Ayurveda’s Comprehensive Guide on Weight Management!

Guide to Weight Management in Ayurveda

Our body weight defines how healthy we are. For example, if you weigh 50 kg and are 6 feet 2 inches tall, your BMI may show you are underweight. If you are 5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh 80 kg, your BMI may label you overweight.

But is that all about healthy weight management?

The concept of healthy weight management goes beyond BMI. First‌, it depends on how comfortable you feel at a particular body weight. Second, it depends on your lifestyle to maintain your preferred body weight.

If your lifestyle choices for weight management are healthy, you can say you are healthily maintaining your body weight.

But what is healthy? And what is unhealthy while managing weight?

Here’s a comprehensive guide discussing ayurvedic weight management‌. If you wish to maintain a healthy body weight, this post can help you.

Ayurveda’s Perspective on Weight

Before learning about ayurvedic remedies for weight loss and weight gain, let us see what Ayurveda says about weight management and obesity.

Ayurveda suggests:

• Uncontrolled body weight can be related to ‘sthoulya or medo roga.’

• According to Ayurveda, Agni, and Vata, vitiation leads to Visamagni (erratic digestion).

• Agni and Pitta vitiation lead to Teekshnagni (overactive metabolism).

• While Agni and Kapha vitiation can cause Mandagni (slow metabolism), which can increase body weight.

• Excessive consumption of sweets, oily, and cold foods can lead to Kapha vitiation. This also results in fat deposition.

• When the metabolism slows down (Mandagni), and the Kapha dosha is imbalanced, Ama (toxins) get accumulate in the body, which can disrupt the functioning of medho dhatu (body fat).

• So, the root cause of obesity lies in the disturbance of the Kapha Dosha and Medho Dhatu, which can be considered as the primary culprits responsible for this condition.

The faulty fat metabolism may become optimized by following the tips for Ayurvedic management of obesity. This is necessary and helpful for maintaining a healthy body weight.

Ayurvedic Weight Loss Secrets & Weight Gain Tips

Weight management is comprehensive. Whether you are underweight, trying to gain weight, or overweight, trying to lose, the process takes time. There are no healthy shortcuts to losing or gaining weight.

Indeed, various chemical methods, surgical methods, and extreme starvation or carb consumption may create some quick results. However, they can adversely affect your overall health.

Often, people go on extreme calorie deficits, aiming to lose kilograms in a week. This might have adverse effects on the body. It can make you feel low on energy, hindering your day-to-day tasks, dramatically lowering your blood pressure, and affecting various other bodily functions.

Similarly, substantially increasing your carbs and protein intake also isn’t healthy. Your body may not ‌process this overconsumption. Results - diarrhea, unhealthy gut, and other digestive concerns.

Also Read: Guide to Improving Gut Health & Digestion with Ayurveda

Ayurveda suggests a healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits for weight management.

The next section will discuss Ayurvedic weight loss management and weight gain tips.

Weight Management & Nutrition

Whether you want to gain or lose weight, Ayurveda takes a holistic weight management process. Here are some tips on Ayurvedic treatment for weight loss and Ayurvedic treatment for weight gain.

Ayurveda to Gain Weight

While complex carbohydrates and unhealthy junk food can help you gain weight in a few weeks, this can adversely affect your body's health and shape.

Instead, Ayurveda offers natural methods to help you achieve healthy weight gain goals. Here are some tips:

• Regular workout: Let’s break the widespread myth - workout isn’t necessary only to lose weight. When we work out, our body gains its natural shape. And when exercise is coupled with a healthy diet with sufficient carbohydrate and protein intake, the muscles in our body grow.

  However, skipping a workout and consuming carbs can increase unwanted body fat and the risk of obesity and similar concerns.

• Include healthy foods rich in protein and carbohydrates: No, pizzas don’t count. But, of course, eating junk occasionally (once in two weeks) can be acceptable. However, for healthy gains, adding paneer, soybeans, cheese, buttermilk, milk, eggs, grains, wheat, etc., to your diet is crucial.

  If you also start working out each day, your metabolism improves. This will help you manage your weight.

• Increase your appetite: Regular exercise is one way of increasing your appetite. You can also consider adding mild spices such as cinnamon, ginger, garlic, and cardamom to your diet in small quantities.

  These spices help stimulate the appetite.

• Be mindful: One of the primary reasons people quit working out or their efforts to gain weight is absent-mindedness.

  Confusing, right?

  We may rarely recognize it, but our body reacts the best when our mind is focused.

  If you spend hours at the gym but aren’t mindful of the exercises, your body may not react as desired. This also happens because of improper breathing rhythm.

  Correct this, be mindful of your workout and eating habits, and you will see results.

• Maintain a healthy digestive system: If your body doesn’t digest the food you eat correctly, your chances of gaining weight will diminish.

• If you suspect your digestive system to be unhealthy, consult an Ayurvedic doctor.

  Consuming Shree Vishwavimal Ayurveda Triphala tablets after food or as directed by a professional can help manage constipation and digestive concerns. As your gut becomes healthy, your metabolism will also improve, helping you shed those extra kgs.