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== Seasonal ahara ==

== Seasonal ahara ==

Ayurveda acharyas believe that, diet and daily activities of an individual are responsible to maintain or disturb the internal balance of bodily elements. Thus, if one can modify diet and lifestyle or activities according to changes in external environment, one can achieve good health and wellness. Diet plays very i

According to Ayurveda, diet and daily activities of an individual are responsible to maintain or disturb the internal balance of bodily elements. Thus, if one can modify diet and lifestyle or activities according to changes in external environment, one can achieve good health and wellness.

तस्याशिताद्यादाहाराद्बलं वर्णश्च वर्धते| यस्यर्तुसात्म्यं विदितं चेष्टाहारव्यपाश्रयम्|| (Char. Samh. 5.3)[1]

तस्याशिताद्यादाहाराद्बलं वर्णश्च वर्धते| यस्यर्तुसात्म्यं विदितं चेष्टाहारव्यपाश्रयम्|| (Char. Samh. 5.3)

tasyāśitādyādāhārādbalaṁ varṇaśca vardhate| yasyartusātmyaṁ viditaṁ ceṣṭāhāravyapāśrayam|| (Char. Samh. 5.3)

tasyāśitādyādāhārādbalaṁ varṇaśca vardhate| yasyartusātmyaṁ viditaṁ ceṣṭāhāravyapāśrayam|| (Char. Samh. 5.3)

Meaning: A person who knows the ritusatmya (getting accustomed to suitable changes in diet and behavior according to seasons), and practices such habits accordingly, and whose diet consists of various types of food articles (with properties such as ashita, pitta lidha , and khadita), has his strength and luster enhanced, and he leads a healthy, long life.   

Meaning: A person who knows the rutusatmya (getting accustomed to changes in diet and behavior according to seasons), practices such habits timely, and whose diet consists of various types of food articles (with properties such as ashita, pitta lidha and khadita), has his strength and luster enhanced, and he leads a healthy, long life.   

अथात ऋतुचर्याध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः|

Guidelines on selection of food items are based on the taste of food. The tastes that are to be deliberately included or excluded from diet in a particular season have been explicitly mentioned by Ayurveda treatises. These recommendations are given in order to maintain the equilibrium of doshas, dhatus and malas in body in spite of change in the external environment. The guidelines given are in general applicable to all provided the person following those is healthy and devoid of any other disease. <ref>Commentary of Arundatta On Ashtanaga Hrudayam (Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 3 Sutram 57)</ref> In case of existing diseases or any kind of already present illness, selection of food as per season should be done after taking advice of a qualified [[Vaidya (वैद्यः)|vaidya]]. 

The general guidelines on selection or exclusion of food as per rutu (seasons) can be found in [[Rutucharya (ऋतुचर्या)|Rutucharya]].  

 

(गद्यसूत्रे|२| (A.HSutra 3.2)

 

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यस्यर्तुसात्म्यं विदितं चेष्टाहारव्यपाश्रयम्||३|| (Cha. Su 6.3)

== Role of ahara in prevention of diseases ==

== Role of ahara in prevention of diseases ==

== Gramya Ahara ==

== Gramya Ahara ==

[[Gramya Ahara (ग्राम्य आहारः)|Gramya Ahara]] (ग्राम्य आहारः।) is a special category of such dietary habits and food stuffs, that adversely and directly affect one's strength, immunity, health and well-being. [[Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदः)|Ayurveda]] scholars were able to identify those dietary factors as well as lifestyle components which when consumed and practiced over time, can lead to all types of illnesses due to their direct effect of [[Dhatus (धातवः)|Dhatus]] (धातवः। vital body tissues). such dietary factors are known as Gramya Ahara while such lifestyle factors are called as Gramya vihara (ग्राम्य विहारः।). Ayurveda acharyas have advised each and every individual to refrain from such practices if one wants to achieve the best possible life.

[[Gramya Ahara (ग्राम्य आहारः)|Gramya Ahara (ग्राम्य आहारः।)]] is a special category of such dietary habits and food stuffs, that adversely and directly affect one's strength, immunity, health and well-being. [[Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदः)|Ayurveda]] scholars were able to identify those dietary factors as well as lifestyle components which when consumed and practiced over time, can lead to all types of illnesses due to their direct effect of [[Dhatus (धातवः)|Dhatus]] (धातवः। vital body tissues). such dietary factors are known as Gramya Ahara while such lifestyle factors are called as Gramya vihara (ग्राम्य विहारः।). Ayurveda acharyas have advised each and every individual to refrain from such practices if one wants to achieve the best possible life.

== Pathya- Apathya ==

== Pathya- Apathya ==

=== Bhojan kala in daily routine/ dinacharya ===

=== Bhojan kala in daily routine/ dinacharya ===

== Panchakarmas after ahara ==

== Panchakarmas after ahara ==