A Holistic Approach to Lifestyle Disorders

Analysis of health data reveals one in every two individuals has a lifestyle disorder.The analysis found a large population grappling with chronic health conditions such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, lipid imbalances, renal disorders, fatty liver, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. A recent study has found that one in every two individuals has lifestyle disorders. The study, done as part of India’s 76th Republic Day by Redcliffe Labs, analysed health data from 2.8 million individuals across the country. Lifestyle disorders are the diseases associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Sedentary life style, faulty dietary habits, busy daily schedule, stress due to workload has invited many type of disorders like metabolic syndrome, thyroid disorders, heart attack, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, asthma, stoke etc. comes under life style disorder because the life style have significant role in all these diseases. Ayurveda has mentioned certain daily routine life style regime called Dinacharya (~Daily regimen) and Ritucharya (~Seasonal Regimen),Sadavritta (~ Good moral conduct). A healthy lifestyle with Ayurveda and Yoga has both short and longterm health benefits. Yoga and Ayurveda ensures to keep a person healthy and balanced, restore the body’s vigor and vitality. Effects of Ayurveda and Yoga on the different systems of body and its role in life style disorders to be studied in this paper