AYURNUTRIGENOMICS: BRIDGING TRADITIONAL AYURVEDIC WISDOM WITH PERSONALIZED NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE
*Dr. Richa Dwivedi, Dr. Kshipra Rajoria and Dr. Sarvesh Kumar Singh
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda emphasizes that food and medicine are interconnected concepts essential for human survival and for preventing and treating diseases. Food significantly influences the molecular mechanisms of an organism's physiology and is consumed in much larger quantities than any medication. Therefore, studying its effects and interactions with the genome is crucial for understanding diseases and their treatments. Ayurgenomics offers a personalized approach to predictive, preventive, and curative aspects of stratified medicine, focusing on individual genetic variability to assess susceptibility and establish diagnoses and prognoses based on a person's constitution or Prakriti. Ayurnutrigenomics is an emerging area that integrates Ayurvedic principles with systems biology, where dietary, therapeutic, and lifestyle choices are tailored to an individual's Prakriti. This innovative concept of personalized nutrition aims to develop functional foods and nutraceuticals suited to an individual's genetic profile, drawing on Ayurvedic wisdom. We present this new concept of Ayurnutrigenomics and its potential research areas, which may lead to advanced and safe therapeutic options in the future.
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