A Review Article on the Lifestyle Disorders in Ayurveda: Restoring Balance Naturally
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Abstract
The overall incidence of lifestyle disorders is on the rise because of unhealthy diet, lack of exercises, stress, irregular sleeping habits, and modern changes in the pattern of life. Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disorders are the most common diseases associated with modern life. Ayurveda perceives lifestyle disorders as disorders due to modification of equilibriums such as Tridosha, Agni, Ama, and other internal organs due to increased occupation of our daily, exercise, and health and taboos of daily rituals. According to Ayurveda, people have been using their body to get a better life style that starts with a balanced day and season and health education but ends up with disturbed habits of diet and lifestyle or lack of them. Ayurveda or ancient Indian medicine is an ancient scientific system of medicine where disease is controlled by harmonizing “body-mind-system”. Ayurveda is a preventive, holistic, and drug-free system of medicine to maintain the function of the body by caring about a balanced life, diet, strength, and healthcare. This article discusses about lifestyle diseases in modern life, the essence and principles of Ayurveda, and the need to change our lifestyle for a better life and health. Materials & Methods-To critically evaluate the etiopathogenesis of lifestyle disorders in relation to Viruddha Ahara through an extensive review of ayurvedic literature and contemporary biomedical evidence. Methodology- Compilation of references concerning lifestyle disorders, Critical textual analysis. Aims & Objectives- Modern dietary patterns closely resemble Viruddha Ahara, contributing to rising lifestyle disorders.
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