Ayurveda firmly belives that a person should have a balance of all tissues and lowering one to a very great extent is wrong and should not be done.
Cholesterol as per Ayurveda is an essential part of a healthy person and should be maintained as per body requirements or else the person can become very sick and today Science is slowly but surely catching up with this fact.Ayurveda recomends consuming ghee (carified butter)daily to maintain perfect health.
It has been nearly forty years since Atromid-S, the first drug approved for the lowering of cholesterol, appeared in the United States. Released in 1967, it was withdrawn from the market in 2000. While the drug was never proven to decrease the risk of heart attacks or shown to lower the mortality rate, it was found to increase the incidence of gallstones, cancer, liver disease, and a severe inflammation of the pancreas called pancreatitis. Individuals who took the drug reported nausea, diarrhea, loss of sexual ability, headache, weakness, abdominal pain, muscle pain, and other side effects. Some died of a severe muscle disease called rhabdomyolysis.
Currently available cholesterol-lowering drugs are promoted as safer and more effective, but most studies have failed to demonstrate a decrease in the death rate in those taking them and the risks and side-effects appear to be similar to those seen with earlier medications.
some years ago total cholesterols of 250 mg/dL or even 300 mg/dL were considered to be within the normal range. As drug therapy to reduce cholesterol became available the “normal” levels were dropped to 240 mg/dL or less and then to 220 mg/dL.
When treatment failed to demonstrate the anticipated benefits, researchers refused to abandon the “cholesterol is harmful” hypothesis. Instead, they directed their efforts at finding ways to lower cholesterol more effectively. As the ability to drive cholesterol to previously unobtainable levels was achieved, “ideal” values were lowered to promote the use of the new technology.
The National Cholesterol Education Program’s expert panel, heavily weighted by individuals with ties to the pharmaceutical industry, currently recommends that TC be less than 200 mg/dL, and than low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) be less than 100 mg/dL. In an attempt to reduce the LDL to the 100 mg/dL level, many physicians today are seeking to lower total cholesterol to less than 160 mg/dL.
When confronted with a disease, physicians innately want to do something. Just because it is possible to do something, however, does not mean that one should do something.
Before lowering the acceptable levels (the “speed limit”) of cholesterol it would have been wise to ask, “Does the benefit of lowering one’s cholesterol outweigh the risks involved in doing so?”
Many doctors believe it is a resounding NO! A number of epidemiologic studies (analyses of the characteristics of groups of people) have demonstrated that the cholesterol-lowering benefits are seen primarily in men under the age of fifty who have other risk factors for having a heart attack. When those risk factors, such as cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and inactivity, are addressed a much greater reduction in heart attacks is seen than when cholesterol-lowering is the focus of prevention.
While some studies purportedly do so, it is very difficult to demonstrate a cholesterol-lowering benefit in women and in either sex over the age of fifty. Rather than showing that high cholesterol levels are dangerous in people over sixty, studies have repeatedly found that senior citizens with high cholesterol levels tend to live longer than their peers with low cholesterol values. You didn’t misread the last sentence. As a group, elderly people with high amounts of cholesterol outlive those with low levels of cholesterol.
Unfortunately, physicians have been taught for the past four decades that cholesterol is dangerous and that it must be lowered at all costs. The “cholesterol is harmful” hypothesis, although never proven, has come to be accepted as fact by physicians and patients alike. Any suggestion that cholesterol is beneficial and not harmful tends to fall upon deaf ears. Those who will listen, however, should carefully weigh the benefits and risks before taking measures to lower their body cholesterol.
