“Food must therefore be taken as medicine, under proper restraint.” ~ Gandhi, Ashram Observances, p. 112 Gandhi was firm that food should be prepared to strengthen the body and mind for service, and it should not be taken for self-indulgence. There is already research that can show the connection between sugar intake and one’s ability… read more
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“Give us this day our nonviolence”–Daily Metta
October 22: “Its practice is more than our daily food.” –Gandhi (Harijan, April 2, 1938) A three-year old friend who recently learned about nonviolent non-cooperation at circle time at preschool was very excited when her parents told her the bread she was eating at dinner that night was called naan. “Wow!” She exclaimed. “We just… read more
“Hungry for Nonviolence”–Daily Metta
June 7: “My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing mundane or supramundane.” –Gandhi (Young India, February 20, 1930) Gandhi loved nonviolence more than anything else, including food. That’s right, foodies, we do not have any photos taken by him of, say, his neem chutney or simple rice and dhal. His… read more
“Food as Medicine”–Daily Metta
April 25 “Food has to be taken as we take medicine.” –Gandhi (Yervada Mandir, p. 11) Before the pharmaceutical cooptation of our health; before the patenting of seed, and pesticides and packaging stale foods; before making it illegal to feed those without homes, there was food itself–fresh and alive. When Gandhi talks about food as medicine, he’s… read more
