Diet, Ayurveda and interface with biomedicine

We thank Dr Kontum for his interesting and useful comments to our paper[1] and further reference to the address by one of the authors (AC) to the recently concluded World Ayurveda Congress 2010 in Bangalore on the subject of ‘Ayurveda Biomedicine Interface’. Kontum has very rightly highlighted the ‘holistic approach’ as a contrast to just focusing on ‘drugs’. Also, he has described a relatively simple method of cooking rice practiced by his family that apparently enriches the health promotion and preventive value. Several such healthy practices advocated by Ayurveda could be included in the daily life style and living in modern times in addition to the one he suggested.