In an article entitled Needs to Change the Direction of Cholesterol-Related Medication – A Problem of Great Urgency, published in November 2005, Japanese researcher H. Okuyama reported his findings based upon the data available in the medical literature. He concluded, “ . . . reducing the intake of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol and increasing that of polyunsaturated fatty acid are ineffective in reducing total cholesterol in the long run, but rather increase mortality rates from coronary heart disease and all causes . . . high total cholesterol is not positively associated with high coronary heart disease mortality rates among general populations more than 40-50 years of age. More importantly, higher total cholesterol values are associated with lower cancer and all-cause mortality rates among these populations . . . Although the effectiveness of statins in preventing coronary heart disease has been accepted in Western countries, little benefit seems to result from efforts to limit dietary cholesterol intake or to lower TC values to less than approximately 260 mg/dl among the general population and the elderly . . . (These measures) create major risk factors for CHD, cancers, and shorter longevity. Based on the data reviewed here, it is urgent to change the direction of current cholesterol-related medication for the prevention of CHD, cancer, and all-cause mortality.”
Okuyama concludes, on the basis of an exhaustive review of the available data:
High cholesterol levels are not associated with heart attacks in people over 40 to 50 years of age
High cholesterol levels are associated with lower cancer and premature death rates
There is little benefit in lowering cholesterol levels below 260 mg/dL in older people
Efforts to lower cholesterol increase the risk of developing cancer and shorten life span
He believes that changing the current practice of lowering cholesterol levels is a matter of the utmost urgency. His pleas will almost certainly be ignored, as he is not the first to sound the alarm.
A 1993 analysis of the cholesterol-lowering data available at that time reached the same conclusion. Because of the increased rate of death from causes other than heart disease in people taking cholesterol-lowering drugs the researchers concluded
Cholesterol-lowering drugs lower the overall mortality rate in only a small subset of people who are at extremely high risk of death from CHD
Cholesterol screening tests are a waste of money
Lowering cholesterol in the vast majority of people is harmful, not helpful
Cholesterol-lowering drugs should be used cautiously, if at all
That same year an analysis of the results of the Honolulu Heart Program revealed a sharp increase in death rates from hemorrhagic stroke, cancer, liver disease, chronic obstructive lung disease (emphysema), and deaths from unknown causes when cholesterol levels dropped below 190 mg./dL. The investigators theorized that lowering cholesterol would not have any substantial impact on total mortality over fifteen years because premature deaths would increase in those individuals with starting cholesterol levels less than 225 mg./dL (approximately 60 % of the population).
One of the largest investigations of all-cause mortality and cholesterol involved nearly half a million Korean men between the ages of 30 and 65. Reported in 2000, the study found that the lowest death rates corresponded to cholesterol levels between 211 and 251 mg./dL., well above currently recommended treatment goals.
Another large study, which looked at nearly 150,000 men and women, was published in 2004. This report, Why Eve is not Adam, concluded that while high cholesterol levels predicted risk of death from heart disease in men of all ages and women under the age of 50, low cholesterol in men of all ages and women over the age of 50 was associated with deaths from cancer, liver disease, and mental diseases.
When confronted with the data that demonstrates the dangers of lowering cholesterol, “Cholesterol is Harmful” advocates are quick to point to the 10 year follow-up of individuals who participated in what is known as the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study, commonly referred to as the 4S study. The 4S study compared a group of individuals who received a cholesterol-lowering drug, simvastatin, with a control group who did not. The follow-up study, Mortality and incidence of cancer during 10-year follow-up of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S), compared the incidence of cancer in the two groups over the ten year period following the conclusion of the original study in 1994. The researchers did not find any difference in cancer incidence between the two groups.
Okuyama is correct in stating that there is an urgent need to reconsider the current practice of aggressively lowering cholesterol levels. Cholesterol-lowering drugs seem to reduce the risk of premature death in only a small group of individuals who are at very high risk of death from coronary heart disease. Lowering cholesterol appears to increase the risk of premature death in at least sixty percent of individuals. In the remainder of the population, the net effect of aggressively lowering cholesterol is zero, with the increase in non-cardiac deaths equaling the decrease in deaths from heart disease.
Ayurvedic concept of balanced diet has some unique features as fallows-
THe following to be consumed daily--ghee,honey,milk,fruits,mybrobalan --the embelica fruit,buttermilk etc.All 6 tastes should be a part of your meal and not jsut 2-3 tastes.
