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Food Values : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

Whilst it is true that man cannot live without air and water, the thing that nourishes the body is food. Hence the saying, food is life. Food can be divided into three categories: vegetarian, flesh, and mixed. Flesh foods include

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Milk : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

I have always been in favour of pure vegetarian diet. But experience has taught me that in order to keep perfectly fit, vegetarian diet must include milk and milk products such as curds, butter, ghee etc. This is a significant

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Cereals : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

The body requires other things besides milk, whole or skimmed. I give the second place to cereals , etc. These are used as the staple diet. Different cereals are used as staple in different provinces of India. In many places,

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Minimum Diet : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

Use one grain at a time. Chapati, rice and pulses, milk, ghee, gur and oil are used in ordinary households besides vegetables and fruit. I regard this as an unhealthy combination. Those who get animal protein in the shape of

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Fever and Faith : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

I had faith in hydropathy and little faith in allopathy. The doctors could not guarantee recovery. At best they could experiment. The thread of life was in the hands of God. Why not trust it to Him and in His

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Near Death’s Door : Health with Mahatma Gandhi

I had now been trying hydropathy which gave some relief, but it was a hard job to build up the body. The many medical advisers overwhelmed me with advice, but I could not persuade myself to take anything. One night,

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