Abstract

RELEVANCE OF AYURVEDIC DIETARY RULES IN MODERN ERA

Dr. Ankita*

Abstract

In modern era people are conscious enough about their diet. The awareness about the food items, their quantity, quality and nutritional values etc. The people who are health conscious mostly know about ‘what to eat?’ but least conscious about ‘how to eat?’ The dietetic code or dietary rules are preserved by our age old traditions up to some extent, but there is a big lacuna regarding their awareness in today's society. People basically have a little knowledge about them. More over who know are little bothered to obey such rules as they have not enough trust to obey the dietary rules. The proper method of eating is wrongly being interpreted as mere traditional affair. Though all the people cannot always follow all the rules due to the bindings of fast and forward life, the awareness is needed regarding the subject. As a famous proverb says ‘we are what we eat’; it clearly reflects the importance of diet in one’s personality. It is important to know what we should eat, but it is more important to know how, when, where to eat. Ayurvedic literature is abundant in the knowledge regarding healthy diet and dietary rules. Thousands of years ago, Ayurveda gifted human beings the very important dietary rules known as ‘Ahara Vidhi vidhana’. This article concisely reflects these dietary rules and their importance in modern era.

Keywords: Ahara vidhi vidhana, ushna, snigdha, tanmana.