Some pointers on Yogic diet from "Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education" –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. It also includes an essay from the book, “Yoga and Sports” by Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj and Yogamani Yogacharini Kalaimamani Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, Satya Press, Ananda Ashram, Puducherry, South India. www.rishiculture.org
Modern medical advancements provide the rationale for the integration of various traditional healing techniques including Yoga to promote healing, health, and longevity. It is imperative that advances in medicine include the wholistic approach of Yoga to face the current challenges in health care. The antiquity of Yoga must be united with the innovations of modern medicine to improve quality of life throughout the world.
Lifestyle is the way people live and this has immense influence on the status of health or disease. Since one’s lifestyle is developed early in life, it is advisable to cultivate healthy lifestyle in early childhood. Many factors determine one’s lifestyle. Economic status determines incidence of under-nutrition in poor and obesity in the rich. Cultural values of the society dictate the dietary preferences in the population. Sedentary life is a major factor for coronary artery disease while personal habits like smoking and alcoholism determine the incidence of heart disease and cirrhosis of liver. Exercise, healthy diet and rest and relaxation are important components of lifestyle.
Yoga is the most perfect lifestyle module as it is comprehensive and holistic in its nature. Yogic lifestyle including diet, attitudes and various techniques help strengthen and develop positive health thus enabling us to withstand stress better. This Yogic “health insurance” is achieved by normalizing the perception of stress, optimizing the reaction to it and by releasing the pent up stress effectively through various Yogic practices. Yoga is a wholistic and integral science of life dealing with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of the individual and society.
Yoga for Healthy & Happy Living”- An Awareness Programme for Senior Citizens conducted by Meena Ramanathan Coordinator -cum -Yoga Therapist, CYTER, MGMCRI on 7th August 2014 at Pelican Serene Village, Pondicherry.
INTRODUCTION TO YOGA, DEFINITION,ORIGIN,THEORY OF EVOLUTION, ACCORDING TO SANKHY, ACCORDING TO YOGA
THE SCHOOLS OF YOGA, BHAVANA YOG, PRANASAMYAMA YOGA,APPLICATIONS OF YOGA, EDUCATION,THERAPY
STRESS MANAGEMENT
SPORTS
HEALTH PROMOTION
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF YOGA
Modern medical advancements provide the rationale for the integration of various traditional healing techniques including Yoga to promote healing, health, and longevity. It is imperative that advances in medicine include the wholistic approach of Yoga to face the current challenges in health care. The antiquity of Yoga must be united with the innovations of modern medicine to improve quality of life throughout the world.
Lifestyle is the way people live and this has immense influence on the status of health or disease. Since one’s lifestyle is developed early in life, it is advisable to cultivate healthy lifestyle in early childhood. Many factors determine one’s lifestyle. Economic status determines incidence of under-nutrition in poor and obesity in the rich. Cultural values of the society dictate the dietary preferences in the population. Sedentary life is a major factor for coronary artery disease while personal habits like smoking and alcoholism determine the incidence of heart disease and cirrhosis of liver. Exercise, healthy diet and rest and relaxation are important components of lifestyle.
Yoga is the most perfect lifestyle module as it is comprehensive and holistic in its nature. Yogic lifestyle including diet, attitudes and various techniques help strengthen and develop positive health thus enabling us to withstand stress better. This Yogic “health insurance” is achieved by normalizing the perception of stress, optimizing the reaction to it and by releasing the pent up stress effectively through various Yogic practices. Yoga is a wholistic and integral science of life dealing with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of the individual and society.
Yoga for Healthy & Happy Living”- An Awareness Programme for Senior Citizens conducted by Meena Ramanathan Coordinator -cum -Yoga Therapist, CYTER, MGMCRI on 7th August 2014 at Pelican Serene Village, Pondicherry.
INTRODUCTION TO YOGA, DEFINITION,ORIGIN,THEORY OF EVOLUTION, ACCORDING TO SANKHY, ACCORDING TO YOGA
THE SCHOOLS OF YOGA, BHAVANA YOG, PRANASAMYAMA YOGA,APPLICATIONS OF YOGA, EDUCATION,THERAPY
STRESS MANAGEMENT
SPORTS
HEALTH PROMOTION
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF YOGA
E-souvenir of the CME-cum-Workshop on YOGA AND LIFESTYLE DISORDERS held on 22 November 2013 at MGMC & RI, Pondicherry. The event was organized
by Department of Physiology and Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education & Research (CYTER), MGMC&RI of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry.
