Ayurveda is considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science. In Sanskrit, Ayurveda means “The Science of Life.” Ayurvedic knowledge originated in India more than 5,000 years ago and is often called the “Mother of All Healing.” It stems from the ancient Vedic culture and was taught for many thousands of years in an oral tradition from accomplished masters to their disciples.Some of this knowledge was set to print a few thousand years ago,but much of it is inaccessible.

Ayurveda: The SCIENCE Of LIFE

The principles of many of the natural healing systems now familiar in the West have their roots in Ayurveda, including Homeopathy and Polarity Therapy.Ayurveda places great emphasis on prevention and encourages the maintenance of health through close attention to balance in one’s life, right thinking, diet, lifestyle and the use of herbs. Knowledge of Ayurveda enables one to understand how to create this balance of body, mind and consciousness according to one’s own individual constitution and how to make lifestyle changes to bring about and maintain this balance.

Your Constitution and Its Inner Balance

Just as everyone has a unique fingerprint, each person has a particular pattern of energy—an individual combination of physical, mental and emotional characteristics—which comprises their own constitution. This constitution is determined at conception by a number of factors and remains the same throughout one’s life.Many factors, both internal and external, act upon us to disturb this balance and are reflected as a change in one’s constitution from the balanced state. Examples of these emotional and physical stresses include one’s emotional state, diet and food choices, seasons and weather,

One’s Original Constitution 

physical trauma,work and family relationships. Once these factors are understood,one can take appropriate actions to nullify or minimize their effects or eliminate the causes of imbalance and re-establish one’s original constitution. Balance is the natural order; imbalance is disorder.Health is order;disease is disorder.Within the body there is a constant interaction between order and disorder. When one understands the nature and structure of disorder,one can re-establish order.Ayurveda identifies three basic types of energy or functional principles that are present in everyone and everything.

Since there are no single words in English that convey these concepts, we use the original Sanskrit words vata, pitta and kapha. These principles can be related to the basic biology of the body.Energy is required to create movement so that fluids and nutrients get to the cells, enabling the body to function.Energy is also required to metabolize the nutrients in the cells, and is called for to lubricate and maintain the structure of the cell.

Health is order ; Disease is disorder

Vata is the energy of movement; pitta is the energy of digestion or metabolism and kapha, the energy of lubrication and structure. All people have the qualities of vata, pitta and kapha, but one is usually primary, one secondary and the third is usually least prominent. The cause of disease in Ayurveda is viewed as a lack of proper cellular function due to an excess or deficiency of vata, pitta or kapha. Disease can also be caused by the presence of toxins.In Ayurveda, body, mind and consciousness work together in maintaining balance. They are simply viewed as different facets of one’s being.

To learn how to balance the body, mind and consciousness requires an understanding of how vata, pitta and kapha work together. According to Ayurvedic philosophy the entire cosmos is an interplay of the energies of the five great elements—Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Vata, pitta and kapha are combinations and permutations of these five elements that manifest as patterns present in all creation. In the physical body, vata is the subtle energy of movement, pitta the energy of digestion and metabolism, and kapha the energy that forms the body’s structure.

How PANCHADHATU AFFECT

Vata is the subtle energy associated with movement  — composed of Space and Air. It governs breathing, blinking, muscle and tissue movement, pulsation of the heart, and all movements in the cytoplasm and cell membranes. In balance, vata promotes creativity and flexibility. Out of balance, vata produces fear and anxiety.Pitta expresses as the body’s metabolic system  — made up of Fire and Water.It governs digestion,absorption,assimilation,nutrition, metabolism and body temperature. In balance, pitta promotes understanding and intelligence. Out of balance,pitta arouses anger,hatred and jealousy.

Kapha is the energy that forms the body’s structure — bones, muscles, tendons — and provides the “glue” that holds the cells together, formed from Earth and Water. Kapha supplies the water for all bodily parts and systems.It lubricates joints,moisturizes the skin, and maintains immunity. In balance, kapha is expressed as love, calmness and forgiveness. Out of balance, it leads to attachment, greed and envy.Life presents us with many challenges and opportunities.Although there is much over which we have little control,we do have the power to decide about some things,such as diet and lifestyle.

To maintain balance and health, it is important to pay attention to these decisions. Diet and lifestyle appropriate to one’s individual constitution strengthen the body, mind and consciousness.The basic difference between Ayurveda and Western allopathic medicine is important to understand.

