AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER
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Is eating milk and white bread for breakfast with a dash of sugar a bad thing? Modern food guidelines are making too much of white bread and sugar. They have almost declared them as human toxins, to the point of cutting some food sources completely from one’s diet. And I believe in eating everything in moderation. Where is the truth behind such regulations? 🥛🐄🥗🤔

Cow Milk has been the staple diet of many Indians through generations. It is also regularly provided in the Ashram Dining Room. Chemically, it comes closest to the Mother’s milk and emotionally, the cow comes close to human mothers. So all these so-called studies seems to me just a ploy to sell substitute products. 

As to bread, wholegrain bread may be better than white and brown sugar better than refined, but that does not mean the white version or the white colour code is evil. The greatest enemy of good health are fear, excesses of any kind, greed and desires rather than food. Yes, moderation, simplicity, and the atmosphere in which we take the food are much more important than anything else. 

Affectionately,

Alok Da

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