Āyurveda's Contributions to Vegetarian Nutrition in Medicine

Manohar, Ram; Kessler, Christian S.

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“…However, these measures affect only part of the wildlife trade: the government defined only certain wild animals as "special farm animals, " thus exempting them from the trade ban (170). The wildlife ban only applies to consumption, but not to use in TCM (169); this does not account for the largely vegetarian-oriented TMS of South Asia, for example Ayurveda (171).…”

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The Relevance of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Review of the Literature

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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic people are facing risks of adverse health effects due to the restrictions implemented such as quarantine measures, reduced social contact, and self-isolation. In this qualitative review, we collected data on potential preventive and therapeutic health benefits of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) that might be useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have reviewed the scientific literature to summarize CIM practices that could be beneficial for improving physical and mental health and well-being of the population under the current pandemic circumstances. It must be noted that this review is not SARS-CoV-2 specific and we explicitly do not intend to make any SARS-CoV-2 specific health claims in this article.Methods and Findings: A qualitative, non-systematic literature review was conducted in Medline to identify literature describing preventive and therapeutic CIM approaches for strengthening mental and physical health. For a variety of CIM approaches clinical evidence was identified, indicating beneficial effects. CIM approaches include specific dietary measures and selected micronutrients, physical activity, techniques from Mind-Body Medicine, single botanicals or botanical compounds, and spending time in nature among others. The effects of CIM measures on conditions like obesity and hypertension are of special relevance here, as these conditions are considered as risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19. Moreover, a possibly direct effect of CIM approaches on immune functions and clinical parameters in respiratory tract infections, such as influenza, were identified. The findings of this review could be helpful for clinicians, patients, and the general population during the current pandemic when discussing and/or considering CIM options.Conclusions: CIM offers a variety of preventive and therapeutic options for strengthening physical and mental resilience, which could also be useful in the current COVID-19 pandemic. The evidence of CIM approaches with a potential benefit in the COVID-19 pandemic in different areas is worth to be analyzed. While this qualitative review has several obvious limitations, it might serve as useful starting point for further research on this topic.

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“…Comparatively low Shannon-Wiener score for the animal-based foods indicated the lack of diversity in the animal foods than plant foods. The traditional medical literatures of ayurveda and siddha described about the health benefits of animal-based foods; however, the cultural and spiritual beliefs along with better understanding of the nutritional properties of plants caused a preference of vegetarianism in India [ 50 ]. Our previous study on ethnodietetics among non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Virudhunagar district had also yielded high number of UR for plant-based foods [ 12 ].…”

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A study on food-medicine continuum among the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Esakkimuthu¹,

