Guideline 1 - Start your day with a Banana OR soaked almonds OR soaked raisins and NOT with tea or coffee.
Why -
Banana - for all those who have digestion issues or get sugar cravings post a meal. Buy fresh, local variety. Buy atleast 2-3 times a week and do not bring them home in plastic bags, use a cloth bag instead.
6-7 Soaked raisins - if you have rated yourself as a person with terrible PMS or with low energy through the day. Add 1-2 kesar strands about 10 days before period.
4-5 Soaked & peeled badam - if you have insulin resistance, diabetes, PCOD* or low fertility or poor sleep quality. Pick the mamra or the local variety of badam, its richer in nutrients. *For PCOD - Switch to 7-8 raisins and 1-2 strands of kesar 10 days before periods.
Notes -
- Its ok to have chai or coffee 10-15 mins post this meal
- Have a glass of (only) plain water and then have this meal
- Eat this within 20 mins of waking up or post the thyroid pill if you are on one
- you can workout/ do yoga, etc., 15-20 mins after having the banana/ almonds/ raisins
- If not working out, you can have your breakfast within an hour of this meal
- Don't add anything to the water you are having in the morning, just have plain water.
- You can drink the water in which you have soaked the raisins
FAQs for Guideline 1 -
Q. i dont like banana, what should i do?
A. Pick any regional, local fruit that is currently in season.
Q. i have a bit of all 3 issues, what should i eat now banana or almonds or raisins?
A. Pick the one you most like eating as the first meal in the morning. Also feel free to eat banana today, almonds tomo, raisins day after. Essentially, learn to be self dependent, thats the name of the game buddy.
Q. So if i am PCOD what exactly should i eat?
A. Soaked almonds and then 10 days before periods switch to soaked raisins and kesar. If you are unable to predict period date, make the switch when you begin to feel bloated or irritated. This can be followed for endometriosis and adenomyosis too.
Q. Why are we soaking the almonds?
A. To unlock the nutrients from it and to allow the phytic acid levels (which can otherwise bind to minerals like zinc and make them unavailable for our body) to go down.
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