PROFICIENT MODULATION OF COMESTIBLES: AN AESTHETIC CHOICE FOR OBESE

Restriction and alteration of the comestibles (food) are the prime modulations which are prescribed to tackle the burden of most of the lifestyle disorders especially the obesity. Obesity being the root cause of major ailments like cardiac disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus etc. It is essential to control and preclude. Food restriction is the choice when an obese individual are hospitalized and supervised, whereas the alteration is best choice when the person go back to home and join with the delicious foods of family. Rarely, do we find the direction of selection and alteration prescribed by modern texts and dieticians, but āyurveda excellence spread the ray of light as principle of āhāra sa skāra and serves the need. Here an attempt is made to emphasise righteous method, starting from selection of food articles (cereals, pulses, vegetables etc) to the food preparation through āyurveda classics and contemporary methods, according to the need and palatability.