The right diet in old age by Dr. R. Vatsyayan A man's dietary needs undergo various changes from childhood to old age. If adequate nutrition and a well-balanced diet is essential in the younger years, old age requires far more care towards dietary matters. Ayurvedic masters maintain that people can live longer, be healthier and ultimately have a better quality of life if their nutritional needs are adequately met. Elderly people can be categorised in …showed first 75 words of 627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 627 total…the diet must also be devoid of the excess of any nutrient that increases the risk of disease. In this regard, old persons always need to remember an ayurvedic dictum: Ko aruk or who is healthy? The brief answer perhaps covers the total concept of the right diet: hit bhuk , mit bhuk , so aruk (he who takes the right and adapted food and does not overeat is healthy). The writer is a Ludhiana-based ayurvedic physician