Months of being the biggest thing in the news, at
the time of the writing of this eBook, the COVID-19 pandemic is still an
unsurmounted concern for most people. Having emerged victorious through a
strong battle with the virus and having fought many other health problems using
nothing more than home remedies, we are a family that tends to prefer a healthy
lifestyle, natural remedies and functional medicine over most other forms of
medicine in most situations. Nonetheless, we appreciate and understand the role
of science and modern medicine and do not in any way discourage the use of that
where needed.
That being said, there are a whole host of
solutions that nature and a good diet plan have, to offer to us. Modern science
too, supports that many/most illnesses and their symptoms can be either
weakened or completely treated by the use of natural remedies and here in this eBook,
we share what we used, in order to manage our illness and thereafter to support
recovery, strengthen healing and then increase our immune system’s resilience,
which we believe should be helping us stay more protected in the future against
this disease and many others.
We must share that there is no scientific
evidence that our remedies are helping us stay protected from the COVID-19
disease, however what we know is that we feel healthier and it is very likely
that our immune response is strengthened by the remedies, since the time that
we adopted them. And, having a strong background in nutrition, diet and food,
we understand that these remedies pose no significant harm and are simply daily
foods that many people already consume – just not in a calculated and
disciplined pattern of consumption.
In this eBook, we share all the home remedies we
used and these remedies have many health benefits and medicinal uses which can
help manage many medical conditions and lifestyle diseases. We try to be as
elaborate and complete as we can so that the readers benefit with not only being
able to manage one but many illnesses. Moreover, we share all links and
information available with us, with the idea that some readers who choose to
dig deeper into functional medicine and home remedies, can continue to study
further using the links and finding more information that can help understand
and find great alternative ways to stay healthy and treat many conditions and
illnesses.
We have made efforts to make this eBook and our
remedies shared here, usable by a broad set of people. The COVID-19 disease is
already known to result in vastly varying symptoms and extent of impact on
various individuals. In our own family with three members in the house, one had
no signs of being symptomatic, one being diabetic had to experience a strong
battle and the third experienced two battles in a row of which the second also
featured pneumonia. In all cases, a single advice by a doctor over the phone,
helped us understand how to know what “critical” would be, and the more
important part of the advice was that unless critical, heading to a hospital
was not ideal because in the then current situation, a hospital bed even in
emergency, would’ve needed 3-6 hours of waiting in a line and deteriorating
further.
That advice was received while pneumonia was
going strong, causing breathing problems, but motivated care and support
through strong and safe natural remedies, simply turned the battle to our
favour and soon, the body’s immune system overpowered the disease with that
little, calculated help.
What we know and feel proud to share is that all
throughout the ordeal, our faith and belief that we can fight the disease, was
strong within us. Together, we planned our day and made what can be described
as a new schedule to fight this virus.
Being people with a food and nutrition
background, our priority soon was to use what we had in our kitchen - “food is
thy medicine” has perhaps been taken for granted, like many of us take our body
for granted. What we eat, can help us manage and recover from many illnesses
and conditions, and it also affects our day-to-day health; paying less
attention to consuming natural, balanced and wholesome food for long periods of
time is likely to lead to lowered immunity and several lifestyle diseases like
hypertension, diabetes, etc.
A modern lifestyle with increased dependency on
processed foods and laboratory-created chemical medicines/drugs is shown by
many researches, to be an easy way to fall sick and get affected harder by any
disease and the COVID-19 is no exception. A good immune system is well equipped
to – in most cases – win the battle against the SARS-CoV2 that causes this
disease. However the modern times tend to make us a little too dependent on
pills, refined and processed food products that miss the natural fibres and
wholesomeness of natural foods, and a lot of other less ideal routines and
foods. This is a lifestyle that might now need a reconsideration. We do regret
knowing that a lot of very knowledgeable
medical practitioners and health specialists happen to overlook the importance
of natural, balanced and wholesome food and this is why we felt the need to
write this eBook, now.
We admire that off-late, some medical
practitioners, nutritionists and local government health centres are starting
to advise people to keep fit, boost immunity and keep healthy while staying at
home – as the pandemic gains momentum (at the time of the writing of this eBook).
However, this is only a new trend and with limited commercial agenda, the
prominence it can reach is limited. As you read ahead, we share what we found
to be most important for a healthy lifestyle that can help prevent and fight
the COVID-19. We skip the more talked about hygiene and social distancing
topics and restrict this eBook to food intake and some other remedies, with
special emphasis on healing herbal remedies.
There’s a whole lot of information out there –
eBooks, news articles, online videos and a lot more. What I personally found
missing was someone from the food, nutrition and hospitality industry sharing
the right facts about healing food remedies and immunity boosting foods that
can actually be easily consumed without too much effort. Then there are
suggestions of food items, but not clear-cut guidelines on when, why and how to
use them. We address all this and present you with a concise eBook with exactly
what we believe you shall need:
- A few case studies and a true
story of a couple who had contracted with the virus and how they successfully
fought their way back to healthy lifestyle
- A series of rewarding & healing
herbal recipes to keep your immunity levels high
- Herbal tea recipes that boost
immunity and restore and rejuvenate the body to keep you fresh and active all
day
- Recipes to ensure that you will
be benefited with several rich minerals and vitamins added without much fuss to
your diet
- The eBook provides some nutritive
values table as a guide to the reader, to get started with looking at what’s
important
- This eBook also discusses some of
the necessary home care required while dealing with the COVID-19 virus, which
we found to be often overlooked
- This eBook can serve as a new
hope to every individual who has faith and determination to fight the disease
at comfort of their home, and shares references to every external resource we
used, for you to be able to learn further if you’d like to
- Functional medicine and Ayurveda
are slowly gaining trust and importance as a safe alternate to many drugs and
our eBook combines the goodness from many ingredients that have been used a lot
by practitioners of both Functional Medicine and the Ayurveda.
Nutrition is a young science which revolves
around the kitchen. It is a powerhouse that can help prevent and fight simpler
ailments such as colds, coughs, flu and tougher diseases like hypertension,
diabetes, cancer etc.
Food science has seen many studies of food
materials which facilitate in building better immunity for a healthy lifestyle.
This is a gift from nature which many have completely ignored or developed an ignorance
to and reach out to food only to curb the hunger pangs.
Through this eBook, I would like to reach out to
every corner of the world. I wish and hope to benefit mankind and help every
individual look at their kitchen gardens and kitchen cupboards with a new
approach and pose a strong fight to lifestyle diseases and COVID-19.
Sharmila Nisudan
