Prof (Dr) Deepty Nair

As the summer is growing mightier day by day, everyone is looking out for options to stay cool. Just like we change our attire to comfort ourselves in different seasons, similarly our diet and lifestyle needs to be tailored accordingly to stay healthy. Summer is characterized by hot, penetrating sun rays which makes the earth look like it is burning with heat. So strong are the sun rays that fire breaks out in forests, the water bodies dry up, trees shed their leaves, and all life forms becomes restless due to the extreme environment. In the body of living beings…

Health is a balance between nutrition and drainage. Just as nutrition is important for maintenance of the body, similarly elimination of waste materials, produced as a result of various physiological processes in the body, is also very important to maintain the homeostasis supporting the state of health. Excretory system in the body plays a pivotal role in waste elimination; the role of the kidney is inevitable. However, in the current scenario chronic kidney disorders are a growing concern. But the direct and indirect costs involved in the management of kidney disorders is much more cumbersome ranging from pharmacological intervention to…

From time immemorial, women have been considered as a vulnerable group. In Charaka Samhita, Acharya has mentioned 4 categories of people whom he has designated as Sadaatura (meaning highly vulnerable to get sick). These are, Shrotriya (Brahmana), Raajasevaka (Kings servicemen), Veshya (Prostitute) and Panyajeevi (Businessmen). Brahmana being always engaged in learning the Vedas, performing the rituals and observing the vows; King’s servicemen always being at high alert to serve the king and always under the stress of king’s safety and security; Prostitute always engaged in pleasing the visitors; and, businessman having sedentary lifestyle and the stress of the finances these…

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized primarily by defective glucose metabolism resulting in raised blood glucose or blood sugar values, a condition known as Hyperglycemia. The underlying cause being absence or lack of insulin production by the pancreas or inability of the body to effectively use the insulin produced, a condition called Insulin Resistance. According to WHO reports, about 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, the majority living in low-and middle-income countries, and 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes each year. Almost 95% of diabetic patients are reportedly suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. Due to defective glucose metabolism…

Despite being an age-old science penned down by the great scholars more than 5000 years ago, there has been a remarkable global acceptance of Ayurveda in recent years. This points to the boundless potential of Ayurveda as a healthcare system. With its armory rich in both preventive as well as curative modalities Ayurveda is well equipped to cater to health-related needs of the people. As it is designated, Ayurveda is a guide to healthy living with its health promotive regimes and at the same time offers safe curative therapeutics also. Thus, Ayurveda has a pivotal role to play in Public…

What is Yog? Yog or Yoga, as it is commonly called, was founded by Maharshi Patanjali in around 2nd century B.C. According to Patanjali Yog is defined as “Yog chitta vritti nirodha”, i.e., cessation of the mental activities. Our mind is like a junkyard loaded with many unnecessary thoughts. Due to this the intellect is clouded. Just like when a stone is thrown into the river water, there happens ripples which hampers the clear vision of bottom of the river, when the mind is overloaded with thoughts the intellectual clarity is occluded. Thus, yoga was aimed at minimizing such thoughts…

ASTHMA PREVENTION THROUGH LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS In 2022, it was reported that around 300 million people worldwide have asthma and among which 37.9 million are in India. Apart from the mortality and morbidity associated with bronchial asthma, the economic burden it levies on the nation is highly challenging. This includes not only direct cost spent on medical health care but also absenteeism from work and school which markedly affects the economic status of the country. The co-morbidities associated with this clinical condition is broadly categorised into two: Immediate and Remote. While the immediate co-morbidities range from rhinitis, rhinoconjunctivitis and sinusitis, the…

The physiological systems in the body are classified into two- the working systems and the controlling systems. The controlling systems namely the Central Nervous System and the Endocrine system mediates and regulates the functioning of the other systems, including respiratory, circulatory, digestive, reproductive etc, together known as the working systems. The controlling systems regulate the working systems under the influence of various stimuli from both external as well as the internal environments. On exposure to the stimuli, the CNS sends signals to stimulate or inhibit the endocrine secretions. Thus, this neuro-endocrine control decides the functioning of the working systems in…

Har Ghar Ayurveda Ahara Har Ghar Swasthya Har Ghar Udhyan Har Ghar Santhi Har Ghar Rasayana Ayurveda, a science with a history of more than 5000 years, is not a mere medical science. The very aim of Ayurveda is not only to treat the disease but also to promote health status. This preventive aspect of Ayurveda is rather the age-old tradition which was in practice during the period of the sages and scholars who penned down the Ayurveda literature. Their observations and experiences about what promote health and what precipitates a disease is the background for the description of practices…