Prakriti and its associations with metabolism, chronic diseases, and genotypes: Possibilities of new born screening and a lifetime of personalized prevention

Dey, Subhojit; Pahwa, Parika

doi:10.4103/0975-9476.128848

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“…Prakriti is a set of physical, physiological and psychological attributes that are unique to an individual and can be 12 considered as a phenotypic phenomenon arising from a particular genotype. Human beings are classified into seven Prakriti types, the categorization being done based on certain attributes of the tridosha in their body.…”

Section: Prakriti -A Guide To Personalizationmentioning

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Ayurvedic Dietary Principles in Prevention and Management of Diabetes: A Review

Edavalath¹

2018

Endocrinol Diabetes Obes

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Diabetes mellitus, especially Type-2 is one of the major non-communicable diseases with growing prevalence at the global level. Major contributory factors for diabetes are genetic predisposition, environmental factors, lifestyle and unhealthy diet. Poorly controlled diabetes can lead to a number of complications and food can be a powerful tool in preventing or reversing diabetes. Modern dietetics adopt a reductionist view in determining the diet protocol with emphasis on the macro as well as micronutrients in the food and overlooks the varied demands of the person consuming it. This is where India's traditional medical system, Ayurveda can contribute with its holistic approach. Ayurveda advocates diet that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual. The dietary guidelines incorporate multiple factors comprising the prakriti (body composition), dosha (body humors),agni (digestive power), desa (place of living), kãla (age and season) and sathmya (homogeneity) of the individual. Following such a diet pattern in the long run will aid in preventing metabolic diseases, especially diabetes. In case of manifested diabetes, the management protocol is formulated based on the above said factors and consequently the diet also should be personalized. Differences in the metabolic demands among patients who are obese and non-obese warrants separate dietary guidelines for both groups. Hence a relook into the basics of ayurvedic dietetics and therapeutic approaches could enable researchers and practitioners to have fresh insights in the prevention and management of diabetes mellitus.

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Ayurvedic Dietary Principles in Prevention and Management of Diabetes: A Review

Edavalath¹

2018

Endocrinol Diabetes Obes

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“…The detailed description of the phenotypic principles of health and disease state has been provided in the literature, but its potential has not been appreciated by modern genomic researchers. Thus, the chief aim of therapeutic MBTs is believed to ensure that tridosha remains in homeostatic state [22]. Some studies have found that chanting of maha mantra results in perfect harmony among the gunas besides reducing the stress and depression [23].…”

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Primer for Mainstreaming Mind-Body Techniques for Extreme Climates-Insights and Future Directions

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Background: The deprivation of oxygen reaching the tissues (also termed as hypoxia) affects the normal functioning of the body. This results in development of many diseases like ischemia, glaucoma, MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment), pulmonary and cerebral edema, stress and depression. There are no effective drugs that can treat such diseases. Despite such failure, alternative interventions such as mind-body techniques (MBTs) have not been adequately investigated. Methods: The first part of this review has been focused on philosophical aspects of various MBTs besides evolving an ayurgenomic perspective. The potential of MBTs as a preventive non-pharmacological intervention in the treatment of various general and hypoxic pathologies has been further described in this section. In the second part, molecular, physiological, and neuroprotective roles of MBTs in normal and hypoxic/ischemic conditions has been discussed. Results: In this respect, the importance of and in vivo studies has also been discussed. Conclusions: Although several studies have investigated the role of protective strategies in coping with the hypoxic environment, the efficacy of MBTs at the molecular level has been ignored.

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“…The Ayurvedic concept of prakriti or body constitution plays a vital role towards regulation of optimum health, that has shown a strong association with many psycho-physiological and biochemical parameters 13, 14. Since, there have been several limitations to prevent the progression of metabolic disorders, due to individual metabolic variability, 15 hence this study hypothesizes that intervention of yoga practices would regulate lipid metabolism with reference to specific prakriti. …”

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Effect of yoga training on lipid metabolism in industrial workers with reference to body constitution ( Prakriti )

Doddoli¹,

Shete²,

Dattatraya³

et al. 2017

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

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IntroductionThe progressive increase in dyslipidemia and physical inactivity are considered to be major risk factors for the onset of non communicable diseases. Awareness of body constitution plays a vital role to regularise optimum health. The present study was planned to evaluate the effect of yoga practices on lipid metabolism with reference to specific body constitution (Prakriti).MethodsA self-as-control study was conducted on 36 male healthy volunteers between age group of 30–58 years. Their prakriti analysis was done using standardized, validated questionnaire and were divided into Vata-Pitta (n = 16) and Pitta-Kapha (n = 20) groups. The assessment of lipid profile was done in fasting blood samples before and after 12 weeks of yoga training. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and independent t-test.ResultsAfter yoga intervention, the result of within group comparison revealed that in Vata-Pitta (V-P) group, significant decrease in the levels of TC, LDL (p < 0.001) and significant increase in HDL (p < 0.01) was observed. While, Pitta-Kapha (P-K) group showed significant decrease in TC (p < 0.001), TG (p < 0.01), LDL (p < 0.001) and VLDL (p < 0.05) levels. Further, the results between groups revealed that P-K group has significantly higher baseline levels of TC, TG and VLDL as compared to V-P group (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe study concludes that yoga practices can effectively regulate lipid metabolism and total body energy expenditure with reference to specific constitutional type (Prakriti) that may act as a tool to assess magnitude of metabolic functions.

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Prakriti and its associations with metabolism, chronic diseases, and genotypes: Possibilities of new born screening and a lifetime of personalized prevention

Cited by 64 publications

References 20 publications

Ayurvedic Dietary Principles in Prevention and Management of Diabetes: A Review

Ayurvedic Dietary Principles in Prevention and Management of Diabetes: A Review

Primer for Mainstreaming Mind-Body Techniques for Extreme Climates-Insights and Future Directions

Effect of yoga training on lipid metabolism in industrial workers with reference to body constitution ( Prakriti )

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