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@article{190446,
        author = {Dr. Prabhuswami V Hiremath and Dr. Parameshwar G Hiremath},
        title = {AAHARA VIDHI VIDHANA: AN INTEGRATIVE NARRATIVE REVIEW OF DIETARY CONDUCT IN KRIYA SHARIRA AND MODERN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {836-846},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190446},
        abstract = {In the contemporary landscape of global health, the rising prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), metabolic syndrome, and lifestyle-related pathologies necessitates a re-evaluation of traditional dietary paradigms. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, posits that health is not merely a function of what one eats (nutritional biochemistry) but fundamentally how one eats. This concept is codified as Aahara Vidhi Vidhana (dietary rules and regulations). While modern nutritional science has historically focused on macronutrient composition and caloric density, emerging fields such as chrononutrition, neuro-gastroenterology, and food psychology are beginning to validate the procedural aspects of eating emphasized in Ayurvedic texts.

This review provides a comprehensive physiological deconstruction of the Aahara Vidhi Vidhana as described in the Charaka Samhita. We systematically analyse the ten cardinal dietary rules through the lens of modern medical physiology, exploring mechanisms such as enzymatic thermodynamics, gastric emptying kinetics, the Migrating Motor Complex (MMC), and the gut-brain axis. We elucidate the physiological basis of consuming warm (Ushnam) and unctuous (Snigdham) food, correlating these practices with the optimization of digestive enzymes and the secretion of satiety peptides like Cholecystokinin (CCK) and Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). Furthermore, the rule of eating only after digestion (Jeerne Ashniyat) is critically examined in the context of preventing Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and maintaining metabolic flexibility via autophagy. By synthesizing classical Ayurvedic scholarship with cutting-edge research in gastroenterology, this report establishes Aahara Vidhi Vidhana not as archaic ritual, but as a sophisticated, evidence-based protocol for optimizing human physiology.},
        keywords = {Aahara Vidhi Vidhana, Kriya Sharira, Digestive Physiology, Agni, Gastrointestinal Motility, Metabolic Homeostasis, Ayurvedic Dietetics},
        month = {January},
        }