@article{ART002588450},
author={Pragya Gangele and Murlidhar Paliwal},
title={Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview},
journal={CELLMED},
issn={3022-6805},
year={2020},
volume={10},
number={2},
pages={10-10},
doi={10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010}
TY - JOUR
AU - Pragya Gangele
AU - Murlidhar Paliwal
TI - Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview
JO - CELLMED
PY - 2020
VL - 10
IS - 2
PB - Cellmed Orthocellular Medicine and Pharmaceutical Association
SP - 10
EP - 10
SN - 3022-6805
AB - Ayurveda is the science of life. It guides about the protection of health of the healthy and alleviation of ailments of diseased person. In Ayurveda Upavasa (fasting) is one among all Daivavyapashraya (spiritual) therapies and one among ten Langhana (that which produces lightness of the body) therapies. It is also stated in Ayurveda that fasting increases digestive fire and causes digestion of Ama-dosha (metabolic toxins). On religious grounds, Upavasa is a way to get closer to the almighty. Scientists have found fasting activates autophagy. Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on how cell recycle and renew their content, a process called autophagy. Many published studies indicate positive effects of fasting on neuroprotection and longevity.
KW - Upavasa;langhana;Ama;fasting;autophagy.
DO - 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
ER -
Pragya Gangele and Murlidhar Paliwal. (2020). Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview. CELLMED, 10(2), 10-10.
Pragya Gangele and Murlidhar Paliwal. 2020, "Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview", CELLMED, vol.10, no.2 pp.10-10. Available from: doi:10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele, Murlidhar Paliwal "Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview" CELLMED 10.2 pp.10-10 (2020) : 10.
Pragya Gangele, Murlidhar Paliwal. Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview. 2020; 10(2), 10-10. Available from: doi:10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele and Murlidhar Paliwal. "Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview" CELLMED 10, no.2 (2020) : 10-10.doi: 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele; Murlidhar Paliwal. Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview. CELLMED, 10(2), 10-10. doi: 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele; Murlidhar Paliwal. Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview. CELLMED. 2020; 10(2) 10-10. doi: 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele, Murlidhar Paliwal. Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview. 2020; 10(2), 10-10. Available from: doi:10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010
Pragya Gangele and Murlidhar Paliwal. "Upavasa (fasting) for health & longevity: an overview" CELLMED 10, no.2 (2020) : 10-10.doi: 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0010