Many patients come to Ayurveda frustrated by failed dieting attempts. Understanding the Ayurvedic model of medas (fat tissue) and agni provides a different frame for treatment.
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This is a question I hear often in clinic, and the honest answer has more nuance than a one-line rule. Ayurveda frames sustainable weight management around agni (digestive fire) and the quality of medas dhatu (fat tissue metabolism), not calorie counting alone. A person can eat "correctly" by conventional standards…
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