Enhancing Management of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes mellitus throu...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited presentation on "Enhancing Management of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes mellitus through Yoga" at Samanvaya – 2018, a National Conference on ‘Integrative Diabetology – Present Trend in Diabetes Care’ organised by Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kolar, Karnataka (SDUAHER), to update the recent trends in the field of integrative medicine and its integration with conventional care.
In modern times when the terms Yoga and Yoga therapy have become synonymous, this paper is but a small attempt to put into perspective what Yoga therapy can offer us as an integrative system of wholistic well being.
Yoga therapy has to be integrated to work at all levels of being, i.e. physical, mental, emotional as well as spiritual. All aspect of yoga is to be included to get wholesome effect of health and wellness.
For info log on to www.healthlibrary.com. Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy By Mr. Devang Shah held on 16 Nov 2015.
Yoga as a mode of therapy has become extremely popular, and a great number of studies and systematic reviews offer scientific evidence of its potential in treating a wide range of psychosomatic conditions. Healthy life can be considered as a by-product of practicing yogic techniques since it has been observed that yoga practitioners are physically and mentally healthier and have better coping skills to stressors than the normal population. This review paper details some of the health promoting benefits of yoga as well as discusses the important cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and metabolic conditions in which it may have preventive, supportive, curative and rehabilitative potential. Role of yoga in stress, mental health, cancer, pregnancy and childhood are also detailed. Mechanisms for such beneficial physiological, biochemical and psychological effects are discussed. Psycho-neuro-endocrine changes including correction of GABAergic activity, and parasympathetic activation coupled with decreased reactivity of sympathoadrenal system and HPA axis are highlighted. Changes in the various evaluated parameters for different conditions are detailed and discussed with ample references. Though most studies and reviews suggest a number of areas where yoga may be beneficial, more research is required for virtually every one of them to establish their benefits conclusively. This is true in the process of introducing any new therapy into the modern health care system and is not surprising when we consider that the proper studies on yoga as a therapeutic modality are not older than a few decades. It is important to develop objective measures of various mind-body therapies and their techniques while including them in intervention trials. An overview is given of the lacunae present in the reviewed studies and suggestions given for improvements in future studies. In conclusion, we can say that yoga has preventive, promotive as well as curative potential and that a yogic lifestyle confers many advantages to the practitioner. Since lifestyle related diseases are alarmingly on the rise in our modern society, yogic lifestyle that is cost effective and relatively safe, should be given a special place in preventing and managing these diseases.
E-souvenir of the CME-cum-Workshop on YOGA AND LIFESTYLE DISORDERS held on 22 November 2013 at MGMC & RI, Pondicherry. The event was organized
by Department of Physiology and Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education & Research (CYTER), MGMC&RI of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry.
Enhancing Management of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes mellitus throu...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited presentation on "Enhancing Management of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes mellitus through Yoga" at Samanvaya – 2018, a National Conference on ‘Integrative Diabetology – Present Trend in Diabetes Care’ organised by Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Kolar, Karnataka (SDUAHER), to update the recent trends in the field of integrative medicine and its integration with conventional care.
In modern times when the terms Yoga and Yoga therapy have become synonymous, this paper is but a small attempt to put into perspective what Yoga therapy can offer us as an integrative system of wholistic well being.
Yoga therapy has to be integrated to work at all levels of being, i.e. physical, mental, emotional as well as spiritual. All aspect of yoga is to be included to get wholesome effect of health and wellness.
For info log on to www.healthlibrary.com. Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy By Mr. Devang Shah held on 16 Nov 2015.
Yoga as a mode of therapy has become extremely popular, and a great number of studies and systematic reviews offer scientific evidence of its potential in treating a wide range of psychosomatic conditions. Healthy life can be considered as a by-product of practicing yogic techniques since it has been observed that yoga practitioners are physically and mentally healthier and have better coping skills to stressors than the normal population. This review paper details some of the health promoting benefits of yoga as well as discusses the important cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and metabolic conditions in which it may have preventive, supportive, curative and rehabilitative potential. Role of yoga in stress, mental health, cancer, pregnancy and childhood are also detailed. Mechanisms for such beneficial physiological, biochemical and psychological effects are discussed. Psycho-neuro-endocrine changes including correction of GABAergic activity, and parasympathetic activation coupled with decreased reactivity of sympathoadrenal system and HPA axis are highlighted. Changes in the various evaluated parameters for different conditions are detailed and discussed with ample references. Though most studies and reviews suggest a number of areas where yoga may be beneficial, more research is required for virtually every one of them to establish their benefits conclusively. This is true in the process of introducing any new therapy into the modern health care system and is not surprising when we consider that the proper studies on yoga as a therapeutic modality are not older than a few decades. It is important to develop objective measures of various mind-body therapies and their techniques while including them in intervention trials. An overview is given of the lacunae present in the reviewed studies and suggestions given for improvements in future studies. In conclusion, we can say that yoga has preventive, promotive as well as curative potential and that a yogic lifestyle confers many advantages to the practitioner. Since lifestyle related diseases are alarmingly on the rise in our modern society, yogic lifestyle that is cost effective and relatively safe, should be given a special place in preventing and managing these diseases.
