In the Indian system of knowledge about a healthy life and the factors that impede or contribute to the healing of the human body - Ayurveda, health is directly linked to and depends on vital energy. Life energy, in turn, depends on many factors, including which foods you eat. Some of them take energy from you, and some, on the contrary, give it to you.
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It should be understood that vital energy and calorie content are completely different things. The most high-calorie foods, as a rule, are not very useful, but those that are sources of energy are undoubtedly useful. For them, there is even a special definition in Ayurveda, they are called "sattvic."
This category primarily includes berries, fruits and vegetables. Moreover, it does not matter how they are used - whether raw or after heat treatment, the most important thing is that they are fresh. In baked or boiled form, these products can be even more useful than in raw, because they are easier to digest and trace elements containing in them are better absorbed.
Dairy foods also include energy. The most energy-intensive is considered whole boiled milk and clarified butter. In addition, energy can be obtained from wheat and products based on it: cereals from whole grains, bread from wholemeal flour, bran, pasta from durum varieties of this cereal.
Clean water will help save energy, which must be collected in natural sources, eliminating its pollution by harmful impurities.
The vital energy is contained in honey, which, according to Ayurveda, concentrates the energy of the sun, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, and legumes such as lentils, chickpeas, beans and peas.