Diabetes: A Lifestyle Syndrome

Ayurveda being the “Science of holistic living & Art of natural healing” considers the both exogenous and endogenous origin of the disease in the management for the sustained protection from the chronic conditions such as diabetes. Some authorities had compared the world epidemic of “diabesity” (diabetes+obesity) expected in the first 20 years of the 21^st  century to the AIDS epidemic in the last 20 years of the 20^thcentury. We are living in the era of “Lifestyle Syndrome” or the “New World Syndrome”, where there is mixing of cross-cultures and dietary habits & sedentary lifestyles and odd working hours, leading to “Santarpanajanya vyadhi” (metabolic disorders). Tripod of Modern life (Samakalin trayopasthambha – Ahara, Nidra & Vyayama) and Di.E.T™ (Dietary intervention Exercise Treatment) are proposed for the holistic management of diabetes for prevention and management respectively.

Full article in Ayurved Sutra Vol. 06 Issue 05

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