title: A contemporary scientific support on role of ancient ayurvedic diet and concepts in diabetes mellitus (madhumeha).
abstract: Diabetes Mellitus (Madhumeha) is a well-known clinical syndrome since antiquity. First time the role of Diet in the prevention, etiology and treatment of Diabetes was mentioned in Ayurveda under the heading of Prameha and Madumeha. Caraka Samhita, Susruta Samhita and other Ayurvedic classics have appropriate descriptions on the role of diet, habits and life style in Prameha and Madhumeha, which is akin to Diabetes. Recent modern (contemporary) Researches and statistics support these descriptions. Aim of this article is to alarm people regarding role of diet and lifestyle in Diabetes through Ayurvedic approach and contemporary scientific correlation with support of clinical and statistical data.
authors.affiliation: Research Officer (Ay.), Regional Research Institute (Ayurveda), I.G.M.S. Complex, Viiayawada, India.
authors.forename: Goli Penchala
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Swamy