Baba
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2. Links
Namaskar,
For the welfare of all, we should inform our Didis and everyone in Ananda Marga that they are jeopardising their health - as well as the health of others - by cooking with aluminum. Clearly the below two Didis are not aware of the inherent health risks and hazards associated with cooking food in aluminum pots.
Unfortunately in the below photo, two of our Wt Didis are cooking food in big, cook pots made out of aluminum. Yet with high heat didis are stirring food in those hazardous, aluminum cookware. For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
Unfortunately in the above photo, two of our Wt Didis are cooking
food in big, cook pots made out of aluminum. Yet with high heat
didis are stirring food in those hazardous, aluminum cookware. For
more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
There are multiple issues at play here:
#1. Aluminum is toxic and it seeps into the food.
#2: Please pay attention to the round, stainless steel plate directly in front of Didi. She is depositing fried foods there, but food cooked in oil at high heat contains acrylamide which is carcinogenic. Basically whenever carbohydrates - and there are thousands of them such as potatoes, pasta, wheat & corn products etc are cooked in heated oil then a byproduct that results is acrylamide. And this acrylamide is a toxic poison that causes cancer.
Deep fried food is toxic & carcinogenic
#3: It is sad that more than a few of our didis are suffering from cancer. And some died very early at a young age - before midlife. Tragically, they chose a lifestyle that was very detrimental for their health. We cannot ignore this as we need our Didis to remain healthy. Please spread this message everywhere.
#4: When food is deep fried or when the oil is burned oil, then that oil loses its vitality and becomes toxic and inedible. But Didiji is making stir-fried food. This type of food is very bad for human health. Everybody knows that any food not good for body or carcinogenic food is tamasik.
#5: Some simple and naive people who take everything in a literal way may ask, “Which guidelines has Baba given in Caryacarya that shows that the toxin acrylamide and aluminum cookware are forbidden in Ananda Marga?” Yet rational margiis know that Baba’s guideline is that any food not good for health should not be eaten as it is not sentient.
#6: So today in this age when we come across so many warning about about toxic and carcinogenic items, then we should be careful not to put anything in the body that invites premature death.
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
In Him,
Renu
The faces of the Didis have been cropped from the above photo to protect their privacy. After all this problem is not limited to the above two Didis. Rather this is a general problem.
News article about toxicity of aluminum cookware
It is well-known that cooking in aluminum pots is hazardous to one’s health and poses serious risks. This below study even links aluminum to Alzheimer's disease.
Aluminium poisoning may be fuelling Alzheimer’s disease, a leading professor has claimed.
Professor Christopher Exley, of Keele University, said that exposure to the metal causes deposits in the human brain which can exacerbate other problems.
Writing in the journal Frontiers in Neurology he said: “We are all accumulating a known neurotoxin in our brain from our conception to our death.
“The presence of aluminium in the human brain should be a red flag alerting us all to the potential dangers of the aluminium age
“How do we know that Alzheimer’s disease is not the manifestation of chronic aluminium toxicity in humans?” (Courtesy of - see link below)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
~ In-depth study ~
Baba’s various teachings on food - #1
Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Cells generally grow out of light, air, water and the food we eat. The nature of food and drink has its effect upon the cells, and consequently also influences the human mind. Obviously each and every sádhaka, or spiritual aspirant, should be very cautious in selecting food. Suppose a person takes támasika, or static, food. The result will be that after a certain period, static cells will grow and exercise a static influence on the aspirant's mind. Human beings must select sáttvika, or sentient, or rájasika, or mutative, food according to time, place and person. This will lead to the birth of sentient cells, which in turn will produce a love for spiritual practice and help in attaining psychic equilibrium and equipoise, leading to immense spiritual elevation." (1)
Sadguru Baba says, "If cells are affected by food and water, and if the nature of the cells affects the nature of the human mind, obviously human beings should eat the correct diet, because food and mind are closely related to each other. Any food item, whether good or bad, must not be taken indiscriminately because it may lead to mental degeneration. Sincere spiritual aspirants must follow the dictum: Áhárashuddhao sattvashudhih [“A sentient diet produces a sentient body”]. Only food which is helpful in keeping the body and mind sentient should be eaten." (2)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
Baba’s various teachings on food - #2
Ananda Marga philosophy states "The human body is constituted of innumerable living cells. These cells develop and grow with the help of similar living entities. The nature of your living cells will be formed in accordance with the type of food you take. Ultimately all these together will affect your mind to some extent. If the cells of the human body grow on rotten and bad-smelling food, or on the fresh flesh of animals in which mean tendencies predominate, it is but natural that the mind will have a tendency of meanness. The policy of eating, without due consideration, whatever is available cannot be supported in any case, even though there may not be any question of hiḿsá or ahiḿsá. It should not be your policy to do what you wish. You must perform actions after due thought. For continued subsistence a policy will have to be adopted for taking food." (3)
Ananda Marga ideology states, "“Śaśt́haiṋca pramit́áháro”: one must have a balanced diet. “Whatever I get, that I will eat” – this must not be the policy of a sane being. This human body is a composite of protoplasmic cells, and these protoplasmic cells are made of the food we take in. If the food and drink is defective, then the protoplasmic cells will also become defective, and the human mind, which is the collective mind of so many protoplasmic minds, will also become defective. That is why támasik or static food has a negative influence on the human mind." (4)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
Baba’s various teachings on food - #3
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Only food which is helpful in keeping the body and mind sentient should be eaten.”
