A REVIEW STYDY ON LIFESTYLE DISEASES AND ITS AYURVEDIC PREVENTION.

Dr. Jamuna Uranw 1 , Dr.Gitanjali 2 Sasmal and Dr.Vinay Bhardwaj 3 . 1. M.D. Scholar, P.G. department of kriya sharir,govt. Ayurvedic college, raipur (c.g.). 2. H.O.D. & Reader, P.G. department of kriya sharir,govt. Ayurvedic college, raipur (c.g.). 3. Lecturer.P.G. department of kriya sharir,govt. Ayurvedic college, raipur (c.g.). ...................................................................................................................... Manuscript Info Abstract ......................... ........................................................................ Manuscript History Received: 02 April 2019 Final Accepted: 04 May 2019 Published: June 2019

Lifestyle disorders is an umbrella term given to all the diseases which arise because of unhealthy lifestyle. Lifestyle diseases are the outcome of the way we leads our lives and diseases can be barred and their influence weakened with lifestyle modulation, improving diet and making host-environment interaction healthier. The most common lifestyle diseases include Hypertension, Diabetes, Arthritis, Obesity, Insomnia etc which are the major cause of mortality in today's world. Not only are these lifestyle diseases thwarting, but these are also interfering with natural comfort of wellbeing. Ayurveda

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Lifestyle disorder is an umbrella term given to all the disease which arise because of unhealthy lifestyle.The most common Lifestyle diseases include Hypertension, Diabetes, Arthritis, Obesity, Insomnia etc which are the major cause of mortality in today's world. Not only are these lifestyle diseases thwarting, but these are also interfering with natural comfort of wellbeing Lifestyle disorders were more common in western world but the scenario has changed dramatically.
As Ayurveda is recognized as premost life science and described ways to prevent and manage lifestyle disorders; the world is being attracted towards its potential. Ayurveda provides better solution in the forms of proper dietary management, lifestyle advises, Panchkarma like detoxification and bio-purification procedures, medicaments and rejuvenation therapies.The holistics approach of Ayurveda treating the patient as a whole, meaning intervention targeted towards complete physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being makes this science a wonderful option in lifestyle disorder. 22 foods, energy drinks, artificial sweetners and fast foods. Sedentary living, smoking, drinking alcohol, stress, poor sleeping habits which are all attributed mainly to the so called modern living habits makes the situation worse. There is yet another important problem of the modern world. That is poor exposure to sunlight and fresh air. Diet and lifestyle are major factors thought to influence susceptibility to lifestyle diseases.The nature and duration of work the amount of time you spend with your loved ones, the stress factors, your physical activity etc decide decide on how soon you are likely to land up in any one of the lifestyle disorders. More work and no play, makes a lot of us prone to a host of diseases. Along with that there are certain other factor such as heredity, age and gender which cannot be avoided or controlled. But the other factors that can be avoided or controlled are drug abuse, tobaccosmoking and alcohol drinking.

Incidence:-
With increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases in India, one out of four Indians is at risk of dying from noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cardio-vascular ailments or cancer before the age of of 70, according to estimates of various global and domestic organisation. According to the NCD (Noncommunicable Disease) country profiles of 2014 released by WHO, diseases like cancer, chronic respiratory problems and cardiovascular diseases are the biggest global killers accounting for 38 millions death every year with a whopping 28 million in low and middle income countries, including India, As per WHO estimates, NCDs account for almost 60% of the total mortality reported annually in India.

Life Style Diseases:-Critical Age for lifestyle Disease-
The most important period in life is between 40 to 50 years of age, when the impact of one's lifestyle is visible and manifested as disease,Why? System biology gradually gets deranged with the input of disease determinants causing sustained imbalance in metabolic modalities. Basis of imbalance is excessive and continuous exposure to lifestyle factor in contravention of Prakriti characteristics. 23 5. To restore normal life, psycho-physical capacity.
Why ayurveda ? 1. Conventional medicine doesnot have answers to all health care needs, particularly multidemensional lifestyle diseases. 2. Ayurveda offers more personalized care and customized treatment options.

Prevention Through Ayurveda-
In the management of lifestyle diseases, Ayurveda offers various regimens including Ahara and Vihar ( dietary habits & daily routine). Dincharya (daily regimen), Panchkarma ( five detoxification and bio-purification therapies), and Rasayana ( rejuvenation) therapies. The Sadvritta ( ideal routine) and Aachar Rasayana ( code of conduct ) are utmost important to maintain a healthy and happy psychological perspective.
Aahara:-Aahara and Vihara play a central role in the life according to Ayurvedic understanding. Ayurveda places special emphasizes on Aahara & Vihar to as measures for better living, health and wellness. Ayurveda emphasizes more on Aahara in comparison to other systems of medicines and also explored its emotional and spiritual significance, in addition to its material and biological attributes. Aahara is considered as Prana ( basis of life) in Ayurveda. Aahara has described as one of the Trayopastambha (celibacy). Diet is considered as vital for a human body as it provides the basic nutrients and promotes longevity. Ayurveda always emphasizes on consuming healthy and nutritious diet for maintaining good health. As per the view point of Ayurveda, both the living human body and the diseases afflicting it are it are the product of Aahara. Use of hita-ahara (wholesome diet) promotes health and longevity and ahita-aahara (unwholesome diet) promotes manifestation of different disorders. Unfortunately in modern era the concept of hita-ahara is continuously being ignored leading to the emergence of lifestyle disorders. Ayurveda also described eighteen types of dietary incompatibilities (Viruddha Ahara), which should be avoided to maintain health and longevity. In this way Ayurveda offer different Pathayapathya (do's & don'ts) regarding diet/dietary supplementations which definitely help in the prevention and management of a wide range of lifestyle disorders.