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This presentation includes all the general introduction on what is food, its main functions, its classifications. Foods can generally be classified according to different basis like on nutritive value, ease of spoilage, on origin, on acidity etc.
_Achieving Optimal Health_ The Importance of a Balanced Diet.pdfFlora Runyenje
In the quick moving current world, where comfort frequently bests sustenance, the idea of a reasonable eating regimen assumes a urgent part in keeping up with by and large wellbeing and prosperity. A fair eating regimen isn't simply an in vogue state yet a principal part of a solid way of life. It includes devouring different food sources in fitting extents to meet the body's dietary necessities. In this far reaching article, we will dig into the meaning of a decent eating routine, investigating its parts, advantages, and how people can settle on informed dietary decisions to enhance their wellbeing
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Nutrition in America: 5 Essentials Americans Lack in Their DietAshley Reynolds
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On behalf of Param Pujya Ammaji and the entire Gitananda Yoga Family Worldwide we wish all our readers a very happy and prosperous New Year 2024!
Our beloved Ammaji as Editor of Yoga Life always put Lord Vigneshwara, the ‘obstacle to all obstacles’ on the January cover, and we continue the tradition with this colourful image of the Divine Lord. We pray to the benevolent Lord Abhayakaravinayaka to bless us all in the New Year with wellness, happiness, prosperity and success in all our endeavors.
The inner covers highlight memorable moments from the wonderful time we had hosting the Yoga Studies team from the Loyola Marymount University, USA during their study tour of India. The front inner cover depicts special moments during the Indo-US Yoga Chikitsa Symposium at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth that was graced by the present Vice Chancellor Prof NR Biswas and the past Vice Chancellor and Emeritus Professor Dr KR Sethuraman.
The back inner page depicts the wonderful time the LMU team led by Prof Lori Rubenstein Fazzio had at the ICYER Ananda Ashram during the two day Yoga Chikitsa Workshop as well as at the Sri Kambaliswamy Madam. They were blessed by Param Pujya Ammaji and Yoga Chikitsa Ratna Dr Madanmohanji who participated actively in all the sessions.
On the back cover Dr Anandaji as the Madathipathi welcomes all dedicated Sadhakas for the 150th Annual Guru Puja for Srila Sri Kambaliswamigal and 30th Guru Puja of Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj to be held on 11th January 2024.
Yoga is the path of self-re-discovery, and we are fortunate to be guided by our illustrious Guru Parampara. May we always be worthy of their potent blessings and benevolent grace.
Dhivya Priya Bhavanani's talk on 7th January 2022 at the 27th International Yoga Festival, organized by the Government of Puducherry, Department of Tourism, Pondicherry, India from 4th to 7th January 2022.
Vibhaga and pranava pranayama of Gitananda Rishictulure Yoga by Dr AnandaYogacharya AB Bhavanani
A presentation on Vibhaga and pranava pranayama of Gitananda Rishiculture Yoga by Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Ashram Acharya ICYER at Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry, India.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Yogasana Tribute to the Nation on its 75th year of in...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
We humbly dedicate this Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Yogasana Tribute to the Nation on its 75th year of independence offered by the CYTER Team of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, India to each and every one of the great freedom fighters of our beloved Nation who contributed their mite during the freedom struggle.
We owe the freedom we savour today to their timeless sacrifices.
We will forever remain indebted to all of them.
Jai Hind !
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's special session on Yoga and the digestive system for members of the Rishiculture Gitananda Yoga Family.
Disclaimer: Copyrights of images used in the presentation belong to the respective owners and Dr Ananda doesn't claim any IPR on them and has used them only for educational purposes with no malafide intentions.
