Significance of Traditional Diets on Environmental Foot Prints

Abstract

Environmental issue is extremely prevalent in the present urbanization phase that is accountable for causing the destruction and damage to the lives of flora, fauna, microorganisms and especially human beings which in turn is liable for higher morbidity and mortality rates. Keeping this environmental issue in view, we aimed to assess the significance of various food products illustrated in the Holy Book, Bhagavad Gita ages back on the environmental foot prints. Facts and features about different types of dietary products and their impact on environmental health were searched using data bases like Google scholar, Google, PubMed, Medline, etc. These databases were used so as to ascertain the environmental importance of these dietary products in current modernity phase. Scientific studies reported that food products under Sattvic diet has the functional ability of using scarce amount of natural resources and emitting less greenhouse gases whereas Rajasic and Tamasic dietary products are degradable for environment as it produces harmful and toxic gases. It has been deduced that these traditional diets mentioned in Bhagavad Gita ages back have been scientifically applicable and functional in current westernization phase which has helped in regulating the environmental problem by decreasing the environmental foot prints.