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the digestion of each other. When a person is eating protein and carbohydrates at the same time, it could lead to conflict within the digestive enzymes. Fat depresses the action of the gastric glands by delaying the development of appetite juices and inhibiting the pouring out of the proper gastric juices for meats, nuts, eggs or other protein. Fats may lower the entire gastric tone more than fifty per cent. Milk does not digest in the stomach, but in the duodenum, hence in the presence of milk the stomach does not respond with its secretion. The use of acid fruits with milk does not cause any trouble and apparently does not conflict with its digestion.
4. Withdrawal (Pratishilanta): Mahavira said, "When self-restraint awake, senses of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touch asleep; when self-restraint sleeps all the five becomes active. Beauty, fragrance, music, taste and touch are creators of many problems. The pleasure you want to draw from them; you have much more of it with you. Find it. Practice vigilance against the great delusion (of sensual gratification)". Human body has been endowed with five sense organs. The senses are our conduits to the external world. They allow the world around us to come into our minds. The five cognitive senses bring information to us through our sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin); the five corresponding active senses allow us to act upon that information through speech, movement, manipulation, procreation, and elimination. The sense organs are necessary for us to perceive and relish our environment, and to perpetuate ourselves. Eating good food, enjoying pleasant conversations, good aromas, beautiful objects, loving touch and so on
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