EVALUATION OF NITYA PRAYUNJEET AAHARA DRAVYA OF AYURVEDA AND ITS RESEMBLANCE TO BALANCED DIET IN CURRENT SCENARIO

Ayurveda is a holistic science and emphasizes preserving and promoting the health of healthy individuals besides giving methods for the treatment of various diseases. It is more a 'way of life' and describes methods for promo- tion, prolongation, and maintenance of positive health. In the present era, people are spending most of their time sitting at the workplace i.e., living a sedentary lifestyle. It is very necessary to maintain health and prevent diseas- es as people leading a sedentary lifestyle are more susceptible to lifestyle diseases. Balanced Dosha promotes health and imbalanced Dosha leads to the diseased condition. Moreover, a balanced diet is required by the body to work efficiently. Without a balanced diet, the body is more prone to disease, infection, fatigue, and low perfor- mance. So, health can be maintained by intake of balanced and Tridosha Shamaka diet. The concept of Nitya Prayunjeeta (used daily) AaharaDravya has been given by Aacharya Charaka for the maintenance and promotion of health. Here, an effort has been made to establish the concept of Nitya Prayunjeet Aahara Dravya as Tridosha Shamaka diet and Balanced diet.Keywords: Nitya Prayunjeet, TridoshaShamana, Balanced diet