Pickles are good or bad ?

Achar(Pickle)

🌺Pickling is a traditional method of preserving food naturally through fermentation . 😋

🌺Seasonal fruits and vegetables are pickled so that they can be relished through out the year.👌

🌺In desert land where less vegetables are available pickles are good option.

🌺In Ancient times when traveling to one place to another takes many days, people used to carry pickles with them which do not got spoiled.👍

🌺 For us pickles are inseparable part of our culture. 😀

🌺Tangy pickles improves taste in food, from smell and seeing achar saliva secrets.😋

🌺It Contains 6 rasa. Spicy, piercing and hot in nature. It increases all 3 doshas.

🌺Rich in vitamin C. Helps in growth of good bacteria in intestine. 😎

🌺 Vegetables, fruits and even meat are used to make pickles.

🌺 Use of lot of spices in pickle helps in improving digestion. ☺️

🌺 Use only homemade achar, you can add ingredients as your requirement like hing for bloating, methidana for pain and amla for diabetes.

🌺 In market pickles vinegar and other preservatives are added,not sure about quality of oil and spices used.

🌺 Eat achar only in small amount, do not eat it like sabji.❎

🌺 Do not eat it on daily basis.❎

🌺 Avoid it in acidity,bleeding disorders, Indigestion, IBS, high blood pressure and headache.❎

🌺 children and old people should avoid it. ❎

🌺 It is rajasic and tamasic in nature, so take it in limited amount.

Published by Dr. Amrita Sharma

I am an ayurvedic practitioner with experience of more than a decade, I have worked with best ayurvedic companies and now with the purpose of reaching out people to make them aware about ayurveda which is not just a system of treatment but a way of living to remain healthy

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