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 In Ayurveda, regulation of diet itself is a therapy with great importance. This is because it considers human body as the product of food. An individual’s mental and spiritual development as well as his temperament is influenced by the quality of food consumed by him. Food in human body is transformed first into chyle or Rasa and then successive processes involve its transformation into blood, muscle, fat, bone, bone-marrow, reproductive elements and ojas. Thus, food is believed to be the basic of all metabolic transformations and life activities.
Lack of nutrients in food or improper transformation of food lead to a variety of disease conditions. The ayurveda try to perfect this imbalnce of dietery practices, it has a well balanced and systematic analysis about the nature and properties of foods. The doctors can prescribe the food habits suit to each and every person with an analysis of his health parameters. Many of the diseases are treated following proper diet habits alone.
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