VIRUDDHA AAHARA ROGJANAK HETU A REVIEW

Abstract

Ayurveda focuses more to remain healthy and prevent diseases. For healthy living it emphasizes on consuming right kind of diet which is healthy and nutritious. Equally Ayurveda focuses on incompatible food which produces the vitiation of all doshas. The food habits and life style has also been customized according to the profession/ career of an individual. Hence much importance for taste is given but not for health benefits. “Viruddha” or “Vairodhika” is the technical terms for incompatible. The diet, which disturbs the balance among the body elements, is called unbalanced diet. Many times a physically balanced diet can also disturb the homeostasis .Unbalanced diet causes diseases on continued indulgence. Drugs and diets which are at variance with place, time, digestion power, dosage, habit, Doshas, mode of preparation, potency, bowel, state of health, order, proscriptions and prescriptions, cooking, combination, palatability, richness of quality and rules of Aharavidhi visesayatan. What does this study add: Many research articles published regarding the food incompatibility but there are need to explore the role of viruddhahar in disease pathogenesis because in today fast life of people doesn’t have awareness about food (Fastfood)