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's Keynote on "Integrating yoga therapy within the Modern Medical System" at the Global Yoga therapy Day conference 2021
YOGA AS THERAPY : Synthesis of Traditional Wisdom with Modern Scientific Know...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani’s presentation on YOGA AS THERAPY : Synthesis of Traditional Wisdom with Modern Scientific Knowledge in the 34th Research Methodology & Biostatistics Workshop conducted by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR. Medical University in July 2021.
Yoga and Cultural Misappropriation: An e-book by Dr Ananda, Malini and PadmaYogacharya AB Bhavanani
This e-book authored by Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Yogasadhaki Malini and Yogacharini Padma provides a road map towards manifesting culturally appropriate yoga in modern times. Yoga without its cultural context, is no longer yoga and hence we must be mindful of the necessity to retain the content for yoga to be alive through us.
This e-book is endorsed by the Indian Yoga Association – A self-regulatory body of Yoga Organizations. IYA is a maiden attempt to unite all yoga paramparas in a common cause. Indian Yoga Association is committed to promotion and advancement of Yoga and its applications around the world and industry-cum-self-regulatory body to facilitate activities of member institutions.
To know more about the IYA visit http://www.yogaiya.in/about/
To know more about Dr Ananda and the ICYER at Ananda Ashram, please visit www.rishiculture.in
Dr Ananda's invited presentation on Yoga Research: Past, Present and Future at the International E-conference titled "Recent Advances in the Medical Sciences International E - Conference, RAMSIECON 2021" organised by Department of Physiology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore from 30th June to 3rd July 2021.
This e-book authored by Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Yogasadhaki Malini and Yogacharini Padma provides a road map towards manifesting culturally appropriate yoga in modern times. Yoga without its cultural context, is no longer yoga and hence we must be mindful of the necessity to retain the content for yoga to be alive through us.
Yogacharya Dr. ANANDA BALAYOGI BHAVANANI
MBBS, ADY, DPC, DSM, PGDFH, PGDY, FIAY, MD (Alt.Med), C-IAYT, DSc (Yoga)
Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani is Director of the Centre for Yoga Therapy Education and Research (CYTER), and Professor of Yoga Therapy at the Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry (www.sbvu.ac.in).
He is also Chairman of the International Centre for Yoga Education and Research at Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry, India (www.icyer.com) and Yoganjali Natyalayam, the premier institute of Yoga and Carnatic Music and Bharatanatyam in Pondicherry (www.rishiculture.in). He is son and successor of the internationally acclaimed Yoga team of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj and Yogacharini Kalaimamani Ammaji, Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani.
A recipient of the prestigious DSc (Yoga) from SVYASA Yoga University in January 2019, he is a Gold Medallist in Medical Studies (MBBS) with postgraduate diplomas in both Family Health (PGDFH) as well as Yoga (PGDY) and the Advanced Diploma in Yoga under his illustrious parents in 1991-93. A Fellow of the Indian Academy of Yoga, he has authored 19 DVDs and 26 books on Yoga as well as published nearly 300 papers, compilations and abstracts on Yoga and Yoga research in National and International Journals. His literary works have more than 2650 Citations, with an h-Index of 25 and an i10-Index of 50. In addition, he is a Classical Indian Vocalist, Percussionist, Music Composer and Choreographer of Indian Classical Dance.
In recent years he has travelled abroad 20 times and conducted invited talks, public events, workshops and retreats and been major presenter at Yoga conferences in the UK, USA, Italy, Czech Republic, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
He is an Honorary Advisor to International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.iayt.org), Australasian Association of Yoga Therapists (www.yogatherapy.org.au), World Yoga Foundation (www.worldyogafoundation.in) and Gitananda Yoga Associations worldwide (www.rishiculture.in).
A recognized PhD guide for Yoga Therapy he was recognized as an IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, USA in 2016. It is notable that he is the first Indian to receive this honour.
He is currently member of numerous expert committees of the Ministry of AYUSH including its National Board for Promotion of Yoga and Naturopathy, Scientific Advisory Committee & Standing Finance Committees of CCRYN, Technical Committee of the Yoga Certification Board, Expert Committees for Celebration of International Yoga Day and the National Yoga & Diabetes program. He is Consultant Resource Person for the WHO and its Collaborative Centre in Traditional Medicine (Yoga) at MDNIY, New Delhi. He is also EC member and Director Publications of the Indian Yoga Association (www.yogaiya.in).
Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's ivited talk on "Yoga and Respiratory Disorders" for the International Capacity Building Workshop- Webinar on "Yoga for Non communicable Disease- A Scientific Perspective" hosted by MDNIY, New Delhi Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India and World Health Organization (WHO)
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
Pulmonary Thromboembolism - etilogy, types, medical- Surgical and nursing man...VarunMahajani
Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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Knee anatomy and clinical tests 2024.pdfvimalpl1234
This includes all relevant anatomy and clinical tests compiled from standard textbooks, Campbell,netter etc..It is comprehensive and best suited for orthopaedicians and orthopaedic residents.
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Recomendações da OMS sobre cuidados maternos e neonatais para uma experiência pós-natal positiva.
Em consonância com os ODS – Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Estratégia Global para a Saúde das Mulheres, Crianças e Adolescentes, e aplicando uma abordagem baseada nos direitos humanos, os esforços de cuidados pós-natais devem expandir-se para além da cobertura e da simples sobrevivência, de modo a incluir cuidados de qualidade.
Estas diretrizes visam melhorar a qualidade dos cuidados pós-natais essenciais e de rotina prestados às mulheres e aos recém-nascidos, com o objetivo final de melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar materno e neonatal.
Uma “experiência pós-natal positiva” é um resultado importante para todas as mulheres que dão à luz e para os seus recém-nascidos, estabelecendo as bases para a melhoria da saúde e do bem-estar a curto e longo prazo. Uma experiência pós-natal positiva é definida como aquela em que as mulheres, pessoas que gestam, os recém-nascidos, os casais, os pais, os cuidadores e as famílias recebem informação consistente, garantia e apoio de profissionais de saúde motivados; e onde um sistema de saúde flexível e com recursos reconheça as necessidades das mulheres e dos bebês e respeite o seu contexto cultural.
Estas diretrizes consolidadas apresentam algumas recomendações novas e já bem fundamentadas sobre cuidados pós-natais de rotina para mulheres e neonatos que recebem cuidados no pós-parto em unidades de saúde ou na comunidade, independentemente dos recursos disponíveis.
É fornecido um conjunto abrangente de recomendações para cuidados durante o período puerperal, com ênfase nos cuidados essenciais que todas as mulheres e recém-nascidos devem receber, e com a devida atenção à qualidade dos cuidados; isto é, a entrega e a experiência do cuidado recebido. Estas diretrizes atualizam e ampliam as recomendações da OMS de 2014 sobre cuidados pós-natais da mãe e do recém-nascido e complementam as atuais diretrizes da OMS sobre a gestão de complicações pós-natais.
O estabelecimento da amamentação e o manejo das principais intercorrências é contemplada.
Recomendamos muito.
Vamos discutir essas recomendações no nosso curso de pós-graduação em Aleitamento no Instituto Ciclos.
Esta publicação só está disponível em inglês até o momento.
Prof. Marcus Renato de Carvalho
www.agostodourado.com
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Yoga diet
1. * Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani * 96
YOGIC ASPECTS OF DIET
One should eat to live and not live to eat. Food should not be the main
purpose of life for a human being. However it is an important part of the
human life. Bhagavad Gita advises Mitahara or moderation in diet as well
as all aspects of life.
Food may be divided to different types according to the Gunas.
• Sattva - Fresh / uncooked Food
• Rajas - Spicy / stimulating items
• Tamas - old /processed food.
Satvik Diet:
• Plenty of Water
• Freshly cooked food
• Uncooked – Salads, sprouts, fruits
• High fiber
• Nutritive – greens
• Soups and juices – mineral balance
Yogic Method of eating:
• A Yogic should fill his stomach as
o ½ stomach of food
o ¼ stomach of water and
o ¼ stomach for the divine (or) (empty)
• Everybody should take 2- 2½ liter of water per day for efficient
functioning of all cells and tissues as well as the organs and systems
of the body.
• Food consumed at the time of anger or when the mind is disturbed is
a potent Poison.
• Balanced diet with equal importance to the constituents of food is
also important.
• One has to take food in a proper and clean place.
• Eat according to hunger only and not for taste.
• Eating should be in a slow movement action and it should be eaten
properly by chewing properly.
• Eating at the right time is also important and in the good company
with sharing.
According to the Doshas
• Anti Vata diet – warm , heavy, fruits ,avoid beans
• Anti Pitta – cool, raw, fruits– avoids oils and spices
• Anti Kapha diet– dry food, avoid fruits, can take more of spices
2. * Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani * 97
Swami Kuvalayananda on diet
• Lacto Veg. diet with cereals but not much pulses.