Ayurveda VS Allopathy

and primarily uses drugs and surgery to rid the body of pathogens or diseased tissue. Many lives have been saved by this approach. In fact, surgery is encompassed by Ayurveda. However, drugs, because of their toxicity, often weaken the body. Ayurveda does not focus on disease. Rather, Ayurveda maintains that all life must be supported by energy in balance. When there is minimal stress and the flow of energy within a person is balanced, the body’s natural defense systems will be strong and can more easily defend against disease.

It must be emphasized that Ayurveda is not a substitute for Western allopathic medicine. There are many instances when the disease process and acute conditions can best be treated with drugs or surgery. Ayurveda can be used in conjunction with Western medicine to make a person stronger and less likely to be afflicted with disease and/or to rebuild the body after being treated with drugs or surgery.

We all have times when we don’t feel well and recognize that we’re out of balance. Sometimes we go to the doctor only to be told there is nothing wrong. What is actually occurring is that this imbalance has not yet become recognizable as a disease. Yet it is serious enough to make us notice our discomfort. We may start to wonder whether it is just our imagination. We may also begin to consider alternative measures and actively seek to create balance in our body, mind and consciousness.

Ayurveda encompasses various techniques for assessing health. The practitioner carefully evaluates key signs and symptoms of illness, especially in relation to the origin and cause of an imbalance. They also consider the patient’s suitability for various treatments. The practitioner arrives at diagnosis through direct questioning, observation and a physical exam, as well as inference. Basic techniques such taking the pulse, observing the tongue, eyes and physical form; and listening to the tone of the voice are employed during an assessment.

Palliative and cleansing measures, when appropriate, can be used to help eliminate an imbalance along with suggestions for eliminating or managing the causes of the imbalance. Recommendations may include the implementation of lifestyle changes; starting and maintaining a suggested diet; and the use of herbs. In some cases, participating in a cleansing program, called panchakarma, is suggested to help the body rid itself of accumulated toxins to gain more benefit from the various suggested measures of treatment

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In summary, Ayurveda addresses all aspects of life — the body, mind and spirit. It recognizes that each of us is unique, each responds differently to the many aspects of life, each possesses different strengths and weaknesses. Through insight, understanding and experience Ayurveda presents a vast wealth of information on the relationships between causes and their effects, both immediate and subtle, for each unique individual.

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Ayurveda means "Science of Life" in Sanskrit. Ayurvedic knowledge dates back over 5,000 years in India and is known as the "Mother of All Healing."

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Wasps and many bees can sting more than once because they are able to pull out their stinger without injuring themselves. Only honeybees have special hooks on their stinger that keep the stinger in the skin after a person is stung. The stinger gets torn out of the bee's body as it tries to fly away.

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According to research from the Calorie Control Council, the average American may consume more than 4,500 calories and a whopping 229 grams of fat during a typical holiday gathering from snacking and eating a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings.

Don’t Get Stuffed

Depending on age, weight, and gender, most people should have somewhere between 1,600 and 2,800 calories daily. So at around 1,800 calories in our Thanksgiving dinner, even the CR spread has more than a daily allotment of calories for many.  Still, it’s not a good idea to skip breakfast (and lunch if you’re having a late celebration) to bank some calories.

The most important thing you can do is to stick with sensible portion sizes

Be mindful of how much you serve yourself.

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Self-control strategies are key drivers of behavior change.What Is Self-Control?Good intentions are not enough. Sticking to one’s plan is hard work. We humans are notoriously poor at following through with our plans. We tend to be ambivalent about making a change. We want to lose weight, but we also love to eat. Fortunately, people can resist desire and temptation using the following resistance strategies.

10 Strategies for Developing Self-Control

Viewing ourselves as free and responsible for our actions is the foundation for self-discipline. Evidence shows that people function better and are more able to deal with stress when they feel that they are in control. Believe that things are beyond your control and they probably will be.

1. A Can-Do Attitude

One has to have a goal. Goals basically guide our choices. The more specific the goal, the better able people are to reach it. A highly abstract goal may not be actionable. For example, instead of pursuing the goal of “being healthy,” a person may adopt the goal of “walking at least 30 minutes every day,” which is more concrete and easier to monitor. Effective goal pursuits follow the SMART criteria: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-based.

