DIET IN DIABETES AS PER AYURVEDA

• DIET PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR DAILY LIFE FOR OUR GOOD HEALTH AND GIVES US ENERGY.

• ALL DISEASE REQUIRE MODIFIED DIET BUT DIET PLAYS A VARIABLE ROLE IN THEIR DISEASE.

• MAJOR CAUSE OF DIABETES IS WRONG DIET AND UNPLANNED FOOD, THAT PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN CAUSATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS.

• DIETETIC HABITS ARE VARIABLE FOR PERSON TO PERSON AND ALSO DEPENDS ON REGION, SEASON ETC.

• AYURVEDIC CONCEPT FOR DIET:

• CONCEPT OF AHARA ( DIET ) GIVEN IMPORTANCE IN TEXT OF AYURVEDA.

• ACHARYA SUSHRUTA STATED THAT STRENGTH, COMPLEXION AND OJAS ARE IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR HEALTHY LIVING THAT ARE DEPENDS ON DIET.

• THE CAUSES FOR ILL HEALTH HAVE DERANGEMENTS IN AHARA.

• PLANNED FOOD:

• PLANNED FOOD REFERS TO THE BALANCED DIET FOR ALL HUMANS INCLUDING DISEASED PERSON.

• PLANNED FOOD MAINTAIN HEALTH AND FOR THE DISEASED PERSON, IT HELPS IN RECOVERY.

• THIS IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE FOOD AT PROPER TIME AND IN PROPER QUANTITY.

• AN IDEAL DIET SHOULD CONTAIN ALL 5- MAHABHUTAS ( PENTA-ELEMENTS ), ALL TYPES OF VIRYAS AND 20 TYPES OF GUNAS.

• SUITABLE DIET MAINTAIN BODY SYSTEM IN NORMAL FUNCTION OF STATE AND CORRECT ABNORMAL STATE OF BODY.

• RULES FOR DIET INTAKE:

1. FOOD SHOULD BE FRESH, WARM AND TASTY.

2. SWEET SHOULD BE EATEN FIRST, SOUR AND SALTY STUFF IN BETWEEN AND SPICY STUFF SHOULD BE CONSUMED IN THE LAST.

3. FOOD SHOULD CONTAIN LIMITED QUANTITY OF FATS.

4. DIET MUST CONTAIN ALL 6- TASTES ( SADA-RASA ).

5. FOOD CONSUMED ACCORDING TO APPETITE.

6. DON'T EAT IN EXCESS.

7. DON'T EAT TO FAST AND TOO SLOW.

8. EAT FOOD WITHOUT TALKING AND LAUGHING.

• DIETARY MANAGEMENT FOR DIABETES MELLITUS AS PER AYURVEDA:

• ACCORDING TO ACHARYA SUSHRUTA, PATIENT OF DIABETES SHOULD TAKE IN DIET OF OLD Cereals LIKE SALI RICE, BARLEY, WHEAT, KODRAVA WITH PULSES, PIGEON PEA, HORSE GRAM ETC.

• VEGETABLES OF BITTER AND ASTRINGENT TASTE SHOULD COOKED WITH OIL OF DANTI, INGUDI, SARSAPA ETC.

• THE DIET OF THE PATIENT OF DIABETES SHOULD CONSIST MAINLY OF BARLEY.

• BARLEY REDUCES FAT, CHECK EXCESSIVE MICTURITION, KEEPS ALL DHATUS OF BODY IN HOMOGENEOUS CONDITION, SO IT IS VERY USEFUL FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS

• PATIENT OF MADHUMEHA SHOULD TAKE LITTLE QUANTITY OF WATER.

• CHAPATI COMBINATION FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS:

1. BARLEY:1 PART

2. GRAM:1 PART

3. SOYABEAN: 1 PART

4. WHEAT:1 PART

5. METHI DANA : 1/4 PART

ALL GRAINS TO BE MIXED TO FORM FLOUR

• THIS COMBINATION IS USED FOR MAKING CHAPATI ( ROTI ) FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.

• IT IS FULL OF PROTEINS AND A GOOD SOURCE OF ENERGY, LOW CALORIE DIET WITH HIGH FIBRE CONTENT.

• DIABETES MELLITUS IS A NUTRITIONAL METABOLIC DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AN ABNORMALLY ELEVATED LEVEL OF BLOOD SUGAR.

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