Aahar, Nidra and Brahmacharya roughly translated as food, sleep and appropriate sexual conduct are considered as the three sub pillars of health according to Ayurved. Unfortunately, in today’s era these factors are given no importance and we continue to exploit our bodies to the level wherein the damage becomes irreversible. Sleep disorders are very common […]

Food, clothing and shelter are no more the ONLY basic necessities of human life. We have reached a stage where if somehow we are compelled to skip a day’s meal, we can still adapt, but if our mobile goes out of range even for a minute it makes us go weak in our knees. We […]

Bliss! Yes, I am talking about those four days of the month in which the better half part of the human race literally feels like going into hibernation. Yes, the monthly period! Well this might not be true with everybody but 70-80 percent of female populace in any region suffers from some or the other […]

The aim of Ayurved is twofold, firstly it is “SwasthyaRakshan” or preserving the good health of a healthy individual and secondly, it is VikaarPrashaman or curing the disorders of a diseased individual. The divine knowledge of Ayurved which is believed to be passed on to the mortals by the immortals above is completely devoted to […]

Food that is not harmful to our body and that which is pleasant to our mind is pathya (wholesome food). This is always recommended and one which is harmful both for the body and the mind is not recommended and hence called as apathya (unwholesome food). In the last segment of this article we discussed about the importance of RESTRICTED DIETARY REGIMEN during and […]

To detox, literally means to remove TOXINS from the body. Where do these toxins come from? Well, in today’s era let me frame it this way:‘Where don’t the toxins come from!’ The air that we breathe in, the food that we eat, the environment that we live in, the water that we drink everything is […]

An age old proverb says:“Your body is the sole medium to achieve whatever you desire, so respect it and care enough so that it can enjoy the fruits of your labour”. But working tirelessly, earning bountifully, eating heartily and enjoying like there is no tomorrow, has becomethe ultimate summarisation of a successful life. Many of […]

Part 1 Every other advertisement on the internet or the newspapers, promises of that ground breaking invention which can free the overburdened populace of this country from shackles of those extra kilos. Indeed, obesity is a vexing problem for the whole world. For developing countries like India, morbid obesity has not yet become a public [...]