Keeping children fit for a long healthy living is concern; how it can be :
Science has spoken about second brain. Gut is connected to vaata disorders ; which has been said so many thousands of years back.
Strengthening the brain, the ayurveda way is important.Earlier care is good for all-round development of our body and mind.We have to strengthen our child’s second brain, the ayurveda way. Consuming food immediately after it’s cooked, to maintain lightness of the body and mind is good.For children to have a stronger gut, a disciplined dietary routine and an active lifestyle is a must.Gut bacteria also produce hundreds of neurochemicals that the brain uses to regulate basic physiological processes as well as mental processes such as learning, memory and mood. For example, gut bacteria manufacture about 95 percent of the body's supply of serotonin, which influences both mood and GI activity.
The gut has been dubbed by scientists as the body’s second brain. In fact 90 per cent of the information carried by the central Vagus nerve connecting the gut with the brain, goes from the gut to the brain and not the other way round. Which means, our gut influences our brain more than the other way around.
By years ; millions of Indian children are expected to be obese. The number of children suffering from type 2 diabetes is also hitting millions. Malnutrition, depression, respiratory disorders in children can all be dealt with by making simple changes in our child’s diet. According to Ayurveda, food plays a vital role in maintaining health and longevity.
A large part of healing and well-being in this ancient system of medicine depends on our diet. In fact, it has elaborate rules around what to eat, how to eat, when to eat, combinations to avoid, who can eat what.
Body having one of the three doshas or physical constitutions that give an individuality to each person’s physiology and behaviour, predominantly Vata, Pitta, or Kapha. Different food is recommended for people of different constitutions in order to keep these in balance. In childhood, Kapha tends to dominate in everyone, and during this phase, avoidance of sweet and cold foods as they aggravate Kapha.
The beauty of examination is that the symptoms of disease manifest in the pulse long before they do in the body.
Some form of daily exercise like surya namaskar, yoga stretches, etc.is good for both body and mind.
Meditation will help them improve concentration and attention.
Ayurveda has good simple rules for eating a long way in the well-being of gut; and hence normal health. Food should be warm when eaten. Not too hot, not too cold.Consuming food immediately after it’s cooked, to maintain lightness of the body and mind is good.Build up of stress due to academic pressure or a generally competitive social set up, can affect the digestion in a child. So it is equally important to introduce children to a few minutes of meditation after the practice of light Yogasanas. Yoga can direct the restlessness in a child and transform the Rajas (principle of restlessness and activity) into Sattva or calmness and sense of lightness as said in yoga .
CONSULTATIONS, CONTACT : +919972831762 , Dr. Ramachandra B H BAMS(Bachelor in Ayurveda medicine & surgery), BAMS(Emergency Allopathic medicine ), PGDYS (Post Graduate Diploma in Yogic Science ).Former District Ayush officer .
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