Greetings
Healthy Mothers,
I
have a number of weight loss clients and although I am not a nutritionist I
have read enough and also have enough sense to suggest a few things for a
healthy life.
When
I was growing up in Darjeeling, India I cannot remember eating much processed
food at all. Everything was cooked fresh and almost all ingredients were
minimally processed or not at all. Almost every health site is propounding this
now.
The
door bell would ring at the break of dawn, the milk man who had a personal
relationship with all the houses that he delivered milk to , would be
standing with a huge smile on his face. But, I also often heard him discuss about
his various cows, his health issues, his financial concerns to my aunt , who was an expert advice giver!
Always a good way to start the day! The
day could not, would not start without fresh milk, because the famous
Darjeeling tea was then drunk with a
touch of milk.
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| Photo by Lhadup Moktan , on his visit to Darjeeling 2009 |
Fresh
green vegetables were brought to the door step by vegetable vendors from the
farm or we would get it from the daily farmers market .
The winding roads
downhill from Darjeeling to Kalimpong had made me a little nauseated, traveling
from the high mountainous and cool region to warmer Kalimpong made me feel
slightly uncomfortable.
My aunt was taking me to visit her family. First stop was her younger sister's place, we landed unannounced and were greeted by big smiles, expressive words of how happy they were to see us and then straight on to " what would you like to eat?"
I was starving from the
two and a half hour journey down rocky roads and unfamiliar surroundings and because I
was perhaps only ten then, I was feeling ever so slightly disoriented!
Then she tucked the
loose top part of her sari around her waist, rolled it up a little so it
was more ankle length and opened her back door. The back yard was a field of
fresh green vegetables, glistening in the afternoon Kalimpong sun! Besides the mustard greens, there was a corn field , a tomato patch and lots of chili peppers were abundantly growing in her garden.
She squatted down and
picked fresh mustard greens from the garden and brought it in. She cooked what
turned out to be one of the most
memorable meals of my life, perhaps because the vibrant colors excited my senses, or the fresh
taste that embraced my childhood days, or that I was extremely hungry therefore vulnerable to a defining moment, but along with the fermented soy beans that has become so synonymous to “good eats”
and rice from the paddy fields, I can safely say I was never the same after that fresh home cooked meal.
That freshness has never
left my taste buds nor the warmth I feel
in my heart when I remember the overflowing happiness of a relative eager to see us
and wanting to honor and love us from her pure heart.
Cooking for each other is such an act of love and whenever I asked my aunt how the food was so delicious, she always said " secret ingredient is LOVE!"
I
pretty much stayed close to the way we ate at home, eliminating most processed
food, and it might be slightly more work, but the taste and the enjoyment of
consuming fresh food makes you feel energetic and lively.
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| Photo taken by Lhadup Moktan , Darjeeling 2009 |
Some of the benefits
are :
1.
Maintaining a healthy weight.
2. Feeling
energetic and alert
3. Healthy Glowing skin
4. Strengthens
your immune system
5. Prevents
many diseases, like heart attack, stroke
6.
Live a longer and healthier life
to name a few....
When
I set up a plan for my weight release clients….I have realized that we are not
dieting or going on a weight loss program, we are implementing a whole
lifestyle change and it is a journey and a wonderful one.
Here
is to healthy eating mothers and all who are reading my blog.
My
weight release clients have been very complimentary of the easy recipes that I
have created so with their request I am going to compile a few healthy recipes
and create an e-book for you to download in my website soon.
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