Ayurveda and lifestyle modification: research to practice

Chattopadhyay, Kaushik

Abstract

The global burden of non-communicable diseases is rapidly increasing, and the essential management strategy is to follow a healthy lifestyle. Ayurveda can play a major role in this aspect, as the primary aim of Ayurveda is to prevent diseases by following a healthy lifestyle. However, in order to implement such classical knowledge (that is, healthy lifestyle based on Ayurvedic principles) into real practice, a systematic process needs to be followed. This systematic process must include robust research studies (that is, development and evaluation of Ayurveda-based lifestyle intervention) and behaviour change of people. This paper describes these two important steps in detail. In conclusion, there is a huge scope of implementing classical Ayurvedic knowledge into real practice, which will be beneficial to all of society.

Citation

Chattopadhyay, K. (2017). Ayurveda and lifestyle modification: research to practice. International journal of medicine and public health, 7(3), 132-133. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijmedph.2017.3.27

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 20, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 31, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 15, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Journal: International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
• Electronic ISSN: 2230-8598
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 132-133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5530/ijmedph.2017.3.27
• Keywords: Ayurveda, healthy lifestyle, research, behaviour change
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/888737
• Publisher URL: http://www.ijmedph.org/article/547
• Contract Date: Dec 15, 2017