Satvavajaya Chikitsa:-
The author of foremost classic on internal medicine, Charaka Samhita defines it as a method of restraining the mind from desire for unwholesome objects. All these measures help in developing control over the Manas or mind, which is usually unstable.
Dincharya:-Normal circadian rhythms are very important in day life to maintain biological clock. Ayurveda suggests to begin daily habits with awareness, early rising, avoid suppression of natural urges and eliminate wastes as per urge, keep the teeth & skin cleaned, regular use of massage (Abhyanga), regular daily bathing (bathing enhances the appetite and promotes longevity), consume suitable and wholesome diet according to the appetite and metabolic needs, since it is the basis of life and important for day to day promotion of health. Ayurveda has also suggested avoiding late night sleep, eating state foods, having sex with inappropriate partner & at unsuitable time and position and the misuse of senses. These might lead to imbalance in the circadian rhythms and thus long term imbalance predisposes to lifestyle disorders. Therefore, one has to stay aware about this daily regimen for day to day promotion of health, boost immunity and prevention from lifestyle disorders.
Ritucharya:-Ritu (season) classified by different features expresses different effects on the body as well as on the environment. Ayurveda has depicted various rules and regimens, regarding diet and lifestyle to acclimatize seasonal enforcement easily without altering body homeostasis.The prime objective of Ayurvedic system of medicine is preventive aspect, which can be achieved by the modification in diet and lifestyle in response to change in climatic condition.

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Ritucharya represents a very important aspect of preventive aspect, which can be achieved by the modification in diet and lifestyle in response to change in climatic condition. Ritucharya represents a very important aspect of preventive measure for various illnesses including lifestyle disorders as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts. It is the only system of medicine in the world which proposes the need of regular purification of the human biological system from level to the molecular level to render it suitable for self recovery and rejuvenated regularly. Therefore, Ayurveda advises seasonal Panchakarma as preventive measures for maintenance and promotion of physical as well as mental health.
Panchakarma:-Panchakarma is a collective term used to address the five principal procedures or technologies of bio-purification. These procedures are used in order to cleanse the body channels, to eliminate toxins out of the body, brings about the harmony of bio-humour (Tridosha i.e, Vata, Pitta, Kapha, and Manasa Dosha i.e, Raja and Tama) to obtain longlasting beneficial effects which further leads to chemical balance inside the bio-system and thus provide the normal chemical and electrical environment in brain and ultimately restore the homeostasis. When done properly, these promote psychosomatic health, rejuvenate the body and increase the receptivity and effectiveness of Panchakarma include Vaman (therapeutic emesis), Virechan (therapeutics purgation), Asthapan Basti ( therapeutics decoction enema), Anuvasana Basti (therapeutics oil enema) and Nasya Karma ( nasal medication).
Ayurveda emphasizes more on the preventive aspect of the Panchakarma also restore the mental health, reduces the stress and therefore, help in the prevention as well as management of many lifestyle disorders. Panchakarma is claimed for its preventive, promotive, prophylactic and rejuvenative properties Rasayana. In addition to food and diet, Ayurveda propounds a seperate concept of medicinal dietary supplements in the contexts of Rasayana ( rejuvenative measures).
Rasayanas can be used as nutritional supplements as well as medicine depending upon its various types. Most Rasayanas produce their nourishing and rejuvenating effect by promoting the Agni bala, acting as direct nutrients and by way of Sroto-prasadan (purification of body channels), resulting in an improved nutritional status which further leads to an improved quality of Dhatus or body tissues. Although the Rasayanas are a generic class of restorative and rejuvenative supplements, many Rasayanas could be tissue and organ specific such as Medhya Rasayana for the brain, Hridya Rasayana for the heart, Twachya Rasayana for the skin and so on. Various studies on Rasayana drugs suggest their following action.

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The major risk factors are high blood pressure, tobacco addiction,high blood cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.These result in various longterm disease processes, culminating in high mortality rates attributable to stroke, heart attack, tobacco-and nutrition-induced cancers, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, renal failure, and many others.
From the history of treatment and preventive measures given to the persons suffering from lifestyle diseases, Ayurveda has proven its role and importance in this area. The other systems do not have any other answers than the supply of nutritional food and physical activities in this respect.