2. Goal Setting

Self-monitoring is a form of feedback. Monitoring progress toward goal attainment helps one to concentrate on goal-relevant activities. Successful dieters count calories and otherwise carefully monitor their food intake, and that the stopping of monitoring often undermines dietary efforts. Self-monitoring helps us to become experts on our behaviors. By doing so, it will make habits much less difficult to change.

3. Self–Monitor

The more you want the goal, the more likely you are willing to make the efforts and sacrifices required to achieve it. The strength of people’s commitment to something depends on its value to them and the chance that the value will, in fact, occur. The relationship between these two factors is multiplicative. This means that there will be no motivation to pursue the goal if the value of the goal is zero, no matter how high the likelihood of success. Similarly, there will be no motivation if the expected chance is quite low.

4. Motivation

An important component of motivation is the person’s self-perceived ability to achieve it. People won’t build up much motivation for change if they believe it is impossible for them. In the face of difficulties, people with weak self-confidence easily develop doubts about their ability to accomplish the task at hand, whereas those with strong beliefs are more likely to continue their efforts to master a task when difficulties arise.

5. Confidence

Willpower represents strength or psychological energy that one uses to resist other temptations in order to work toward one’s goal. Self-control depends on a limited resource that operates like strength or energy. People consume this resource when they exert self-control. Thus, having only one goal makes self-control more successful than when people have two or more conflicting goals. As Plato’s counseled: “Do one thing and do it well.”

6. Willpower

Avoiding temptation requires anticipating situations where unwanted desires might emerge and taking proactive steps to ensure that one doesn’t succumb to the problematic desire. For example, avoiding exposure to tempting situations can include making unhealthy foods less visible, such as keeping one’s home free of unhealthy but tempting foods.

7. Avoid Temptation

“Why” questions encourage long-term thinking, or desirability of pursuing an action. In contrast, “How” questions bring the mind down to the present and consider the goal’s attainability or feasibility. From a distant perspective, one sees the forest, but from a near perspective, one sees trees. Thus, distance impairs our ability to identify specific details of the choice.When we decide on a diet, we do so because of its attractive outcomes to us. However, there are also low-level details associated with this task such as going to gym, avoiding our favorite snacks, and so on.

8. The "Why" and "How" Mindsets

While the physical independence of today and tomorrow is real enough, the fact remains that actions today affect actions tomorrow.Self-control comes from choosing “patterns” of behavior over time rather than individual “acts.” The decision to stop smoking is, in effect, a decision to begin a pattern of behavior. To smoke the cigarette tonight is to fail to perceive the connection between tonight’s act and the pattern of acts over many nights and days. Not smoking tonight makes it easier not to smoke tomorrow and not smoking tomorrow makes it easier not to smoke the next day, and so on.

9. Self-Control as a Pattern of Behavior

Goal pursuits can be enhanced by a simple planning strategy: making if-then plans that connect a certain triggering situation with a concrete behavior.Repeated practices strengthen the association between the specific situational cues and intended response. Forming if-then plans can help to outsource behavioral control to the environment to prevent willpower depletion. And the person is now on automatic pilot—the planned action will be triggered directly by the specified cue. Thus, when people are stressed or distracted, they can fall back on good habits.

10. Automated Goals

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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Self-control strategies are key drivers of behavior change.

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Cold water creates an adrenaline release in your body.If you take cold showers on a regular basis, you get used to having high levels of adrenaline in your body. This enables you to relax and think clearly in stressful situations, where the body responds by releasing adrenaline, such as: car traffic problems, intense arguments with other people, or doing things outside of your comfort zone.

Take cold showers to raise your stress threshold

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Gluten is an insoluble protein composite consisting of two proteins: gliadin and glutenin.Gluten is found in certain grains such as wheat, rye and barley. It is responsible for the elastic consistency of dough and the chewiness of foods made from wheat flour, such as bread and pasta. These foods cause problems for some people, like wheat allergy, celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

Gluten

<ul><li>Wheat allergy is uncommon and occurs when a person's immune system reacts to wheat proteins leading to mild problems. However, in rare cases, it can lead to anaphylaxis.</li><li>Celiac disease is inherited. Eating foods with gluten leads to inflammation and damage to the lining of the small intestine, which impairs intestinal function.</li><li>People with non-celiac gluten sensitivity experience painful gut symptoms and suffer from fatigue, brain fog, joint pain or skin rash.</li></ul>

Gluten can cause problems for some people

Diagnoses of gluten sensitivity are based on the development of symptoms, the absence of wheat allergy and celiac disease, and subsequent improvement on a gluten-free diet. There's no reliable blood or tissue test because gluten sensitivity isn't a single disease but has several possible causes.