• Egg – high protein – not good for Yoga.
• Low protein diet – as there is increased sympathetic drive initially
• Low salt / salt free diet
• No stimulant / irritating items.
• Unwise to dogmatize: Eskimo: on veg. diet ?
Dr Swami Gitananda Giri on diet
• Lacto vegetarian diet
• 40% raw, fresh foods, natural seasonal foods
• 60% cooked food -whole grain products
• Don’t overcook
• Save the water for sambar, soups and sources
• Skin of the Veg /fruits – alkaline
• Poly unsaturated oils
• Avoid refined food items
• Avoid unnatural / produced items
• EAT to satisfy hunger and not psychological disturbance.
• Beware of bad habits – appetite
• Don’t misuse salt or spices
• Balanced diet in Calorie needs with adequate vitamins and minerals
DIET POWER
Yogis have long realised the importance of a controlled special diet in Sadhana,
but only recently has diet become a subject of study in Sports Medicine as a
source of power, energy and endurance with the capacity for speeding up the
recovery along with rebuilding and remodeling of organic tissue. Controlled diet in
sports should not be looked at from the standpoint of “instant results”, but rather
as a factor which builds the body slowly towards speed, endurance and power,
and above all, gives the body the ability to recuperate, heal and rejuvenate. The
vegetarian diet, as understood in Yoga, is the most natural one for biological man.
It offers him an abundant source of food, carrying life sustaining nutrients, power
and energy, and above all, offers a diet low in toxins.
Activities such as strenuous, acrobatic Yoga practices and sports produce excess
metabolic waste matter, which then has to be cleansed through the body’s various
eliminative systems. Improper diet inhibits this cleansing process, making it
difficult to eliminate waste through the lungs, skin, urinary bladder, kidneys and
the bowel and causes an unwelcome toxic load on the body. This in time has
disastrous consequences in the form of diseases through infection, premature
aging, and stiffness, leading to muscular and skeletal disorders. Muscular cramps
and spasms are a common indication of a shortage of vital minerals in the diet and
of toxic waste matter accumulating in the system. Irregular and difficult breathing
3. * Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani * 98
are a direct consequence of a heavy animal protein diet and indicate a neglect of
proper breathing techniques.
The fastest, the fleetest, the most sure-footed animals in nature and those species
having the greatest endurance and strength are the vegetarian members of the
animal kingdom. Good examples are the deer for speed and the elephant for
strength. Biologically, man is also a vegetarian, but one who turned to an animal
flesh and animal by-product diet at some time in his evolution. Still millions of
humans today are natural vegetarians and possess great endurance strength, and
longevity. It is a modern myth that a high animal protein diet produces the best
athletes. Perhaps it does produce the most violent and vicious animal instincts in
some of the aggressive, competitive and combative sports.
Anyone questioning the ability of the vegetarian diet to build up a super
sportsman need only to look at the astounding records of Edmond Moses (USA),
Paavo Nurmi (Finland), and Murray rose (New Zealand) amidst a galaxy of other
Olympic vegetarian super athletes.
While vegetarianism as a way of life is catching on in all Western countries and a
great amount of information is now available to support the vegetarian concepts of
non-violent super energy, the public knowledge is as yet limited. It is the purpose
of this chapter to encourage a deeper study of the vegetarian diet and the
spectacular role it can play in the development of a well-rounded-out human
personality, as well as producing a strong and healthy physique.
One of the first and most necessary pieces of information is that, “the universe
and all its power are contained in a tiny seed”. The end product of the growth of
this seed contains only an extension of nutrients, roughage, and energy producing
material. The power is in the seed. Indeed, a seed is a very good model to
explain the wondrous powers of universal energy in minute form. A seed is a
microcosm of universal forces inherent in food.
The power in a seed or for that matter in any food can be described in
four terms:
• Biogenic,
• Bioactive,
• Biocidic and
• Biostatic.
When water is applied to a seed, the bioactive stage is that where the seed
sprouts and grows, releasing tremendous energy in the form of enzymes. In this
phase protein changes to essential amino acids and when the starch changes into
simple sugars the Vitamin content of a seed can increase as much as 300 percent
in the case of vitamin E and up to 600 percent in the case of Vitamin C. The
biocidic stage occurs in the aging and self destruction of a dying seed, and the
biostatic stage is when the seed dies, not having fulfilled its purpose.
