with an equal part of water, and dri
n
k.
Tip 225. A Novel Diet for H
y
pog
l
y
caemia
The high animal protein diet generally prescribed for hypoglycaemia is
n
ot suitable
f
or this disorder. It
may help control the co
n
dition temporarily, but it is harmful in
many other
respects and may re
s
ult in other
d
iseases
like
heart trouble, arteries, kidney problems and cancer.
The ideal diet for hypoglycaemia should be based on three
basic food
g
roups, namely grains, seeds and
n
uts, vegetable oils. See
d
s, nuts and
grains should be the main constitue
n
ts of the diet. Seeds
and nuts s
h
ould be tak
e
n in their r
a
w form. Gra
i
ns, in the fo
r
m of cereals, should
be cooked.
Cooked grains are digested slowly and r
e
lease sugar into the blood grad
u
ally six to
eight hours
after meals. This will
ke
e
p the blood
sugar level
normal and constant for
a long period.
Persons suf
f
ering from low blood su
g
ar should t
a
ke six to ei
g
ht small meals a day instead of twoor three large ones.
Eating raw nuts and se
e
ds such
a
s pumpkin or sunflower seeds or drinking milk, butter milk
or fruit juic
e
s
be
t
ween meals will
b
e highly beneficial. A
l
l r
e
fined and
processed
f
oods, white
sugar, white flour and t
h
eir by-products sho
u
ld
b
e completely eliminated from the diet.
Coffee, alc
o
hol and soft
drinks sh
o
uld also be avoided. The consumption of salt sho
u
ld be reduced as an excessive intake of salt caus
e
s
l
o
ss of blood potassium, which caus
e
s
blood sugar to dr
o
p. The foll
o
wing is the
menu suggested for hypoglycaemia.
* On rising: Fresh fruits
such as ap
p
les, peach
e
s, melons,
b
erries, avocado or a gl
a
ss of fresh fruit juice.
* Breakfast: Nuts, seeds,
fruit, cotta
g
e cheese a
n
d buttermilk.
* Mid-morn
i
ng: Fruit, fr
u
it juice or
t
o
mato juice.
* Lunch: Cooked cereals and milk.
* Mid-after
n
oon: A glass of fruit or vegetable juice or a snack consis
t
ing
o
f nuts.
* Dinner: Vegetable sal
a
d with a co
o
k
ed vegetable from am
o
ng those allowed, one or two slic
e
s
of whole wheat bread, cottage cheese and butter milk.
* On retiring: A glass of
milk or butt
e
rmilk.
Vegetables
which can
b
e taken in
hy
poglycaem
i
a are aspa
r
agus, beets,
carrots, c
u
cumbers, egg-plants,
peas, radis
h
es, tomatoes, spin
a
ch, kale, lettuce,
beans, bak
e
d potatoes.
Fruits which can
b
e taken are
apples, apricots, berri
es
, peaches,
a
nd pineapples. Consumption of citrus sh
o
uld be limited.
Tip 226. Fi
g
s and Mango for Relief of Piles
The most important food remedy for
piles is dry figs. Three or
four figs s
h
ould be so
a
k
ed overnight in water after cleansing th
e
m thoroughly in hot water. They should be taken the first thing in the
morning along with water in which t
h
ey were soaked. They should also
b
e taken in the evening in a similar
manner.
This treatment should be continued
f
or three or four weeks.
The tiny seeds of the fruit possess
an excellent
quality of stimulating peristaltic m
o
v
e
ments of intestines. T
h
is facilitates
easy evacuation of faeces a
n
d keeps the
alimentary canal clean.
The pressu
r
e on the an
u
s having thus been r
e
lieved, the haemorrhoids also get c
o
ntracted.
Mango seeds are regar
d
ed as an ef
f
ective rem
e
dy for bleeding piles. T
h
e seeds sh
o
uld be collected d
u
ring the mango season,
dried in the
shade and
p
owdered and kept stor
e
d for use
as medicin
e
. It should
b
e given in doses of ab
o
ut one and a half gram to two grams with or without honey.
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