Diet evolution in nacharopathy system "Naturopathy" is a holistic approach to healthcare that emphasizes natural remedies and the body's ability to heal itself. Its dietary recommendations often evolve with research and trends. Initially, it focused on whole foods, plant-based diets, and avoiding processed foods. Over time, it has incorporated elements like gluten-free, dairy-free, and low-inflammatory diets, reflecting emerging understanding of food sensitivities and their impact on health. Additionally, there's increasing emphasis on individualized nutrition plans tailored to each person's unique needs and health goals. Absolutely, the evolution of naturopathic diets is important for several reasons: 1. **Health Optimization**: As our understanding of nutrition and its impact on health advances, updating dietary recommendations ensures that individuals can optimize their health and well-being. 2. **Incorporating New Research**: Scientific studies continually reveal new insights into nutrition and its effects on the body. Integrating this research into naturopathic diets ensures they remain evidence-based and effective. 3. **Addressing Modern Health Challenges**: The prevalence of certain health issues, such as food sensitivities, autoimmune conditions, and metabolic disorders, has increased. Adapting naturopathic diets to address these challenges helps individuals manage their conditions more effectively. 4. **Individualized Approach**: Recognizing that not everyone responds the same way to dietary interventions, evolving naturopathic diets allow for greater customization based on individual needs, preferences, and health goals. 5. **Sustainability and Accessibility**: Updating naturopathic dietary recommendations to reflect current knowledge promotes sustainability by considering factors like environmental impact and food availability, making healthy eating more practical and achievable for everyone In India, the evolution of naturopathic diets follows a unique trajectory shaped by traditional practices, cultural preferences, and contemporary health challenges. Here's how the naturopathic diet has evolved in India: 1. **Traditional Wisdom**: Naturopathy in India often draws from Ayurveda, Yoga, and other traditional healing systems. Initially, diets emphasized the use of locally sourced, seasonal foods, including grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, herbs, and spices, believed to promote balance and vitality. 2. **Integration of Modern Science**: With increasing access to scientific research and global health trends, naturopathic diets in India have evolved to incorporate evidence-based practices. This includes recognizing the benefits of certain foods and dietary patterns supported by scientific studies, such as the Mediterranean diet or specific plant-based diets. 3. **Addressing Contemporary Health Issues**: India faces a dual burden of malnutrition and rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, obesity, and ca

1. SDM
Seminar BY Dr Iranna Angadi 1st Year PG

2. Diet And nutrition
1.Philosophy, evolution and history of
naturopathic diet
2.Eliminative Diet
3.Smoothening Diet
4.Constructive Diet

3. Evolution

4. Evolution Omnivorous,
including large
quantities of
fruit, leaves,
flowers, bark,
insects and
meat omnivor
ous, including
large
quantities of
fruit, leaves,
flowers, bark.

5. INDIA HISTORY
•(1st century A.D.). In Rigvedic period (1500-
1000 B.C.) meat was part of this ceremo- nial
meal but, subsequently, due to impact of
Jainism and Buddhism, this meal became
wholly Vegetarian except for milk and milk
products.

6. Philosophy # Rigveda
Rigveda 1/75/1) If you wish to achieve bodily and spiritual
happiness, then be simple in your diet, in your daily routine
and deeds and observe celibacy.
# Atharvaveda
Atharvaved 9/15/20) 0 men! Just as the cow, by eating hay and drinking clean water, gives to
the world the excellent materials like milk and ghee (butter-oil), similarly you too oblige the
world by taking ‘saatvik’ (simple) food.

7. • Spirituality obtain through food
According to the Bhagavad-Gita (17.8-10) food classifies in three types:
Satavik, Rajasik and Tamasik.
• Satavik: Food that contains the quality of goodness.
• Rajasik: Food that contains the quality of passion.
• Tamasik: Food that contains the quality of ignorance.
# Bhagavad Gita
By eating pure food, the mind becomes pure.”

8. UPANISHAD
• Chandogy upanishad
• “YATRA ANNA TATRA MANAHA”
• Taittairiya upanisha
• “ANNAM BRAMHETI VYJANAT”
(FOOD IS BRAHMAN)

9. Food, dietetics and nutrition in ancient India
• Pre-agricultural (entire mankind consumed meat as early man was a
hunter).
• Civilization ( man acquired the ability to cultivate what he wanted)
• as by now he was influenced to some extent by the selection of the food
that he wanted to eat.
• All this ultimately led to him taking to vegeterianism ( probably did not
occur until approximately 1500 B.C.).
• It is tried in this study to examine the concept of nutrition, balanced
diet,is tried in this study to examine the concept of nutrition, balanced
diet.
Manyam BV. Food, dietetics and nutrition in ancient India. Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 1995;25(1-2):79-99.
PMID: 11618846.

10. • 400 BC
• CONTRIBUTION
• Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”
• “It is necessary for a physician to know about nature, and be very eager to know, if he is
going to perform any of his duties... What man is in relation to what he eats and drinks,
and in relation to his habits generally, and what will be the effect of each upon each
individual.”
HIPPOCRATES

11. • Hippocrates first recognized the science and philosophy of clinical
nutrition in the 4th century B.C.
• Health could only be assured by proper diet and hygiene.
•The word diet is derived from the Greek daita.
• Priessnitz’s, Johann Schroth,
was the first modern naturopath to employ clinical nutrition, or the use
of diet as a therapy.

