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Traditional Nutritional and Health Practices Targeting Lifestyle Behavioral Changes in Humans

Aditi Singh et al. J Lifestyle Med. 2020.

Abstract

In this 21st century who isn't enticed by the glamorous and appealing life in the fast lane? We are surrounded by wonders, something we could never have imagined erstwhile. We have everything just a click or a call away. This alluring lifestyle comes with its own perils, the biggest one being concerned with health which is often compromised with check ins and home delivered food but the problem doesn't just lie with the outside food but also with all those chemical enriched engineered expensive food items. The industry often tempers with our food to make it "More Attractive" to the consumer. However, in modern era, availability of drugs and fancy powders has led to imbalance of health and nutrition, contrary to the previous era when home gardening was very common and people preferred fresh-foods which didn't contain added chemicals. They even used to treat some of the health problems with the natural ways that we nowadays refer to DIYs (Do-it-yourselves). Since Ayurveda used natural herbs and plant extracts for treatment, the earth was fresher and less-polluted which led to greater life expectancy. The modern era also has its own benefits like excellences in allopathy medicine has brought a cure to many untreatable diseases of the ancient times, and have even eradicated certain diseases like smallpox and polio. To summarize, both the time had their own pros and cons, so it would be better if we take both of their advantages into consideration and work ahead to live a healthy life.

Keywords: DIYs; Diseases; Health; Lifestyle; Nutrition; Traditional.

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Risk factors of modern lifestyle and non-communicable diseases caused by them.

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