Abstract

AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE ON IDEAL LIFESTYLE FOR CHILDREN- A REVIEW

Dr. Nilsagar Pagare*

ABSTRACT

In this 21st century, life style has changed very rapidly. As life style is changing in the society, diet, habits, are also changing very rapidly. Now-a-days people take fast food regularly; moreover they show negligence in taking care of their health. Due to this lifestyle children’s diet harms their physical development at an early age. Children do not get proper vitamins and important nutritional constituents. As a result of this, children suffer from various nutritional deficiency diseases. The brain reaches full development stage by the age of five years. From the age of five years physical growth starts for which nutritious diet is much needed. In Ayurveda text balavstha is considered up to the age of 16 years. This is the most important phase of our life where most of the physical growth, mental growth and development of immunity take place. Now-a-days we can also see obesity in very early childhood tends to continue into adolescence and through to adulthood and leading to many diseases. For avoiding all this we can do parent’s counseling about lifestyle modification like less screen time, playing outdoors games, avoid junk food and by following healthy diet. The aim of writing this paper is to highlight the concept of ideal lifestyle and healthy diet to the researchers in the field of dietetics and medicine.

Keywords: diet, growth, development, immunity, ashtaahar vidhi, prakruti, doshas.