Drinking water has been given due importance.Check other articles coming in future for details.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Ayurveda for cold
Ayurveda to control cold
) Never control natural urges. (Especially bowels-bladder-sneezing) Drink only warm or hot fluids-never cold food or drinks to be taken.
2) Sleep covered well and don’t sleep late or get up late (early to bed and early to rise makes you free from cold and cough) and never sleep during daytime (this increases your tendency to catch cold sooner.)
3) Consuming food and drinks which have preservatives are not favorable. Try eating fresh vegetables and fruits. Reduce intake of non-vegetarian diet or give up fishes-meat-eggs daily. If at all you are used to only that then reduce it and take only as much as you could digest.
4) Cold-cough should never be neglected as it may lead to diseases of eye-ear-throat-chest etc. Following proper diet and medication is important.
5) Dry figs (2-3) soaked overnight, to be chewed and eaten early morning this also helps provide good nutrition in patients suffering from cold-cough frequently.
6) Dry ginger made into fine powder (125-250mgs)+equal crystal sugar to be added to a cup of hot water and taken hot,(1-2times a day) for 2-3 days -this helps relieve cough.
7) If you suffer from dry -hacking cough it helps to drink milk with liquorice powder with sugar and ghee, at bedtime.
8)If it is not dry cough then taking 4 spoons of onion juice with 1 spoon of honey helps in both cough and cold (with sputum expulsion)
9) Fasting is also beneficial in cold -cough. During this fasting hot water with fresh lemon juice in it is to be sipped frequently.
10) Physical & mental exertion makes body weak and susceptible to frequent cold-cough so avoid them by listening to the signals your body gives you from time to time. ) Exposure to cold breeze, frost, snow, rain is to be avoided. Keeping warm your hands, feet, ears, head, chest are advisable.
11) To make your upper respiratory system strong it is best to learn (from a Yoga expert) pranayama and yogasanas (matsyasana, sarvanga asana, paschimotanasana, shirasasna helps more but each person needs different asanas and pranayama as per associated problems)
12) Ayurveda advocates different treatments for same condition based on many factors like-genetics-environment-food habits-prakruthi-age-etc but giving up excessive intake of coffee-tea-alcohol -cokes-smoking-drugs etc help in all people.
12 tips for a diabetic patient
1.Don't panic or neglect the condition, accept the diagnosis, start a sensible diet, exercise and medication as per the doctor's advice. Keep a record of all readings.
2.Stress, excessive sleeping and eating is a sure way to increase blood sugar levels and also you would be inviting the complications.
3.Regular practice of yoga, pranayama and meditation surely helps you in many ways.
4.Repeated infections, weight loss, uncontrolled pains and aches, blurring vision etc may be an indication that your blood sugar is not under control. Check it.
5.Changing your life style to become more creative, stress free and avoiding sedentary life habits is as important as maintaining your blood sugar normally
6.Cut down on poultry, dairy, fried stuff and sweets, better still avoid them.
7.If you are sleeping at noon daily -change it, it may increase your complications.
8.Drinking excessive fluids is not advisable, drink when you are thirsty.
9.Cumin, turmeric, myrobalan, (amla) pepper, ginger, asafetida. Cloves, bitter gourd, fenugreek can be increased in your daily diet .It has been proved to be highly beneficial.
10.Including more of curry leaves, coriander, gotukola, greens, cabbage, garlic, onion, wheat, ragi, pulses can all make delicious dishes. There are many dishes which are diabetic friendly and healthy.(check section 4)
11.Being labeled a diabetic does not mean that you should be depressed, you can still enjoy life.
12.All diabetics will not have a cardiac arrest or stroke or lose vision. Life is your choice; keep your body fit and free from complications.
12tips for a patient suffering from joints pain.
1. If your joints are making crackling noise during movements then you need to lubricate them applying herbal oils regularly.
2. Excessive intake of coffee/tea /beverages should be stopped, especially coffee.
3. Excessive physical exercises like aerobics, walking, jogging, skipping etc should be stopped .It can make the condition worse.
