Ayurvedic Science of Food and Nutrition
Ayurveda is widely considered to be one of the oldest health care traditions still in practice today. Originating in India over 3,000 years ago, it is now increasingly recognized and practiced globally including in many European countries and the United States. Food and nutrition play a crucial role...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9628-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Ayurvedic Fundamentals of Food and Nutrition
- Ayurvedic Principles of Food and Nutrition: Translating the Theory into Evidence Based Practice
- The Basic Tenets of Ayurvedic Dietetics and Nutrition
- Concept of Diet in Ayurveda and its implications to the modern world
- Applying Ayurvedic Eating Principles to the Science of Stress linked Food Behavior
- Part II. Integrated food science and its clinical application
- Integrating the Science and Art of Using Food as Medicine
- Integrated Food and Nutrition in the Management of Diabetes
- Convalescent Food Practices in Ayurveda
- Food based interventions for cancer management – an Ayurvedic perspective
- Food Based Therapeutics: A Converging Paradigm of Traditional and Modern Food Science
- Fasting as a Curative Practice: Historical, Traditional and Contemporary Perspective
- Part III. Ayurvedic Food Science: Challenges of proving its uniqueness in the purview of Science
- A scientific examination of western dietary practices as they relate to food practices in Ayurveda
- From book to bedside: Challenges of translating Ayurvedic science of food and nutrition for the common benefits.