Rajasic Foods

Rajasic Foods: Foods that cause excessive energy and agitation, leading to discomfort. They create a distracting, restless state of mind.

To reduce rajas avoid rajasic foods, over exercising, over work, loud music, excessive thinking and consuming excessive material goods. Rajasic foods include fried foods, spicy foods, and stimulants.

Rajasic foods excite the passions and make the mind restless, unsteady and uncontrollable. In this category are fish, eggs, meat, salt, and spices. The most beneficial foods are of the sattvic variety, which render the mind calm and pure.

Proper breathing: Pranayama Exercise: Asanas Relaxation: Savasana Diet: Vegetarian. A yogic diet is encouraged, limited to sattvic foods, void of rajasic foods as well as tamasic foods Positive thinking and meditation: Vedanta and Dhyana ...

Too much rajasic food will overstimulate the body and excite the passions, making the mind restless and uncontrollable. Rajasic foods include hot substances, such as sharp spices or strong herbs, stimulants, like coffee and tea, fish, eggs, ...

See also: Body, Health, Energy, Rajas, Tamas