Re-Aligning the focus on Ayurveda through Epigenetics

Abstract

Dietary and other lifestyle factors have significantly changed over the past few centuries. At present Non communicable chronic diseases NCCDs are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally which are caused by unhealthy diet and lifestyle. In Ayurveda there is elaborate explanation of how to live what to do and what not to do ndash physically mentally emotionally socially and spiritually which can be categorized under Ahara Vihara and Sadvritta achara-vichara. These factors play a pivotal role in the maintenance of health and curing the diseases. For the globalization of this time tested science there is a need of understanding these principles through the lens of contemporary view. The recent emerging science of Epigenetics can be used to understand these principles. In this article an attempt is made to revalidate the principles of Ayurveda by re-aligning the focus through Epigenetics.