The Importance Of Naturopathy And Yoga In Disease Prevention ✒ Sankar Modern medicine has over the past century helped significantly reduce the burden of communicable diseases and related deaths, it has not been enough to prevent non- communicable diseases. A preventive approach to healthcare requires more than just treatment-based outcomes. It entails the promotion of a healthy way of living to reduce the incidence of lifestyle diseases. Putting preventive care on the front foot can help improve health outcomes and reduce the burden on our healthcare system. Alternative systems of medicine, particularly naturopathy, have a lot and dietary modifications, help in more to offer than modern medicine managing chronic conditions, and when it comes to prevention and vastly improve the quality of life. It disease management. Naturopathy is also allows people with chronic one such system that relies on the diseases to reduce their intake or power of the body to heal itself. dosage of drugs whose long term Naturopaths factor in physical, consumption may have negative environmental, psychological, and consequences on the body. In the long social factors when treating a patient. run, this translates to lower medical The unique patient-centric approach expenses and hospital visits. At the focuses on devising customized, non- same time, the adoption of invasive and drugless treatments to naturopathy and yoga in our daily treat chronic conditions. Research has lives serves to keep us healthy and found that their treatment modalities reduce the risk of non-communicable when combined with lifestyle changes diseases. A TO Z INDIA ● JULY 2021 ● PAGE 9