Diet plays an important role in our day to day life for maintenance of our health, energy and various activities. It is now generally agreed that diet governs many situations favouring the onset of many diseases. All diseases require modified diet, but diet plays a variable role in their cure. To keep good health we must “eat to live and not live to eat”. Diet is an important factor in the cause of various diseases which are mainly the result of overeating and or wrong diet.
The Concept of diet has been given due importance in various texts of Ayurveda. Diet occupies a dominant place in the Ayurveda and Yoga System. It is said that ” As you eat, so you become”. This is because the kind and quality of food affects the physical as well as mental condition of the individual.
The dietetic habits vary from person to person and a study of an individual’s diet is essential before any modification is suggested for his ailments. Not only the selection of raw material is is important, but the processing of food, amount of each constituent, total amount of food, frequency of intake etc. are also very important.
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