USER’S MANUAL –
General Information about solar cooking -
Very few people across the world are aware of the advantages of Solar cooking, leaving aside the scientific reasons for its
preference over other conventional methods of cooking. The ancient Indians were aware of this and that was the reason why the
world’s oldest Scriptures “VEDAS” had regarded and worshipped THE SUN and had all praise for Solar cooked food. This chapter is
an eye opener to those who condemn solar cooking as rubbish with no match to modern cooking appliances.
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,”
-Uttered by the famous Greek physician Hippocrates more than two thousand years ago.
The importance of diet to health, especially in the prevention and cure of illness, is slowly becoming apparent. A variety of alternative
diets are offered for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, and food allergies. Virtually all these recommendations focus on eating
fresher and freshly prepared vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes.
A healthy diet involves eating foods that provide all the nourishment that our body needs for growth, tissues repair, energy to carry
out vital internal processes and to keep fit and active. In the last hundred years or so, the changes in eating habits in many countries
have meant that large number of people has become over-fed. Ironically, at the same time these dietary changes have left a lot of us
undernourished, lacking in vitamins, minerals and trace elements that would help us to be in the peak of health.
Foods contain nutrients essential for normal metabolic function. An imbalance in nutrient intake or the consumption of harmful
substances is the underlying factor in many chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.
Some alternate dietary lifestyles are believed to offer a greater resistance to illness. Food can be therapeutic in several ways. It
provides nutrient that is needed by a sick person in a form he or she can use. It also provides nutrients for persons who are deficient
in them. Sometimes food also supplies an agent or chemical that aids in the metabolism of other nutrients. Many people are allergic
to some foods such as chocolate, lactose etc. Similarly some people get constipation from excessive high intake of fiber. Diabetic
patients especially type 2 diabetics, need to watch out what they eat especially food containing sugar. People with heart disease
need to control the intake of foods containing high amount of fat and cholesterol. These are all common sense diet therapies.
