Healthy dietary regimen at home during COVID-19 plays an important role.What the Ministry of AYUSH recommends as preventive measures should be part of a healthy dietary regimen.
The COVID-19 outbreak, its undeterred upsurge and the abrupt emergence of the unpredictable situation like the lockdown, has brought everyone at one-stop — and that is nowhere but in our homes. Now, our homes have rolled everything into one i.e., office, classroom, bedroom, restaurants, summits and conferences — in the form of Webinars. Staying at home in the lockdown raises grave concerns about the health wherein diet plays an important role. In the present situation, physical activities are comparatively less while the food intake has magnified, making diet dynamics imbalanced, which may bring in quite a lot of health complaints.
Ayurveda way of life leads to an ‘Ideal Health’:
However, if we look at the opportunities the Mother Nature offers amid the lockdown to correct our faulty lifestyle are immense. We can eliminate the unnecessary loads from our body by disciplining ourselves, following the Ayurveda way of life. This is the right time for us to revisit our habits for better wellbeing by rescheduling our routine that leads to an ‘Ideal Health’. Following a healthy dietary regimen consisting of right choices of food and more suggestively what, how, when and where we eat, will improving immunity. On the contrary, wrong habits and food choices reduce our immunity, making us prone to virus infection and illness. ‘Right Diet’ is the ‘Right Mantra’ to stay to stay fit in all situation.
According to Ayurveda, diet plays a very important role in improving and maintaining health. It is also helpful in strengthening immunity. Highlighting the significance of diet Maharishi Charak – “if someone’s food is good he/she will not need any medicine”. In addition he says “if someone’s intake is not systematic and proper then they need not have medicines since no medication will effect them”. In the current lockdown scenario when we are staying in our houses, the selection of foods are very important from our Body-Type and digestion point of view as our physical activities have relatively come down.
Besides knowing what to eat, it is also important to know how much to eat, when to eat and how to eat. Ayurveda explains these in a very scientific and systematic manner with proper logic. The main objective behind this is that whatever one eats, it should get digested properly and assimilated into the system for the balanced production of body tissues, which is necessary for the maintenance of the peak performance of the body, and for staying healthy.
Follow immunity-boosting guidelines to fight against COVID-19:
Considering the significance of diet, immunity and health and their good interrelationship, which constitute an ‘Ideal Health’ as per Ayurveda, our honourable Prime Minister has urged the citizens to follow immunity-boosting guidelines issued by the Ministry of AYUSH to supplement the fight against COVID-19. What the Ministry of AYUSH recommends as preventive measures are part of a healthy dietary regimen. The strategies adopted by the Ministry find their origins in the science of Ayurveda, which proliferates the use of nature’s gifts for a fit and happy life.
A combination of various foods forms diet, and diet is contemplated as powerful medicine. As per Ayurveda, food is medicine when consumed properly. If we eat foods exclusively suited to individuals physiology (body-type) and adapt a Sattvic (life-supporting) procedure that improves digestion, human body will payback and aid to stay happier and healthier. Besides, a balanced diet, a proper Nidra (sleep) also plays an important role in helping us stay healthy. Contrarily, lack of sound sleep increases our risk of developing chronic health conditions, like diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
In the current lockdown scenario, we need to make out a balance of both the wholesome food and routine life, which consists of right meal timing, proper sleep, necessary exercise, yoga and meditation. The lockdown phase is an opportunity for us to discipline ourselves that will ensure a healthy living. And this can be done by following a healthy dietary regimen.Along with healthy foods, we need to include certain Rasayanas (the science of promoting longevity as well as the herbal remedies used to maintain optimal health) in our dietary regimen to ensure holistic health,which do helps in rejuvenation of energy in our body and mind.
Mr. Anand Shrivastava- Chairman