4. Eating potatoes, peas, sprouted grains, and junk food increases pain.
5. Including cabbage, garlic, cumin, ginger, asafetida, milk, ghee, papaya, curry leaves, green etc has been found beneficial.
6. Fry garlic pods in ghee until golden brown and bake it in milk, add sugar and eat it daily at bedtime. This helps in many ways
7. If your pain is not decreasing check if you are suffering from diabetes or any other ailments.
8. Herbal oil or castor oil massage (very gentle but systematic) followed by hot herbal fomentation helps immensely.
9. “Use it or lose it,” is true with all body parts and more so with joints but one needs to sensibly move joints and keep them healthy.
10. Keeping warm and avoiding breeze and wet weather helps.
11. Ginger decoction with cloves or cardamom helps.
12. Avoid eating dry, rough food but include milk and sufficient ghee.
12tips for hypertensive patients
1) People fear this condition much and this could cause a lot of stress so it is advisable not to be worried about the condition but to regulate life to lead a very simple stress free life. (Don’t hurry too much; try to take life as it comes.)
2) Anger& irritation, lust, greed (in excess) being unsatisfied with regard to simple things also cause imbalance and in the long run are very harmful and in case you are already predisposed to hypertension you are inviting trouble.
3)”Eat less keep fit” holds good for all people but especially for people suffering from hypertension Remember to leave the table when you feel you could take a little bit more.
4) Fasting once a fortnight not only cleanses all your systems but helps rest your digestive system and makes it more efficient. Proper metabolism is a positive step towards better health in this condition.
5) All fried, freezed food, lot of spices, salt in excess is best avoided.
6) Taking two tablespoons of raw onion juice with equal honey twice a day is found to be beneficial.
7) If you are addicted to smoking, drinking coffee, tea, aerated drinks in excess -reduce the intake and if possible give up to improve your health faster.
8)Regular walks in relaxed atmosphere, relaxation techniques (yoga asana, pranayama etc which are suitable are to be learnt from a qualified teacher and practiced regularly).
9) Maintain normal weight by regular exercises, sensible diet and stop worrying about everything. (Enjoy nature, relax with family and friends more often, and cultivate a creative hobby)
10) If you suffer from sleeplessness/constipation get rid of them too (please read tips for both) as they could lead to increase in your blood pressure reading.
11) Just taking your medication is not enough try not to worry, think positive, check your blood pressure reading regularly but remember your health is in your hands. Eating less, sleeping in time not being a workaholic all help a lot, mental exhaustion should be avoided at all costs.
12) One whole garlic (without separating the pods) to be put into a cup of milk and a handful of raisins are to be added and boiled on low fire until 20-25% of the milk evaporates, then the garlic is thrown away, raisins and milk to be consumed. But please remember all these are to be continued with your regular medication.
12 Tips for a patient suffering from piles
1. Avoid sitting for many hours in front of pc-or on soft mattresses, cushions and vehicles-this triggers off manifestation of piles.
2. Adopt all tips prescribed to relieve constipation and acidity.
3. Consume at least one cup of freshly made lassi (preferably with ginger, cumin, fenugreek, coriander and a little bit of salt)
4. Freshly made lassi with equal amount of radish juice twice daily is very useful. Consume radish raw or cooked.
5. Drinking 2-3 tablespoons of onion juice with 1-2 teaspoons of sugar, twice daily helps. Remember to make onion juice fresh every time.
6. One should avoid green chilies, horse gram, yogurt, rich food, hot beverages, smoking, alcohol, excessive sexual indulgence, traveling long distances daily and stress.
7. Foods that will cause acidity, burning sensation are best avoided. Milk, ghee, butter, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, green gram, yam, ginger, and lassi are recommended to be taken frequently.
8. Eating raw potato -either grated or sliced is found useful.
9. Yogasanas, pranayama learnt and practiced regularly help avoid repeated surgeries.
10. Herbal or hot water tub bath is beneficial too.
11. Eating a piece of ginger with either a little bit of salt or jaggery before every meal is advocated.
12. Figs, raisins, papaya, grapes taken regularly are helpful.
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) Never control natural urges. (Especially bowels-bladder-sneezing) Drink only warm or hot fluids-never cold food or drinks to be taken.
