‘Eat Less To Avoid Diseases And Live Long’

You have to eat less to live long to avoid all degenerate diseases; also practise all traditional systems of medicines — this message was conveyed to people by speakers on Friday at the concluding session of the two-day national seminar on ‘Traditional Indian diets and health care’ jointly organised by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas.

The seminar recommended inclusion of Ayurveda in school curriculum and its practise in homes, as part of the AYUSH systems of medicine. It favoured an integration of all traditional systems of Indian medicine and its inculcation among youngsters. These systems should be treated as practical solutions, as practised by grandmas in the good olden days, a speaker stressed. According to organising secretary J. Padmaja Rambabu, B. Sesikeran, NIN director, suggested to ISERVE to come out with a viable proposal in the integrated traditional Indian system of medicine to be taken up implementation.

The participants discussed topics like ‘malnutrition and imbalanced diets and health aspects’ and other related issues. The Hindu