“Every object of the world is dominated by one of the three principles – sentient, mutative, and static. Food is no exception, and according to its intrinsic nature, is divided into the same three categories.”
“Sentient food: Food which produces sentient cells and is thus conducive to physical and mental well-being is sentient. Examples of sentient food are rice, wheat, barley, all kinds of pulses, fruit, milk and milk products.”
“Mutative food: Food which is good for the body and may or may not be good for the mind, but certainly not harmful for the mind, is mutative.”
“Static food: Food which is harmful for the mind and may or may not be good for the body is static. Onion, garlic, wine, stale and rotten food, meat of large animals such as cows and buffaloes, fish, eggs, etc., are static.”
“Very often people eat food without knowing its intrinsic qualities. For example, the milk of a cow which has just given birth. Or white eggplant, khesárii pulse [horse gram], red puni [Basella rubra Linn.], or mustard leaves, all of which often grew out of rotten matter.”
“In order to have a balanced mind and to progress spiritually, human beings will have to pay attention to the qualities of the food they eat. The idea that “I will just do my sádhaná and eat any food, proper or improper” will not do.” (5)
References
1. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
2. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
3. Guide to Human Conduct, Ahimsa
4. Subhasita Samgraha - 18, Physical Propulsion, Psychic Propensities and Spiritual Attainment
5. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
This email contains two sections:
1. Posting: Didis & junk food
2. Links
Didis & junk food
Namaskar,
For the welfare of all, we should inform our Didis and everyone in Ananda Marga that they are jeopardising their health - as well as the health of others - by cooking with aluminum. Clearly the below two Didis are not aware of the inherent health risks and hazards associated with cooking food in aluminum pots.
Unfortunately in the below photo, two of our Wt Didis are cooking food in big, cook pots made out of aluminum. Yet with high heat didis are stirring food in those hazardous, aluminum cookware. For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
There are multiple issues at play here:
#1. Aluminum is toxic and it seeps into the food.
#2: Please pay attention to the round, stainless steel plate directly in front of Didi. She is depositing fried foods there, but food cooked in oil at high heat contains acrylamide which is carcinogenic. Basically whenever carbohydrates - and there are thousands of them such as potatoes, pasta, wheat & corn products etc are cooked in heated oil then a byproduct that results is acrylamide. And this acrylamide is a toxic poison that causes cancer.
Deep fried food is toxic & carcinogenic
#3: It is sad that more than a few of our didis are suffering from cancer. And some died very early at a young age - before midlife. Tragically, they chose a lifestyle that was very detrimental for their health. We cannot ignore this as we need our Didis to remain healthy. Please spread this message everywhere.
#4: When food is deep fried or when the oil is burned oil, then that oil loses its vitality and becomes toxic and inedible. But Didiji is making stir-fried food. This type of food is very bad for human health. Everybody knows that any food not good for body or carcinogenic food is tamasik.
#5: Some simple and naive people who take everything in a literal way may ask, “Which guidelines has Baba given in Caryacarya that shows that the toxin acrylamide and aluminum cookware are forbidden in Ananda Marga?” Yet rational margiis know that Baba’s guideline is that any food not good for health should not be eaten as it is not sentient.
#6: So today in this age when we come across so many warning about about toxic and carcinogenic items, then we should be careful not to put anything in the body that invites premature death.
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
In Him,
Renu
The faces of the Didis have been cropped from the above photo to protect their privacy. After all this problem is not limited to the above two Didis. Rather this is a general problem.
News article about toxicity of aluminum cookware
It is well-known that cooking in aluminum pots is hazardous to one’s health and poses serious risks. This below study even links aluminum to Alzheimer's disease.
Aluminium poisoning may be fuelling Alzheimer’s disease, a leading professor has claimed.