2) Sleep covered well and don’t sleep late or get up late (early to bed and early to rise makes you free from cold and cough) and never sleep during daytime (this increases your tendency to catch cold sooner.)
3) Consuming food and drinks which have preservatives are not favorable. Try eating fresh vegetables and fruits. Reduce intake of non-vegetarian diet or give up fishes-meat-eggs daily. If at all you are used to only that then reduce it and take only as much as you could digest.
4) Cold-cough should never be neglected as it may lead to diseases of eye-ear-throat-chest etc. Following proper diet and medication is important.
5) Dry figs (2-3) soaked overnight, to be chewed and eaten early morning this also helps provide good nutrition in patients suffering from cold-cough frequently.
6) Dry ginger made into fine powder (125-250mgs)+equal crystal sugar to be added to a cup of hot water and taken hot,(1-2times a day) for 2-3 days -this helps relieve cough.
7) If you suffer from dry -hacking cough it helps to drink milk with liquorice powder with sugar and ghee, at bedtime.
8)If it is not dry cough then taking 4 spoons of onion juice with 1 spoon of honey helps in both cough and cold (with sputum expulsion)
9) Fasting is also beneficial in cold -cough. During this fasting hot water with fresh lemon juice in it is to be sipped frequently.
10) Physical & mental exertion makes body weak and susceptible to frequent cold-cough so avoid them by listening to the signals your body gives you from time to time. ) Exposure to cold breeze, frost, snow, rain is to be avoided. Keeping warm your hands, feet, ears, head, chest are advisable.
11) To make your upper respiratory system strong it is best to learn (from a Yoga expert) pranayama and yogasanas (matsyasana, sarvanga asana, paschimotanasana, shirasasna helps more but each person needs different asanas and pranayama as per associated problems)
12) Ayurveda advocates different treatments for same condition based on many factors like-genetics-environment-food habits-prakruthi-age-etc but giving up excessive intake of coffee-tea-alcohol -cokes-smoking-drugs etc help in all people.
12 tips for a diabetic patient
1.Don't panic or neglect the condition, accept the diagnosis, start a sensible diet, exercise and medication as per the doctor's advice. Keep a record of all readings.
2.Stress, excessive sleeping and eating is a sure way to increase blood sugar levels and also you would be inviting the complications.
3.Regular practice of yoga, pranayama and meditation surely helps you in many ways.
4.Repeated infections, weight loss, uncontrolled pains and aches, blurring vision etc may be an indication that your blood sugar is not under control. Check it.
5.Changing your life style to become more creative, stress free and avoiding sedentary life habits is as important as maintaining your blood sugar normally
6.Cut down on poultry, dairy, fried stuff and sweets, better still avoid them.
7.If you are sleeping at noon daily -change it, it may increase your complications.
8.Drinking excessive fluids is not advisable, drink when you are thirsty.
9.Cumin, turmeric, myrobalan, (amla) pepper, ginger, asafetida. Cloves, bitter gourd, fenugreek can be increased in your daily diet .It has been proved to be highly beneficial.
10.Including more of curry leaves, coriander, gotukola, greens, cabbage, garlic, onion, wheat, ragi, pulses can all make delicious dishes. There are many dishes which are diabetic friendly and healthy.(check section 4)
11.Being labeled a diabetic does not mean that you should be depressed, you can still enjoy life.
12.All diabetics will not have a cardiac arrest or stroke or lose vision. Life is your choice; keep your body fit and free from complications.
12tips for a patient suffering from joints pain.
1. If your joints are making crackling noise during movements then you need to lubricate them applying herbal oils regularly.
2. Excessive intake of coffee/tea /beverages should be stopped, especially coffee.
3. Excessive physical exercises like aerobics, walking, jogging, skipping etc should be stopped .It can make the condition worse.