Darvin²,

Mutheeswaran³

et al. 2018

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundMedicinal properties of the food species are one of the poorly documented and important areas of ethnopharmacology. The present survey quantitatively documented the medicinal foods prescribed by the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu.MethodsField work was carried out between December 2014 and April 2017 using a questionnaire. The illnesses mentioned by the informants were grouped as illness categories on the basis of emic perceptions. Sufficiency of sampling of this survey was assessed by plotting the cumulative number of UR and Shannon-Wiener’s index. The indices such as informant consensus factor (FIC), Index of Agreement on Remedies (IAR), and Cultural Food Significance Index (CFSI) were calculated.ResultsThis study documented 165 medicinal foods used by 82 non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, and 73.93% of these preparations were plant based. Among the animal taxa, 82.05% were represented by fish taxa. The illness category gastrointestinal ailments is the majorly cited illness category treated with plant-based formulations. The illness categories viz., gastrointestinal ailments, hemorrhoids, and neural ailments had high consensus under the group of plant-based medicinal foods. In animal-based medicinal foods, kapha ailments had gained 23.07% of UR. The illness categories such as bone fractures, male reproductive ailments, blood ailments, and anabolic had high FIC values.ConclusionsDeeper studies on different dietary cultures of India may help to derive better interpretations on food-medicine continuum. This study identified some important claims such as the use of citron, pomegranate and Solanum americanum (gastrointestinal ailments), Abutilon indicum, onions and elephant foot yam (hemorrhoids), Boerhavia diffusa (urinary ailments), Moringa oleifera (anemia), Aloe vera (gynecological ailments), Eclipta prostrata (liver ailments), ivy gourd (diabetes), citron (hypertension), Centella asiatica (psychological ailments), spade nose shark (lactogogue), reticulate whipray (wheezing and bronchitis), Katelysia opima (impotence), Indian squid (anemia), and Indian oil sardine (anabolic). More studies on these claims will help identify novel functional foods to add to the field of medical nutrition therapy, with traditional brand identity. Robust studies on the documentation of the traditional knowledge on marine resources will yield a good database for various stakeholders and policy makers.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13002-018-0240-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Vrste i karakteristike vegetarijanstva (preuzeto iz reference 8) / Types and characteristics of vegetarianism (taken from reference 8) starenjem populacije, ubrzanom neplanskom urbanizacijom i globalnim širenjem nezdravih stilova života, koji uključuju nepravilnu ishranu, smanjenu fizičku aktivnost, pušenje, nezdravo pijenje alkohola, itd. Upravo zbog želje ljudi da smanje rizik od svih navedenih hroničnih nezaraznih bolesti, vegetarijanstvo je, svuda u svetu, steklo sve veću popularnost tokom proteklih decenija (9,14).…”

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“…Konzumiranje mesa za njih predstavlja emocionalni stres i uvereni su da doprinose boljem položaju životinja. Oni smatraju vegetarijanstvo filozofskim problemom (14).…”

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Advantages and disadvantages of vegetarian nutrition

Nikolic¹,

Jovanović²,

Nikolic

2019

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SAŽETAKU modernom dobu najvažniji motivi za izbor vegetarijanstva su etički, zdravstveni, ekološki i hedonistički. Takođe, važnu ulogu imaju porodica i kulturološka tradicija. Većina radova ukazuje da se kod vegetarijanaca mnogo ređe javljaju kardiovaskularne i maligne bolesti, kao i dijabetes tip 2, u odnosu na nevegetarijance. Ovim načinom ishrane dolazi do redukcije telesne mase, hipertenzije i nivo LDLholesterola. Međutim, vegetarijanski način ishrane može biti povezan sa nedovoljnim unošenjem omega-3 polinezasićenih masnih kiselina, proteina, kalcijuma, cinka, gvožđa, vitamina B12 i vitamina D. Zdravstveni radnici moraju poznavati vegetarijanstvo dovoljno dobro kako bi pravilno savetovali pacijente kod izbora ovakvog načina ishrane. U mnogim smernicama za pravilno sprovođenje vegetarijanstva, a naročito veganizma naglašena je potreba za fortifikovanim namirnicama, a ponekad i dijetetskim suplementima. Upravo zbog svega navedenog, cilj ovog rada je bio da se sagledaju prednosti i nedostaci vegetarijanstva. SUMMARYIn the modern age, the most important motives for choosing vegetarianism are ethical, health, environmental and hedonistic. Family and cultural tradition also play an important role. Most studies indicate that cardiovascular and malignancies, as well as type 2 diabetes, are much less likely to occur in vegetarians than non-vegetarians. This diet leads to reduction of weight, hypertension and LDL cholesterol levels. However, the vegetarian diet may be associated with an insufficient intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, protein, calcium, zinc, iron, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Health care professionals need to be familiar with vegetarianism well enough to properly advise patients on their dietary choices. Many guidelines for the proper conduct of vegetarianism, and in particular veganism, emphasize the need for fortified foods and sometimes dietary supplements. Because of all of the above, the aim of this paper was to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of vegetarianism.

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Āyurveda's Contributions to Vegetarian Nutrition in Medicine

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

The Relevance of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Review of the Literature

The Relevance of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Review of the Literature

A study on food-medicine continuum among the non-institutionally trained siddha practitioners of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Advantages and disadvantages of vegetarian nutrition

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