Professor Christopher Exley, of Keele University, said that exposure to the metal causes deposits in the human brain which can exacerbate other problems.
Writing in the journal Frontiers in Neurology he said: “We are all accumulating a known neurotoxin in our brain from our conception to our death.
“The presence of aluminium in the human brain should be a red flag alerting us all to the potential dangers of the aluminium age
“How do we know that Alzheimer’s disease is not the manifestation of chronic aluminium toxicity in humans?” (Courtesy of - see link below)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
~ In-depth study ~
Baba’s various teachings on food - #1
Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Cells generally grow out of light, air, water and the food we eat. The nature of food and drink has its effect upon the cells, and consequently also influences the human mind. Obviously each and every sádhaka, or spiritual aspirant, should be very cautious in selecting food. Suppose a person takes támasika, or static, food. The result will be that after a certain period, static cells will grow and exercise a static influence on the aspirant's mind. Human beings must select sáttvika, or sentient, or rájasika, or mutative, food according to time, place and person. This will lead to the birth of sentient cells, which in turn will produce a love for spiritual practice and help in attaining psychic equilibrium and equipoise, leading to immense spiritual elevation." (1)
Sadguru Baba says, "If cells are affected by food and water, and if the nature of the cells affects the nature of the human mind, obviously human beings should eat the correct diet, because food and mind are closely related to each other. Any food item, whether good or bad, must not be taken indiscriminately because it may lead to mental degeneration. Sincere spiritual aspirants must follow the dictum: Áhárashuddhao sattvashudhih [“A sentient diet produces a sentient body”]. Only food which is helpful in keeping the body and mind sentient should be eaten." (2)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
Baba’s various teachings on food - #2
Ananda Marga philosophy states "The human body is constituted of innumerable living cells. These cells develop and grow with the help of similar living entities. The nature of your living cells will be formed in accordance with the type of food you take. Ultimately all these together will affect your mind to some extent. If the cells of the human body grow on rotten and bad-smelling food, or on the fresh flesh of animals in which mean tendencies predominate, it is but natural that the mind will have a tendency of meanness. The policy of eating, without due consideration, whatever is available cannot be supported in any case, even though there may not be any question of hiḿsá or ahiḿsá. It should not be your policy to do what you wish. You must perform actions after due thought. For continued subsistence a policy will have to be adopted for taking food." (3)
Ananda Marga ideology states, "“Śaśt́haiṋca pramit́áháro”: one must have a balanced diet. “Whatever I get, that I will eat” – this must not be the policy of a sane being. This human body is a composite of protoplasmic cells, and these protoplasmic cells are made of the food we take in. If the food and drink is defective, then the protoplasmic cells will also become defective, and the human mind, which is the collective mind of so many protoplasmic minds, will also become defective. That is why támasik or static food has a negative influence on the human mind." (4)
For more logic and reasoning please continue reading.
Baba’s various teachings on food - #3
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Only food which is helpful in keeping the body and mind sentient should be eaten.”
“Every object of the world is dominated by one of the three principles – sentient, mutative, and static. Food is no exception, and according to its intrinsic nature, is divided into the same three categories.”
“Sentient food: Food which produces sentient cells and is thus conducive to physical and mental well-being is sentient. Examples of sentient food are rice, wheat, barley, all kinds of pulses, fruit, milk and milk products.”
“Mutative food: Food which is good for the body and may or may not be good for the mind, but certainly not harmful for the mind, is mutative.”
“Static food: Food which is harmful for the mind and may or may not be good for the body is static. Onion, garlic, wine, stale and rotten food, meat of large animals such as cows and buffaloes, fish, eggs, etc., are static.”
“Very often people eat food without knowing its intrinsic qualities. For example, the milk of a cow which has just given birth. Or white eggplant, khesárii pulse [horse gram], red puni [Basella rubra Linn.], or mustard leaves, all of which often grew out of rotten matter.”
“In order to have a balanced mind and to progress spiritually, human beings will have to pay attention to the qualities of the food they eat. The idea that “I will just do my sádhaná and eat any food, proper or improper” will not do.” (5)
References
1. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
2. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
3. Guide to Human Conduct, Ahimsa
4. Subhasita Samgraha - 18, Physical Propulsion, Psychic Propensities and Spiritual Attainment
5. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development
== Section 2:
Links ==
Here is a link to the article on aluminum
Hazards of aluminum cookware
Other topics of interest
Story: monetary issues
Baba story: criticism
Here is a link to the article on aluminum
Hazards of aluminum cookware
Other topics of interest
Story: monetary issues
Baba story: criticism
