An ‘Ayurveda-Biology’ platform for integrative diabetes management

Abstract

While Ayurveda and modern biomedicine uses different epistemology and ontology for describing diabetes, both the systems recognize the central role of gut and gut derived factors in postprandial glucose disposal and whole body glucose homeostasis. Essentially, the principles of both Ayurveda and modern biomedicine overlap at a gut centred view of diabetes management; and Gastro-intestinal mediated glucose disposal, a holistic concept of glucose metabolism, is emerging as a converging node for designing innovative integrative diabetes management strategies.