European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

EFFECTS OF LIFESTYLE FACTORS ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND INFERTILITY- A LITERARY REVIEW

Dr. Arpita Shah*, Dr. Priya Chawle and Dr. Sonam Kanzode

ABSTRACT

Day to day increasing urge for good lifestyle, Industrial development, population explosion, poverty causes changes in the quality of food and environmental conditions, which lead to drastic modification in the life style of modern man, like fast, stressful and competitive life and unhealthy food habits. Such life style factors are the modifiable habits and ways of life that can greatly influence overall health and wellbeing, including fertility. Ayurveda emphasized on the preventive as well as curative approach towards health. Ayurveda life style protocols (Dinacharya and Ritucharya) are very useful for the healthy life, including reproductive health and fertility. Professional exposures, shift duties, non-nutritional food habits and addiction to tobacco, wine and different drugs cause qualitative as well as quantitative compromise with the sperm of the male population. Following the life style as per Ayurveda along with use of Vajeekarana medicine looks to be reducing extent of infertility in today’s modern world. Present article explains about life style factors influencing reproductive capacity and protocols and guidelines of Ayurveda for the healthy reproductive life as well as fertility to produce the healthy and long living progeny.

Keywords: Lifestyle, fertility, reproductive health, Ayurveda.