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Ayurveda for fighting obesity




                               WHERE THERE IS  A WILL............THERE IS A WAY !

Obesity is the most common health problem now a days. Reasons behind that are different for individuals. But basic root causes as well as risk factors are same. Most common cause is lack of exercise. It could be due to hectic schedule, sitting job, much use of vehicles and less walking, continuous stress, heavy food, junk and oily food, sweet food, relaxed nature, too much sleep, hereditary, hormonal imbalance.
Due to all such kind of life style, calories can’t burn which results into saturation of fat under skin and also inside the veins which is respectively called as fat and cholesterol.
Primary signs are little weight gain specially fat deposition on belly, laziness, excessive sweat, breathlessness after little exertion. If anyone ignore these signs eventually goes in second stage which is actually called as Obesity.
As per Charak The ancient aacharya of Ayurveda….. Where we find 8 symptoms
1. Shorten the life span
2. Get older early
3. Bad body odor
4. Weakness
5. Increased hunger
6. Increased sweating
7. Increased thirst
8. Decreased sexual capabilities
Obesity may result into high blood pressure, diabetes, paralysis, fatty degeneration of heart, Eczyma and joint pains of lower limbs most probably knee joint, ankle joint etc.

What Best you can do for weight loss?

Here is the answer.
  • Control your diet – It does not mean stay on fasting. Eat whenever you are hungry but eat food which contain less or no fat.
  • You can have Horse gram [Kulith], Finger millet [Nachani], Pearl millet [Bajra] which are dry and having hard covering as a main course of your diet. But don’t cook it using oil, coconut, cashew or peanuts.
  • Drink 1 glass of water before meal and have little sips during meal.
  • You can have Fulka or Bhakari i.e. Chapati made up without oil.
  • In breakfast you must have Popped grain like Rajgira lahya [ Amaranth], Sali lahya, Jowar lahya, Chirmure [puffed rice]. You can use it in any form like Kheer, Chiwada, Ladu etc.
  • Always drink lukewarm water.
  • It is good to take honey and lemon with lukewarm water early in the morning. This helps to reduce 1 -2 kg weight in a month without weakness.
  • Dudhi ras [Bottle gourd juice] for breakfast. It helps to reduce bad cholesterol.
  • Least or no use of sugar, maida, salt, oil, coconut, peanut, cashew etc.
  • Avoid junk food.
  • Do exercise daily at lest for 15 min. Use less machines in daily routine.
  • Suryanamskar, Kapalbhati, Bhramari are best practices from Yoga for weight loss.
  • If you still feel heavy and couldn’t reduce weight by following above mentioned practices then you must need treatment because there may be a hormonal imbalance. There are several combination of oral medicines and Panchakarma described in ancient Indian Ayurveda which helps to reduce weight naturally. Do visit your nearest Ayurvedacharya for consultation.
  • STAY HEALTHY AND HAPPY


MANASWI JADHAV
Ayurvedacharya
Kolhapur [Pune]







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