way either. Ask your grandmother and  
she will tell you that roti was solely prepared  on the tawa. No doubt, it takes 2 minutes longer  
but then it will not only be evenly cooked but  also will be tastier and easier to digest. Wait!  
You need not compromise on it’s puffed up look  as well. Simply use a cloth and press it on the  
sides and watch it getting blow up. Another useful  tip while preparing roti is that the more time you  
will take to knead the dough, softer and lighter  the roti will turn out to be. Often we knead the  
dough at the last moment. Avoid this mistake.  Its recommended to always knead the dough first,  
give it enough to set while you prepare the curry.  Kneading the dough with milk and having it with a  
savoury dish is asking for skin problems. If your  goal is to lose weight, avoid putting ghee on the  
roti, add it in the curry instead. These atomic  tips will change the game for you and you will get the maximum out of this traditional food. 

At #4 is, Red chili powder 

Spices are the soul of Indian cooking as they  not just add flavour but dissociate their  
therapeutic elements into the food. However,  if you often suffer from body heat issues like  
excessive sweating, hair fall, premature greying  of hair, pigmentation of the skin, you should keep  
red chilli powder at bay. Being a strong stimulant  and highly inflammatory, if used indiscriminately,  
it can cause inflaming problems including peptic  ulcers and piles. Red chillies are generously  
used in the coastal regions of India like Andhra,  Kerala and Tamil Nadu but that’s actually a smart  
way to beat the excess moisture that results out  of the temperate weather conditions. To replicate  
the same in the plains is like using a heater in  summers. So does that mean we start eating bland  
food? Of course not. Red chillies can be easily  replaced with green chillies when making something  
like a parantha. In other preparations, red  chilli powder can be replaced with black pepper.  
Ayurvedic scriptures propose Trikatu churan  which is a combination of black pepper,  
long pepper and dry ginger. This is an ideal  swap of red chilli powder. Try it out and you will notice your body heat reducing. 

Next on the list is Banana 

Easy on the pocket, always available and an  impressive nutrient profile is what makes  
banana stand out among other fruits. Its not  just easy to eat but has all the ingredients  
that you require to recharge yourself physically  as well as mentally. However, when I say banana,  
I mean the ripened banana and not the one which  sells like hot cakes in the markets these days.  
A ripened banana is not solid yellow in colour  but invariably has small black spots on it.  
The stem of a ripened banana is almost black  in colour and not greenish. Another indicator  
is that an unripened banana won’t be very sweet.  Rather, it may be unpalatably starchy and bitter.  
The body has a hard time dealing with an unripened  raw banana and fails to assimilate the vital  
nutrients from it. In fact, if you regularly  eat such bananas you are inviting problems like  
acidity, bloating, constipation and allergic  reactions. So, the next time when you go out  
to buy bananas prefer the one with black spots. If  you can’t find any, buy them and let them sit for  
a couple of days. Once the black spots arrive, its  ready to hop on. Its this banana which is not only  
a superfood but has a taste that can beat most  sweets in the market. Bananas are high in calcium  
but do you know what has more calcium? The  fibres inside the banana peel. So don’t forget  
to scratch them out using a spoon and have along.  Banana is considered synonymous with weight gain although if you have 1 banana with black pepper  sprinkled on it 30 minutes before breakfast,  
it will help cut that extra fat from the body.  Banana with ghee and jaggery powder is a natural weight gainer. So, its not the food on paper but  the way it is eaten that makes all the difference. 

At #2 is Onion 

Onion has a long list of curative benefits attributed to its name but have you  wondered why then it is never consumed on a fast?  
Why some people completely abstain from it?  Well, that’s because of its Tamasic nature.  
To put it simply, the inherent property  of onions is to promote lethargy. As an  
experiment on a given day consume gobhi parantha  and then the next day have onion parantha,  
you will significantly feel your energy  levels dropping in the latter case. However,  
be sure that it is significantly less stimulating  than garlic. While onions in moderation promote  
memory when consumed daily they can reduce  the concentration power and promote feeling  
of anger and agitation. So, if you are a student  preparing for an upcoming examination or someone  
dealing with anger or depression skipping onions  for a while might come as a relief. Although,  
Indian curries are incomplete without the onion  tadka. However when we fry the onions too much  
they soak the oil like a sponge and then release  inside the body which promotes weight gain. So,  
a smart workaround would be to saute them  mildly and not until they turn brown. Onions  
when consumed as salad in small quantity benefit  the most especially in hair problems and thyroid  
issues. Overall, it is a powerful food but should  be consumed taking into consideration your current  state of mind and your affinity towards it. 

Finally, its Honey 

Since honey’s composition is similar to human  blood, it gets readily assimilated by our body.  
Not just a natural sweetener, it is a storehouse  of micronutrients and is hailed in Ayurveda for  
it’s medicinal properties. However, since it is  a sensitive food, utmost care should be taken  
while consuming honey else it can even harm your  body. Often we mix it with boiling hot water,  
herbal teas or sometimes directly on flame while  preparing certain dishes like honey chilli potato  
or baking cakes. This is a mistake as honey  should never be heated. Forget nutrition,  
heat alters it’s natural composition turning it  into a glue like substance. Ayurveda equates this  
honey to slow poison which tends to stick to the  subtle channels of the body blocking them. Infact,  
modern studies have confirmed that heating honey  produces a compound called HMF. This HMF when  fed to bees significantly increased their death  rate. When fed to rats, it caused severe kidney  
and liver damage. Even in humans cytotoxicity in  the mucous membranes, carcinogenicity and lung  
damage was reported. So, if you want to cut the  extra fat from the body mix honey with lukewarm  
water not boiling hot water. Honey can also be  mixed in warm milk. Then the combination of equal  
quantities of honey and ghee must be avoided. On  a safer side, if you are adding ghee to any dish,  avoid honey. There is no doubt that honey is a  superfood provided it is consumed the right way. 

So these were those 5 foods which I felt a  majority of us are eating the wrong way on a  

daily basis. Knowing the benefits of a food is one  thing but eating the way it is meant to be eaten  

is a different story altogether. This is one  thing Ayurveda presses on. If this post was  

helpful to you and you would like to watch more of it, please don’t forget to give a comment. 

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