4. Eating potatoes, peas, sprouted grains, and junk food increases pain.
5. Including cabbage, garlic, cumin, ginger, asafetida, milk, ghee, papaya, curry leaves, green etc has been found beneficial.
6. Fry garlic pods in ghee until golden brown and bake it in milk, add sugar and eat it daily at bedtime. This helps in many ways
7. If your pain is not decreasing check if you are suffering from diabetes or any other ailments.
8. Herbal oil or castor oil massage (very gentle but systematic) followed by hot herbal fomentation helps immensely.
9. “Use it or lose it,” is true with all body parts and more so with joints but one needs to sensibly move joints and keep them healthy.
10. Keeping warm and avoiding breeze and wet weather helps.
11. Ginger decoction with cloves or cardamom helps.
12. Avoid eating dry, rough food but include milk and sufficient ghee.
12tips for hypertensive patients
1) People fear this condition much and this could cause a lot of stress so it is advisable not to be worried about the condition but to regulate life to lead a very simple stress free life. (Don’t hurry too much; try to take life as it comes.)
2) Anger& irritation, lust, greed (in excess) being unsatisfied with regard to simple things also cause imbalance and in the long run are very harmful and in case you are already predisposed to hypertension you are inviting trouble.
3)”Eat less keep fit” holds good for all people but especially for people suffering from hypertension Remember to leave the table when you feel you could take a little bit more.
4) Fasting once a fortnight not only cleanses all your systems but helps rest your digestive system and makes it more efficient. Proper metabolism is a positive step towards better health in this condition.
5) All fried, freezed food, lot of spices, salt in excess is best avoided.
6) Taking two tablespoons of raw onion juice with equal honey twice a day is found to be beneficial.
7) If you are addicted to smoking, drinking coffee, tea, aerated drinks in excess -reduce the intake and if possible give up to improve your health faster.
8)Regular walks in relaxed atmosphere, relaxation techniques (yoga asana, pranayama etc which are suitable are to be learnt from a qualified teacher and practiced regularly).
9) Maintain normal weight by regular exercises, sensible diet and stop worrying about everything. (Enjoy nature, relax with family and friends more often, and cultivate a creative hobby)
10) If you suffer from sleeplessness/constipation get rid of them too (please read tips for both) as they could lead to increase in your blood pressure reading.
11) Just taking your medication is not enough try not to worry, think positive, check your blood pressure reading regularly but remember your health is in your hands. Eating less, sleeping in time not being a workaholic all help a lot, mental exhaustion should be avoided at all costs.
12) One whole garlic (without separating the pods) to be put into a cup of milk and a handful of raisins are to be added and boiled on low fire until 20-25% of the milk evaporates, then the garlic is thrown away, raisins and milk to be consumed. But please remember all these are to be continued with your regular medication.
12 Tips for a patient suffering from piles
1. Avoid sitting for many hours in front of pc-or on soft mattresses, cushions and vehicles-this triggers off manifestation of piles.
2. Adopt all tips prescribed to relieve constipation and acidity.
3. Consume at least one cup of freshly made lassi (preferably with ginger, cumin, fenugreek, coriander and a little bit of salt)
4. Freshly made lassi with equal amount of radish juice twice daily is very useful. Consume radish raw or cooked.
5. Drinking 2-3 tablespoons of onion juice with 1-2 teaspoons of sugar, twice daily helps. Remember to make onion juice fresh every time.
6. One should avoid green chilies, horse gram, yogurt, rich food, hot beverages, smoking, alcohol, excessive sexual indulgence, traveling long distances daily and stress.
7. Foods that will cause acidity, burning sensation are best avoided. Milk, ghee, butter, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, green gram, yam, ginger, and lassi are recommended to be taken frequently.
8. Eating raw potato -either grated or sliced is found useful.
9. Yogasanas, pranayama learnt and practiced regularly help avoid repeated surgeries.
10. Herbal or hot water tub bath is beneficial too.
11. Eating a piece of ginger with either a little bit of salt or jaggery before every meal is advocated.
12. Figs, raisins, papaya, grapes taken regularly are helpful.
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