Natural tonics begin with sprouts

Natural Tonics
Most people living in the metros today, suffer from low energy states. The reason being their high stress levels. These days, maintaining relationships between parent-child, husband-wife and dealing with people has become far more complex than ever before. When you go through a mentally exhausting day, you get physically tired. Besides, you cannot always control the quality of air that you breathe, the noise pollution that you are subjected to and the emotional climate that you live in. All these factors further deplete your energy reserves. But, you can definitely control your diet. The good news is that your diet can chiefly influence your energy levels and erase the damaging effects of the low energy states to a large extent.
BEGIN WITH SPROUTS
Most of you may think of sprouts as only mung bean sprouts. But you can sprout just about any whole grain. To give you some examples you can sprout whole wheat, kabuli channa, black channa, moth, makti, whole masoor, green peas, jowar, bajri, soya beans, sunflower seeds, alfalfa seeds etc. Sprouts are just about the best alkalising food you can eat. Alkalising foods are beneficial because stress, pollution, eating out etc gives rise to acidosis, which precipitates disease conditions and low energy levels. Sprouts are “live foods” and they can transfer this life energy to you. They are packed with enzymes, proteins, vitamins, minerals and fibre. As you sprout the grains, their proteins are predigested into amino acids, which can be better utilised by the body. Seeds are said to be the spark of life as they contain all the genetic material required for the growth of the full plant. They are life generating and therefore, high energy foods.
DRINK UP YOUR VEGETABLES
When you juice the vegetables, you do lose the fibre, but you receive a higher concentration of alkalising mineral salts, chlorophyll (the green colouring matter in plants) and enzymes. This is exactly what your acidic body needs. Juicing vegetables help in removing toxins from your body and nourish every cell. They improve oxygenation to the tissues and boost energy levels. Juices from green vegetables are highly alkalising. Besides, drinking these in the raw form provides your body with a whole lot of known and unknown health giving phytochemicals like anthocyanosides, sulforaphane, resveratrol, catechins etc. They help delay the aging process and energise your system. You can extract juices from dudhi, carrots, tomatoes, wheatgrass, mint, corriander.
SOYAMILK, THE BONE TONIC
The benefits of soya are diverse. It can benefit everyone right from a school going child to the menopausal woman, to those suffering from diabetes and heart disease. It is a significant source of protein and calcium. It contains essential fats, which are beneficial for the development of the brain. Soya milk is available at a few outlets as flavoured milk or plain milk in tetrapacks. It is especially beneficial for vegetarians who consume very little proteins. I hope that these natural tonics are able to help you get through your stressful day. They are easy to find, easy to follow and most importantly, they work!