Diagnosing gluten sensitivity

The problems people develop when they eat wheat and other grains aren't exclusively due to gluten. <ul><li>Some people claim gluten sensitivity but are really sensitive to the sugars found in wheat and other foods, called fructans. The intestine can't break down or absorb fructans, so they are fermented by bacteria in the large intestine or colon, causing unpleasant symptoms in people with bowel problems.</li><li>Another possible explanation is the nocebo effect. A person believes something will cause problems, and because of that belief, it does.</li></ul>

Explanations behind gluten sensitivity

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People think that memory is supposed to be perfect. However, our brains are not designed to remember everything. People over the age of 50 often think all kinds of forgetting mean they have Alzheimer's. They're always forgetting names, and if they don't write down what they have to do later, they won't remember to do it. However, this is normal for all people.

Forgetfulness is normal

Alzheimer's starts with a sticky protein called 'amyloid beta.' It will bind to itself and form 'amyloid plaques.' If you have enough amyloid plaques accumulated in your brain, it will reach a tipping point at some stage that causes neurofibrillary tangles, neuroinflammation, cell death, and other symptoms we classically know as Alzheimer's. Before that tipping point, you're symptom-free. After the tipping point, the glitches in memory formation and retrieval are different.

How Alzheimer's start

Alzheimer's starts in your hippocampus, the place responsible for forming new memories. So, the very first symptoms of Alzheimer's will be not remembering what someone said a few minutes ago, repeating yourself over and over because you don't remember what you just said, not remembering what happened last week, even if it was meaningful. Things you would normally remember from last week won't get consolidated.

Alzheimer symptoms

It will invade your frontal lobe, so you'll have problems with problem-solving and decision-making. It will invade parts of your brain that have to do with where things are in space, so you might get lost in your neighbourhood. It will invade the parts of your brain that have to do with language so that you will have trouble to find the right words more and more. The disease will then move on to your limbic system and cause changes in emotion and personality.

Alzheimer's doesn't just stay in your hippocampus

The accumulation of amyloid plaques takes 15 to 20 years and can be influenced by how we live. Things that influence the amyloid plaque levels.<ol><li>Sleep. While you sleep, the glial cells in your brain clear away all the metabolic debris and amyloid beta accumulated in your brain while you were awake.</li><li>Diet. A Mediterranean diet can reduce your risk of Alzheimer's by almost half.</li><li>Exercise. A brisk walk for 30 minutes, four to five times a week, is enough to decrease your amyloid plaque levels.</li><li>Chronic stress will increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's.</li><li>Learning something new.</li></ol>

The good news

Every time you learn something new, you build new synapses, neural connections, and a 'cognitive reserve.' If someone with Alzheimer's built a lot of redundant connections,  they can dance around those roadblocks and still get to the memory they need.  So, learning new things gives a way to build an Alzheimer-resistant brain.

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People want a perfect memory. They wish that they can remember everything that they want to remember. But it doesn't work like that.

Most people over the age of 50 think that forgetting someone's name or forgetting why they went into the kitchen is a sign of Alzheimer's. It isn't. Most of our forgetfulness is perfectly normal.

If you are worried about developing Alzheimer's or another form of dementia, some simple lifestyle modifications can help prevent it: getting enough sleep, exercising, eating a balanced diet, and managing stress.

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00:00 The truth about memory & forgetting
01:12 Alzheimer's cause & symptoms
04:21 You need sleep
05:13 Eat a healthy diet
05:45 Exercise, even a little bit
06:15 Reduce stress levels
07:15 Always learn new things
08:39 The good news ...

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Health Benefits include the following:
	- Improves Brain Health
	- Weight Management
	- Lowers risk of disease
	- Strengthens Bones
	- Living Longer

What are the Health Benefits of Exercise?

One of the main health benefits seen with exercise comes in the form of brain health. After only one exercise session, you can observe a boost in your overall thinking abilities. Routine exercise can help your learning, judgement, and thinking abilities even as you age. In addition to that, exercise can reduce the risk of depression, lower symptoms of anxiety, and can help you sleep better.

