We have already explained the three pillars of Ayurveda, and spoke elaborately about the first two – Nutrition and Sleep. Now let's discuss the last of the three pillars, which deals with the intimate life of a person - be it loving relationships, sexual health or even chastity for that matter – Brahmacharya. The depth and quality of the relationships we have in life is something that affects us so deeply, but its importance is something that most of us fail to realize. We usually ...

Ayurveda says that food has the power to nourish us; but it also has the power to poison us - it all depends on how and when we eat it. We have already explained in detail about why Ayurveda stresses on eating right. We have also discussed the right kind of food, the right time to eat as well as the right quantity of food to eat. Click on the links to read in detail. Now let's discuss another very important aspect of Nutrition as per Ayurveda - Eating foods that are compatible with each other. ...

We explained why foods become incompatible as per Ayurveda in our previous post. We also touched upon the different types of Viruddha Aahara as per Charaka Samhita. Now let's get into the details of one of those types - perhaps the most important - Samyoga Viruddha, which is dependent on the combination of foods. These are the food combinations that are considered wrong. Bear in mind that eating them once might not make much difference to the body, but don't assume that it's alright. Eating the...