The Relationship Between Obesity and Diabetes: Ayurveda Remedies
Obesity and diabetes have become the most worrying illnesses globally. India is one of the country’s worst hit by these illnesses because most factors that contribute to changing lifestyles, urbanization, and changes in dietary habits lead to an increased prevalence of both conditions. Obesity often leads to diabetes and the other way round: one condition feeds off the other. While allopathic medicine will administer medicines to treat these conditions, Ayurveda will offer purely natural and holistic remedies that seek the healing of the basic dislocation and alignment of the distorted body.
The more obese the individual, the more at risk he or she is to likely develop type 2 diabetes. In addition, the body, due to the excessive fat it collects, especially the kind it holds in the abdominal or abdominal area, becomes resistant to insulin. Then, to keep blood sugar levels healthy, the pancreas would have to overwork by producing more insulin. Eventually, this overwork causes insulin resistance and leads to a result in developing type 2 diabetes.
In Ayurveda, both obesity (Sthaulya) and diabetes are referred to as a metabolic disorder resulting from an imbalance of doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. In the case of obesity, Kapha becomes aggravated due to dietetic wrongs in the form of excess calorie intake, lack of exercise, and stress factors. This leads to excessive retention of fat and slower metabolism. Similarly, diabetes arises from imbalanced states of Kapha and Pitta causing poor sugar metabolism.
This approach of Ayurveda does not treat symptoms but the root cause, which balances and therefore heals.
- Ayurveda heals obesity and diabetes fundamentally: By maintaining the three doshas of the body: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, and upsurges the metabolism. Two conditions, obesity and diabetes, are not considered merely in terms of losing weight or bringing down the blood sugar by Ayurveda but targets general well-being and health recovery.
- Balancing Kapha and Pitta Doshas: Ayurvedic treatments for obesity-related diabetes target the pacification of Kapha dosha, which generally increases with a sedentary lifestyle and diets rich in sweets, fried foods, and dairy. The reduction of Kapha can better digest food and prevent fat buildup. Pitta dosha, which metabolizes food and other factors, can also be tackled to ensure proper digestion and sugar regulation.
- Digestive Efficiency (Agni): Slight digesting or low Agni is believed to be one of the primary causes of weight gain and diabetes. Improving digestive fire by an appropriate diet and herbs will help the body in better breaking down food products, therefore not accumulating toxins and fat.
- Detoxification (Panchakarma): Panchakarma therapies, Virechana (purgation) and Vasti (medicated enemas), are highly recommended for detoxifying the body of all toxic substances that cause obesity and diabetes. These revive the metabolic functions of human beings to the normal condition while strengthening the balance of doshas.
This dual treatment approach-Ayurveda prescribes lifestyle modifications and herbal remedies for both conditions. Practical tips rising out of the antiquity of Ayurvedic wisdom include the following:
- Drink Warm Lemon Water in the Morning: The amount of 1 glass should be taken in the morning, with warm water and lemon. Ayurveda states that it kick-starts the digestiveness and detoxifies the system and is one of the most effective Ayurvedic tips about obesity-related diabetes. This turns up your metabolic rate and helps you control blood sugar levels.
- Avoid Sweet and Oily Foods: According to Ayurveda, Kapha dosha aggravating food is heavy, oily, and sweet. You may overcome the condition with light warm food such as soup, steamed vegetables, and whole grains like barley or millet.
- Daily Diet With spices: spices like turmeric, cumin, and coriander that raise digestion and the activity of metabolism. Turmeric will have an anti-inflammatory effect and improve insulin sensitivity; hence excellent for diabetes.
- Ayurvedic Upavasa: Otherwise called “Upavasa,” which, under Ayurvedic treatment detoxifies the digestive system and helps reduce body weight. Intermittent fasting may thus work to control obesity as well as improve insulin sensitivity.
- Exercise regularly: According to Ayurveda, one needs to exercise daily to obtain a balance between the Kapha dosha. Easy exercises like walking or yogasana-even Surya Namaskar-can help to maintain weight and achieve better control of blood sugar.
- Manage Stress with Meditation: Stress is one among the most significant causes of both obesity and diabetes. Ayurveda suggests that frequent meditation and Pranayama will calm down your mind, depress your stress level, and thus end emotional eating.
- Eat at Regular Times: Ayurveda says that eating food at regular hours balances both metabolism and blood sugar. Do not graze between meals, and try to eat the heaviest meal at midday when the digestive fire is most active.
- Increase the Consumption of Fiber: Ayurvedic herb Isabgol, which is also called psyllium husk, helps facilitate digestion. Also prevents fat from accumulating in the body. It helps the body maintain healthy weight and it doesn’t surge up the blood sugar levels.
- Herbal teas: Herbs such as ginger, tulsi or holy basil, and cinnamon make for very good digestive teas, besides helping in weight and diabetes management. These, when sipped throughout the day, increase the metabolism and reaction to insulin.
Ayurveda helps to manage the conditions caused by obesity and diabetes in a holistic manner through the discovery and treatment of root causes rather than masking symptoms. Ayurvedic herbs, dietary changes, and lifestyle changes are highly effective in reducing weight sustainably and controlling blood sugar levels with a natural approach toward enduring doshas, rather than an ongoing battle of obesity-related diabetes.
