Posts Tagged ‘obesity’

Can we burn fat naturally? An Ayurvedic ‘YES’

May 23rd, 2009

Having a restricted eating habit is not always helpful when you are already obese. Following a strict diet may help you controlling further weight gain. The issue faced by the most obese people is that they are not able follow a kind of strict exercise due to might be the lifestyle or simply they don’t have time for it.

Is there a real solution or treatment for obesity? That is when ayurveda approaches the issue in a different manner. Ayurveda finds obesity as a disease which can impose greater health risks like diabetes, hypertension, Kidney and gallbladder disorders. Obesity is described as “Medoroga” among eight other major diseases by “Charakacharya” in his famous text on ayurveda. Obesity or Overweight is caused by an increase in fat which is one of seven components of human body. The other components are blood, lymph, muscle, nervous system, bones and reproductive system. When fat gets accumulated abnormally, it malfunctions the functions of other 7 components which leads to many other diseases.

Ayurveda treats the root cause of a disease not its symptoms. Even in case of obesity ayurveda offers treatment which reduces the fat and makes remarkable changes in one’s life. Kerala offers exclusive ayurvedic treatments for obesity and there are many major players with thousands being treated and got back to normal life.

Punarnava Ayurveda hospital bears the torch of the age old time tested science of life, Ayurveda in its cradle Kerala , the Gods own country. Punarnava, the word means again new. Punarnava also refers to a medicinal plant [Borrheavia diffusa], widely used in Ayurveda. Punarnava Ayurveda hospital is famous for its speciality panchakarma treatment. Punarnava Ayurveda hospital keeps and practices the sublime discipline of Ayurveda.

The way for caring Diabetics in Ayurveda Vedanta

July 8th, 2008

Diabetes Mellitus is caused either by a lack of insulin or body’s inability to use insulin also known as maturity onset, diabetes is often triggered by obesity stress and a sedentary life style. Aasyasukham swapnasukham dadheeni gramyodakanuparsah payaamsi! Navannpannam gudvaikritam cha pramehahetu kafkrichcha sarvam!!

The term ‘Madhumeha’ is used in ‘Charaka Samhita’ (1000-1500 BC), ‘Susruta Samhita’ (100-500 BC) for the multi systemic metabolic disorders effecting multi tissues, Diabetes Mellitus. Incidences of diabetes type-II, increasing along with the increase in materialistic orientation of society; the epidemic like situation is traced in the mutation of changes in related genes and metabolic mechanisms by scientists of the field ; 230 millions of diabetics are living with the disease. It is emerging as the seventh leading causes of mortality.

In medical texts of Indian system of medicine-Ayurveda genetic susceptibility, indulgence in excess intake of milk and its products, sugarcane juice and its products, meat of animals from marshland, food products prepared from cereals that are less than one year, recently prepared wines, physical inactivity, excessive sleep, no day-to-day activity related to mental planning, excessive mental worry ,obesity and sedentary life habits and faulty eating habits like eating when earlier taken food is not digested, eating food without any appetite, overeating.

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