The right diet in old age

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 …

…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