Description
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) viewed through the lens of Ayurveda involve a holistic understanding of health, emphasizing the balance of bodily doshas and the integration of mind, body, and spirit. Ayurvedic principles advocate personalized dietary and lifestyle modifications, herbal remedies, and practices like yoga and meditation to prevent and manage NCDs. The approach aims to address the root causes of ailments, promote overall well-being, and harmonize the individual with their natural constitution, offering a comprehensive and sustainable perspective on NCD prevention and management.
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- The session focuses on decoding non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through the lens of Ayurveda, highlighting the limitations of modern medicine's generalized dietary and lifestyle interventions. Ayurveda emphasizes a personalized approach, considering the individual's unique physiology, metabolism (Agni), and biological factors (Doshas - Vata, Pitta, Kapha). Personalized nutrition considers physical factors, dietary habits, and the individual's ability to assimilate food.
- Ayurveda views the human system as an integrated bundle, where Vata, Pitta, and Kapha integrate the body's channels, encompassing physical, structural, and mental domains. Modifiable risk factors contributing to NCDs include tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet. The Ayurvedic perspective on unhealthy diet extends beyond nutritional value, considering factors like timing, quantity, and individual variability.
- Ayurvedic diet design follows specific modalities, including food preparation, consumption, and after-drinks, emphasizing the biological effects of food through "Rasapanchuk," which encompasses taste (Rasa), quality (Guna), potency (Virya), and post-digestive effect (Vipak). It focuses on functional aspects of food alongside activities to balance Doshas, highlighting the "how, how much, when, and what" factors of diet. The eightfold method of diet designing includes nature of food, processing methods, food combinations, quantity, habitat, time, directions, and consumer characteristics.
- Daily practices and dietary mistakes, such as consuming food during indigestion (Ajir ashen) or consuming incompatible foods (Virut ashan), can contribute to various diseases. Fasting, in excess or improperly, can also lead to ailments. Suppression of natural urges, like urination or flatulence, can affect multiple systems, resulting in headaches, eye diseases, and other complications.
- Ayurveda's personalized practices consider the environment (Desha), time (Kal), and individual constitution (Prakriti). Ayurveda emphasizes systems biology, considering the entire human system rather than isolated organs, for a comprehensive approach. Lifestyle interventions and diet planning are essential for managing NCDs.
- The process of disease development in Ayurveda involves impaired digestion due to faulty lifestyle practices, leading to metabolic dysregulation. This dysregulation results in impure patency of micro-channels (Strotas), inflammatory changes, and impaired immunity, ultimately leading to disease development. By emphasizing personalized practices, understanding biological factors, and addressing modifiable factors, Ayurveda aims to lower the global burden of disease and improve individual health.
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About the Speakers
Dr. Preeti Bhosle
Ayurveda Physician & Scientist, Founder & Ideator, Pratha Ayurveda
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