We usually spoil our food stuffs before eating them. We have come to like fried food. In frying the food not only loses its vitamins and other essential nutrients, but it also becomes hard to digest. We consume too much of carbohydrates when we eat a lot of wheat, rice, potatoes, sugar etc. Usually green leafy vegetables, fruits and other raw foods are missing from our diet. Raw or boiled vegetables should be an essential part of our daily diet. For those suffering from constipation, these are a must. Not only have they provided necessary vitamins and salts, but also ruffage which prevents constipation. Vegetables like tomato, carrot, cucumber, cabbage, onion, salad, ginger and radish can be eaten raw. Other vegetables, when cooked, should never be fried. They should be first washed, then cut in big chunks and cooked in steam or boiled. Butter or cream can be added only after boiling or steaming the vegetables.

We should therefore change our habit of eating fried food. If we regularly eat boiled vegetable, we are sure to develop a taste for them. Sooner it is started, the better.

The best and most ideal food, however, is “natural food”. By natural food we mean the food which Mother Nature offers us. Nuts, fruits, vegetables, pulses and cereals can be eaten without putting them on fire. While fruits, nuts and vegetables can be eaten without any further processing, cereals and pulses can first be sprouted and then eaten raw.