Abstract

LIFESTYLE DISEASES IN INDIA PREVENTED USING AYURVEDA - A REVIEW

Mahesh P. Patil* and Chintamani D. Patil

Abstract

Lifestyle disorder are caused due to change in living and behavioural pattern of human. The main factors contributing to lifestyle diseases include bad food habits, physical inactivity and disturbed biological clock. Occupational lifestyle diseases include those caused by lifestyle diseases include those caused by the factors present in the vicinity of pollutants. Due to increase in sedentary life style pattern, job requirement, competitive life and fast move to achieve are the cause of all the diseases that includes hypertension, obesity, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, metabolic syndrome, depression, stroke, heart disease, alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis. A healthy lifestyle must be adopted with a proper balanced diet, physical activity and by giving due respect to biological clock. Healthy lifestyle methods are now easily achievable with nutritional counselling, regular medical check-ups and stress management techniques. Ayurveda offers various methods to manage life-style disorders by following Dinacharya, Ritucharya, Panchakarma therapy, Rasayana therapy. Ayurveda in order to apply measures in preventing the upcoming epidomic of lifestyle disorders which are preventable with changes in diet, lifestyle and environment.

Keywords: Lifestyle disorders, Sedentary, Obesity, Alzheirmer's, Ritucharya, Diet.