World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

REVIEW ON CONCEPT OF HEALTHY DIET IN AYURVED

Vd. Deepa Anserwadekar*

ABSTRACT

Ayurved is science of life. Tripod of life are diet, sleep and controlling senses. Diet is major component in maintaining health as there is continuous regeneration process in body along with its wear-tear. Diet should be comprising compatibility with genomic constituent of individual. Incompatibility of diet with genomic constituent causes biochemical imbalance in body initiating etiological process by various triggering physiological factors of specific pathological manifestations. Most pathological manifestations are caused by toxicity effects of deficiencies or excessive nutriments is due to ingested food leading to imbalanced physiological conditions. Nutriments influences metabolic process and its pathways in acute as well as in chronic way. This physiology of biochemical disturbance in initial phase of any pathological manifestation is indicated very often by symptoms of GIT disturbance, local pathetic discomforts like heaviness, pain, stiffness, etc. Assessment of food is based on fundamental eight components of diet. Ratio of tastes and attributes of ingredients used for preparation of meal, cooking methods or techniques of meal, food qualities, eating habits and food consumption method, quantity of food consumed, and overall meal must be compatible for the physiology of individual. Climatic conditions affecting digestion capacity along with genomic constituent should be continuously assessed and monitored for avoiding diet based life style disorders.

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