Brain Health

Another one of the biggest, most obvious, health benefits of exercise is Weight Management.You gain weight when you consume more calories than you are able to burn. For this reason, exercise is incredibly useful since it allows you to maintain a balance between the amount of calories you consume, and the amount that you burn. Even moderate physical activity for 30 minutes each day can go an incredibly long way in maintaining your weight. In order to lose weight, one simply needs to exercise more.

Weight Management

Exercise can reduce the risk of the following:

Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Disease and Stroke are the two leading causes of death in the United States. For that reason, it is very important to exercise for enough time. 
Type 2 Diabetes: Exercise is able to reduce blood pressure which, in turn, leads to a lower chance of Diabetes.
Cancer: Although it does not stop cancer entirely, there are a handful of cancers that exercise can prevent: Bladder, Breast, Colon, and Kidney to name a few.

Lower Risk of Disease

The older that you get, the more important it becomes to keep your bones and muscles strong. Exercise can ensure that you are able to complete daily activities and stay physically active at the same time. Although this is more important for adults, the benefits can be seen regardless of age.

Strengthens Bones

Because of the various different health benefits mentioned above, it can be assumed that exercise will allow you to live longer. Even a small amount of exercise can go an incredibly long way in terms of helping increase your lifespan.

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Overall, one can see that exercise alone is enough to completely change your life. Not only does it improve your physical health, but it also manages to improve your mental health as well. The more exercise you do, the more you will benefit!

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Exercise, contrary to popular belief, has a LOT of positive effects on the body. Today, I will be exploring those benefits with you!

Regular physical activity improves your brain health, helps with weight management, reduces disease, strengthens bones and muscles, and improves your ability to do everyday activities. Learn more.

Benefits of Physical Activity

Sleep inertia is the groggy feeling we sometimes experience upon waking. We notice it most during the first 15 to 30 minutes after waking when our cognitive function dips for a while. Sleep inertia is worst when waking during the "biological night" after we have missed out on sleep. It might also be linked to deeper sleep. Sleep inertia could reflect adenosine being inefficiently cleared from the brain during sleep. Following unwanted disruptions to our sleep, the process could encourage us to stay asleep rather than become fully awake.

Sleep inertia

It's sometimes referred to as the transitional state between sleep and waking.

What is sleep inertia? | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Calories are a measurement of energy a food provides. The proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in food contribute to the number of calories the food provides. Carbohydrate foods are made up of starches, fibre, and sugars and contain four calories per gram. Consuming a lot of refined carbohydrates like white rice and bread can result in excess calorie intake. If you count carbohydrates, ensure you eat enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains to get essential vitamins and minerals.

The Difference Between Carbs and Calories

<ul><li>Fat. A gram of fat provides nine calories. Foods high in fat can increase caloric intake and help you feel full and satiated. Eating a small amount of fatty food may make you feel satisfied sooner and help you eat less overall.</li><li>Protein. One gram of protein provides four calories. Proteins include animal proteins, plant-based proteins and legumes. Protein powers your muscles and contributes to healthy organs, hair and blood.</li><li>Sugar is a type of carbohydrate. Foods such as fruits and dairy products contain natural sugars that provide energy. Excess sugar consumption is linked to health issues.</li></ul>

Fat, protein and sugar

To lose weight you should burn more calories than you consume. You can burn more calories through exercise or increased daily activity or by consuming fewer calories each day. <ul><li>Calorie counting helps you monitor how much food you're consuming.</li><li>But not all calorie counters and apps are accurate. For some people, calorie counting could lead to disordered eating.</li><li>There's also a risk of nutritional deficiencies if you don't take a holistic view of your calorie intake.</li></ul>

Pros and cons of counting calories

Following a low-carb diet can be helpful for people to monitor their carb intake such as people with diabetes. <ul><li>It is relatively easy to track carb intake since nutrition labels clearly list carb counts.</li><li>However counting carbs may lead to overconsumption of foods that don't contain carbs, but are high in calories or other macronutrients.</li></ul>

Pros and cons of counting carbs

If you have a weight loss goal, you may consider whether to count or reduce carbs vs. calories in your diet. Both methods have pros and cons.

Should You Count Calories or Carbs to Lose Weight?

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