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Yogic Diet and its Anti-inflammatory Effect in Relation to CVD

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Chronic inflammation is one of the major factors involved in the pathogenesis of various chronic noncommunicable disorders such as obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diet in the modern lifestyle has many refined, processed, and preservative added ingredients detrimental to health, leading to increased CVD risk. It is thus essential that an appropriate diet be used as part of the yogic lifestyle. Indian spices, which are commonly used as dietary ingredients in daily food such as ginger, garlic, onion, cinnamon, and turmeric have been anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial antioxidant properties. Staple Indian dietary spices such as Turmeric, Cinnamon, Chili, pepper, and garlic have been reported to reduce atherosclerosis incidence through their various constituting active compounds. In this chapter, the scientific basis of the medicinal values of different Indian spices has been discussed.

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The authors express their sincere gratitude to the Departments of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India for their assistance and motivation. The authors are thankful to Dr. Raj Kumar Yadav, Ms. Shweta Sharma, Mr. Sunil, Mr. Aman Tilak, Ms. Riya Madan, and Mr. Kushankur Pandit for their help in drafting the manuscript.

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Kochhar, K.P., Sunil, Ghosh, T., Arora, J. (2022). Yogic Diet and its Anti-inflammatory Effect in Relation to CVD. In: Basu-Ray, I., Mehta, D. (eds) The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Cardiovascular Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6913-2_31

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