12. JAMES LIND
• Bhatt A. Evolution of clinical research: a history before and beyond
james lind. Perspect Clin Res. 2010 Jan;1(1):6-10. PMID: 21829774;
PMCID: PMC3149409.
1747
CONTRIBUTION
A Scottish doctor, was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal navy
By conducting one of the first ever clinical trials,
he developed the theory that citrus fruit cured scurvy.
ERA/YEAR1747NAME OF THE SCIENTIST OR DOCTORJAMES
LINDCONTRIBUTIONA .

13. *ANTOINE LAVOSIER
ERA/YEAR
• 1770
CONTRIBUTIONS
The ‘Father of Nutrition and Chemistry’ discovered the concept
of metabolism, the transfer of food and oxygen into heat and
water in the body creating energy.

14. CASIMIR FUNK
• ERA/YEAR
• 1912
• Polish doctor
• NAME OF THE CONTRIBUTION SCIENTIST OR DOCTOR.
• Coined the term Vitamins as essential factors in diet.

15. E.V McCOLLUM
Ear/year
1879/1969
CONTRIBUTION
• He began using rat instead of humans in his experiments rather than cows
and sheep. • He
founded the first fat soluble vitamin, vitamin A
• Discovering Vitamin A, Vitamin B and Vitamin
the influence of diet on health

16. History
• Vitamin A in 1913,
• Vitamin C in 1919,
• Vitamin D in 1925,
• Vitamin K in 1935
• Vitamin E
• B1 (Thiamine), B6 (Pyridoxine)-1936, Vitamin B2
(Riboflavin) in 1935, Vitamin B9 (Folic acid) in 1948.
Nutrition was officially recognized as an independent field
of study in 1928 .
• the formation of American Institute of Nutrition.Chick H.
The discovery of vitamins. Prog Food Nutr Sci.
1975;1(1):1-20. PMID: 772752.

17. Panchatantra
Dr Venkatrao has given these five principles for the preservation of
health :
1. Two meals a day
2. Drink two seers of water per day
3. One hour exercise per day
4. Prayer twice a day
5. Fasting once in a week

18. MAHATMA GANDHIJI (1869-1948)
• Gandhiji’s introduction to nature
cure began with his conviction in
vegetarianism.
• He had written many articles and
books on nature cure. To name a few:
Key to Health, Nature Cure, Diet and
Diet Reforms, Prayer and Vegetarianism.
• Dr. Dinshah became Gandhiji’s
personal nature cure physician
till the end.
•Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India
Nature Cure Foundation trust on
November 18, 1945.

19. Satyalakshmi K. Mahatma Gandhi and Nature Cure. Indian J Med Res. 2019
Jan;149(Suppl):S69-S71. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.251660. PMID: 31070180;
PMCID: PMC6515730.
• Mahatma Gandhi’s connection with National Institute of Naturopathy:
• On January 2, 1932, Dr. Dinshah Mehta met Gandhiji in Bombay upon
the latter’s invitation.
• It lasted for 21 minutes and continued as a life-long intimate
association.
• Dr. Dinshah became Gandhiji’s personal nature cure physician till the
end.
• He supervised two of the three world-famous 21 day-fasts of Gandhiji
and many other shorter ones.

20. EVOLUTION OF INSTITUTIONS
• Beri – beri enquiry unit (1918)
•Deficiency disease enquiry(1925)
•Nutrition research laboratory (1928)
•Shifted to Hyderabad (1958)
•National institute of nutrition (NIN-196

21. DIET
• Eliminative diet
• During the first stage of treatment eliminative diet pattern is
followed which encourages the detoxification of the body by
eliminating the morbid matter and toxins from the system by way
of activating the eliminative organs, i.e., kidneys, intestines
• The eliminative diet is very near to fasting.
• Therefore, the food items like citric juices, lemon water, tender
coconut water, etc., are generally prescribed as eliminative diet
• It is also known as cleansing diet.
• The concept of the elimination diet was first proposed by Dr. Albert
Rowe in 1926.

22. Soothing diet
• In second stage of Naturopathy treatment when the body is almost
clean and detoxified, the patients are kept on soothing diet for
sometime which is slightly filling wherein patient don’t feel as he or she
is fasting and action is not as vigorous as eliminative diet.
• The food items in this phase generally consists of the fruits, salads,
boiled/steamed vegetables, sprouts, vegetable soups, butter milk,
wheat grass juice, etc.

23. Constructive diet
• In the third phase of treatment when the body is fully
detoxified and patient is free of disease condition, he is
prescribed constructive diet whereby his new blood,
lymph and body cells are building up normally.
• The food items in this phase generally consist of wholesome
flour, unpolished rice, pulses, sprouts, curd,
etc.
• Being alkaline, these diets help in improving health, purifying
the body and increasing immunity.

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