These categories provide a conceptual model for the function of food in the diet
and in the very modern sense allow us to understand the role that various kinds of
food play in producing health and energy or in reducing energy, leading to
infection, sickness and disease. The biogenic stage can be incorporated into
one’s regular diet by the sprouting of seeds grains, pulses, peas, beans and lentils
and many other fruit-pit items such as fruit-pits, nuts and fruit stones. All
biogenic foods are able to synthesize entirely new compounds and substances in
our body system affording natural immunity to infection, destroying microbes and
other ingested poisons. They also aid in correcting faulty digestive processes and
add to the bulk of the diet producing good elimination. The life sustaining
bioactive group of foods includes all fruits and vegetables as long as they are
unprocessed foods.
This bioactive group of foods should be in a natural, raw, uncooked or semi-
processed state whenever possible. The fiber in a bioactive diet stimulates the
digestive and eliminative processes, keeping the intestinal tract young and active
and avoiding the onset of aging disorders. There are two types of fibers in the
bioactive group which are to be seen in the residue and bulk of whole grains, seed
cases and shells as well as the peels and rinds of fruits and vegetables and in the
long fibers in all green leafy foods. The gel in fruit is the second category and
4. * Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani * 99
helps to keep an active digestive system and promote the absorption of nutrients,
vitamins and minerals from the intestinal tract, keeping the body light and
youthful.
The biocidic group includes life-destroying and health destroying foods that are in
the process of rot and decay. This includes all animal flesh, fish and fowl and
animal by-products. In modern times this biocidic group has become a menace to
mankind through the addition of preservatives, chemical additives, extenders,
adulterants, coloring and flavors. The ‘fast-food phenomena’ has added to this
health-destroying group. All processed foods with chemical additives, grown on
land needing chemical fertilizers and sprayed with pesticides and ripened
chemically should be completely avoided as they will destroy the healthiest of
bodies and minds.
The biostatic group is made up of dead foods containing toxins, poisonous
matter, and decaying noxious cellular ingredients. All over cooked and long stored
food must be termed biostatic. This would include all types of frozen and tinned
foods and much so-called dried or dehydrated food.
A good, power-packed, healthy diet should be made up of 40 to 60 percent of raw
and unprocessed food and the balance being made up of lightly cooked, steamed,
or baked dishes.
Most modern youngsters are “always hungry” and on the look out for a “handful of
munchies”. These modern taste satisfiers do nothing but titillate the tongue and
can lead to a break down in health, destroying a hoped-for-career, accelerating
the aging process and unfortunately, also inhibiting the development of a dynamic
mind.
Dried nuts, sunflower seeds, roasted pulses and grams, sprouted seeds and
grains, pieces of fresh fruit and raw vegetables can replace in a healthy sense the
“munchies”. These youngsters should be taught to germinate and sprout seeds,
grains and grams while in school and college. Even in northern countries sprouts
and germinated seeds can be raised without the sun and in cold climates. In
sprouting beans, peas and grams, the starch is reduced but there is an increase in
vitamins. Protein in wheat is increased in wheat sprouts by ten per cent and the
essential amino acids like lysine, needed in the body for balance increases as
much as 25 per cent. Vitamin C, the healing vitamin is increased in sprouting and
the germination processes. Vitamin E content of sprouted wheat is tripled in four-
day-old wheat grass.
Believe it on not, pro-Vitamin A or carotene is found in greater abundance in
sprouted legumes, lentils, peas and beans than in the carrot. A study of
vegetarian nutrition in Yoga and the role that it can play in a healthy diet is not
only exciting but tremendously rewarding in the knowledge that can be acquired.
While a proper, balanced diet is essential to people of all ages, one must also
recognize the role that water plays in the metabolism of the body. No matter how
good the diet the body cannot transport nutrients, unless it possesses good blood
circulation. Healthy circulation depends much upon fluids, most particularly water,
in the diet. Vigorous Yogic and sports activities dehydrate the body quickly.
Rapid breathing associated with exertion throws off moist-laden carbon dioxide
from the body. Sweat increases and fluids are actually used up in dynamic
activity by the cells. A sports enthusiast must learn to ‘sip water”. Gulping down
water after rigorous Yogic or sports activity can be dangerous, but “sipping” water
actually becomes beneficial. At least one liter per hour of fresh water must be
replaced in the body. Shorter periods of time can be adjusted to 250 mls. Every
15 to 20 minutes.
