Obesity
Obesity or being overweight is a condition characterized by excessive storage of fat in the body. When the body’s calorie intake exceeds the amount of calories burned, it leads to the storage of excess calories in the form of body fat. Increased body fat puts a person at risk for many critical conditions such as heart disease, liver damage, diabetes, arthritis and kidney problems.
Causes :
Excessive weight gain is caused when people consume more calories than the body needs—occurring most commonly due to eating a diet high in fat and calories, being sedentary, or both. This imbalance between calories consumed and calories burned, however, can also be caused by a number of different obesity-related factors such as genetic, hormonal, behavioral, environmental and, to some extent, cultural. There are many other factors causing obesity such as pregnancy, tumors as well as endocrine disorders and medications that include psychotic drugs, estrogens, corticosteroids and insulin.
Symptoms
Dark circles under and around the eyes
Increased body fat
Breathlessness on exertion
Lethargy
Fatigue
Excessive sweating with bad odor
View Of Ayurveda
In Ayurveda, obesity is known as Medarog, which is caused by the aggravation of Kapha. Kapha is an Ayurvedic humor which is dense, heavy, slow, sticky, wet and cold in nature. It governs all structure and lubrication in the mind and body apart from controlling weight and formation of all the seven tissues - nutritive fluids, blood, fat, muscles, bones, marrow and reproductive tissues.
Diet & Lifestyle Advice
Avoid high carbohydrates like polished rice and potato.
Avoid oily and fried foods, processed foods, fatty foods like butter, purified butter, cheese, whole-milk yogurt, cream, chocolate, etc.
Have more bitter vegetables like bitter gourd and the bitter variety of drumsticks.
Replace refined flour with whole-wheat flour and rice with brown rice or parboiled rice.
Increase intake of fruits, salads and vegetables.
An ayurvedic treatment has wonderful results in Obesity disease. It may cure permanantly if patient follow the complete course of treatment with all diet, life-style & panchkarma realeted advises.