The urban lifestyle is hectic, with tight schedules, and no time for exercise and taking care of your health. In such a scenario, you resort to fast food and unhealthy eating habit that ultimately result in many lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and premature aging. Now, the question arises as to how to handle this problem and keep lifestyle diseases at bay. The answer is “Ayurveda”. As we all know the universe is made up of water, fire, air, sky, and earth. These elements form the composition of the human body. Then there are three doshas like Vata dosha, Pitta dosha, and Kapha dosha which arise in the human body due to the imbalance in the five elements. Ayurveda prescribes lifestyle changes to attain a balance between the five elements and the three doshas.
According to Ayurveda a perfect balance between the five elements and the three doshas of the human body should be maintained for healthy living. The ayurvedic diet helps to maintain a proper balance between the five elements and the tridoshas. Ayurveda can treat lifestyle diseases like Diabetes, obesity, Thyroid, high blood pressure, etc by correcting these doshas and prescribing an ayurvedic diet. Let’s see the doshas and the diseases they cause:
According to the doshas, food or diet should be taken. The food we eat has a special aspect of nature (Vatta inducing, Pitta inducing, Kapha inducing). Ayurvedic diet prescribes how the food should be taken, when is the right time to take certain food, when to avoid certain food and seasons, and the environment in which certain food should be taken and avoided. For example, it is not right to consume curd during nighttime as it increases Kapha dosh. Let’s look at how the Ayurvedic diet helps in treating lifestyle diseases:
The diet you take and the food you consume directly impact your health. The food you take impacts your physical and mental state. It must be chosen wisely. You should avoid food that increases the Tridoshas. The ayurvedic diet is designed by a learned dietician to balance the body physically, mentally, and emotionally.
An Ayurvedic dietician is certified to provide you with the diet to provide the best nutrition and also prevent and treat lifestyle diseases. Ayurvedic dieticians believe in the importance of Ayurveda as ancient healing and natural treatment method. The ayurvedic diet prescribes a natural therapy and insists on avoiding the food that causes Vatta, Pitta, and Kapha. Ayurvedic diet treats lifestyle diseases by offering an appropriate diet plan. Ayurvedic dieticians understand several aspects of food and the nature of the food (Vatta inducing, Pitta inducing, Kapha inducing). The ayurvedic diet aims to eliminate these doshas from their root through a proper diet plan. The ayurvedic diet is proven to be effective in treating lifestyle diseases.
Lifestyle diseases are caused due to wrong habits, erratic job requirements, sedentary lifestyles, stress, etc. The ayurvedic diet aims to promote healthy eating habits and exercise to maintain healthy living and also treat lifestyle diseases specifically. Ayurveda and the ayurvedic regime can effectively cure major lifestyle diseases like high blood pressure, Type2 Diabetes, cancer PCOS, obesity, etc. The ayurvedic diet is one component of the Ayurvedic regimen like Panchkarma therapy, Rasayana therapy, Dincharya, and Rutucharya among other important Ayurveda therapy.