Mineral replacement fluids are now available for this purpose but fresh fruit juices
still represent the body’s best way of absorbing the needed fluids along with
vitamins and minerals most acceptable to the body in the shortest period of time.
Adding lime or lemon juice to other fruit juices enhances the Vitamin C content.
Excess body activity in hot climates or in the tropics requires a greater intake of
salt which is sweated out through the pores of the skin and passed through urine.
Fresh fruits and vegetables as well as salads made up of fresh greens put back
natural salts into the tissues and cells. Table salt should be used with caution and
with all attention to the body’s real needs.
5. * Notes for Scientific Basis of Yoga Education –Compiled and Edited by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani * 100
Soups made up of fresh vegetables, especially greens, have high potassium
content and replace needed cellular constituents quickly, avoiding strain on the
bowels, kidneys and bladder. A light broth or soup made from grains along with
vegetables like tomato, beans and potato replaces necessary minerals which may
be lost in a strenuous workout.
One should never over eat when the body is tired or strained. Instead, it is better
to take plenty of fluids, fruit or vegetable juices or light soups, and then have a
lengthy relaxation or sleep. Over loading the body when tired interrupts proper
digestion and may lead to damage in the circulatory system as well as
accumulation of mucous in the respiratory tract.
It is also important that some mono-unsaturated fats be included in the diet.
Poly-unsaturated fats have long been extolled for their virtue in a natural diet for
strength and endurance, but in these modern times many of these valuable fruit,
vegetable and nut-fats go rancid when stored for a lengthy period of time, and
therefore are highly treated with chemical stabilizers and preservatives. Mono-
unsaturated fats are stored longer and more safely and should be used in
dressings for salads and in soups and other dishes.
A small amount of mono-unsaturated oil or fresh poly-unsaturated oil can be
added to cooked dishes and soups just before serving. It is important to be
cautious as they are turned into dangerous saturated fats by frying or cooking.
Saturated fats found in all animal flesh, fish, fowl and animal by-products clog up
the circulatory system leading to premature aging, heart disease and untimely
early death.
Remember that sugars and starches are only fuel for the body and the unrefined
sugars and unrefined starches break down more slowly in the system. Starch, a
granular carbohydrate, is found in most plants, vegetable foods, grains and
pulses. Reacting with certain digestive enzymes, maltose and dextrin are produced
as fuel for endurance. Refined sweets and sugars indeed are super octane fuels
but have their drawbacks. The main source of sugar, as sweet crystalline
carbohydrate, is from sugarcane, the sugar beet and the sap of trees like the
maple and fruits. Neither type of carbohydrate rebuilds the system.
The protein building blocks for this purpose must come through a balance of
amino acids from nitrogenous sources. All animal protein is originally derived from
grains, grasses, leaves of trees, legumes and vegetarian sources. A judicious
combination of grains and vegetables, nuts, legumes and grain seeds produce all
known amino acids to build a strong, healthy, long lasting physical body.
It is thus quite clear that a mixed diet of grains, seeds, nuts and vegetables is
more than adequate for health, a strong muscular system, good skeleton
structure, and the harmonious working of all body organs. The pacifying effect of
the vegetarian diet producing a calm, clear concern for the world also
recommends itself to all people irrespective or any man made barrier.
The best diet in the world can be completely negated by smoking of tobacco, the
use of alcohol, and by many popular drugs, especially the so-called “consciousness
enhancing” drugs. A clean life style goes a long way to winning out in life’s real
contests, no matter what the game. A young sportsman today must remember
that he may have a future as a sporting coach or as a good, healthy citizen and
that health is built in the “spring time” of one’s life. It is sad to note that many
sportsmen “sell off” any chance for a healthy future and a happy, contented,
vigorous old age for ego-aggrandizement and fleeting monetary pleasures.
Strength, endurance, and positive wholesome enjoyment are not the prerogative
of youth alone. Food is the source of energy. Sustenance, change and growth in
our lives. At all times “Diet Power” is the fuel for contented emotions, peace of
mind, and success in its most real sense. The greatest champion is he who has
vanquished his own lower nature, and “Diet Power” gives a “rocket thrust” to that
eternal human struggle.
From the book, “Yoga and Sports” by Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda
Giri Guru Maharaj and Yogamani Yogacharini Kalaimamani Smt Meenakshi
Devi Bhavanani, Satya Press, Ananda Ashram, Puducherry, South India