PILOT STUDY

DIETARY HABITS OF

YOGASHIKSHAKBY

SUNIL P. PAWAR (YOGA PANDIT)BHARTIYA YOGA VIDYADHAM, PUNE.

The Ancient Science of Yoga

preaches

Pureness of

Aahar

Vihar

Vichar

yadnnaM dohQaa%vaaojaaobalavaNaa-idpaoYakma

carksaMihta

Ideal Diet

Today’s Urban Diet

Excess Tea & Coffee

Fried Foods

Alcohol

Junk Foods

Mindless Eating

Yogic Diet

Satvik Aahar ‘Doogdha Aahar’

‘Falahar’

‘Mansahar’

‘Meetaahar’

‘Madya’

To study and analyse the

dietary habits of

yogashikshak

AIM

How Yogic is our diet?

Study Group

Yoga Shikshak of Bhartiya Yoga Vidya Dham, Maharashtra

Age Group : 30 – 71 Years

Total Participants : 73

Female : 45

Male : 28

PILOT STUDY ON DIETARY HABITS OF YOGA SADHAKASSESMENT FORM

Name: _________________________ Male/Female. Age ______Years Date: / / 2010.Yogasadhana : Since ____Years _____Months. Institute __________ Passed Exam. _____________

No. Food Daily Once/Twice a Week Sometimes Never

1 Milk

2 Fruits & Raw Foods

3 Tea & Coffee

4 Non-Veg.

5 Alcohol

6 Hotelling

7 Junk-foods

8 Fried Foods

9 Excessive Eating

10 Regular Meal Timing

Dietary HabitsDaily

Once/Twice a

Week

Some

TimesNever

Milk 3 2 1 0

Fruits & Raw Foods 3 2 1 0

Tea & Coffee 0 1 2 3

Non-Veg. 0 1 2 3

Alcohol 0 1 2 3

Hotelling 0 1 2 3

Junk-foods 0 1 2 3

Fried Foods 0 1 2 3

Excessive Eating 0 1 2 3

Regular Meal Timing 3 2 1 0

Scoring Table

Scoring Marks:- 0 – 10 Poor Score

11 – 20 Good Score

21 – 30 Excellent Score

Positive Findings

67% of Yogashikshak have daily Milk.

77% of Yogashikshak have daily Fruits or Salad.

100% Yogashikshak abstain completely from alcohol.

70% Yogashikshak abstain completely from nonveg.

67% Yogashikshak never overeat

74% Yogashikshak have daily regular meal timings.

Negative Findings

53% Yogashikshak daily have tea or coffee.

77% Yogashikshak indulge in hotelling on a weekly or monthly basis.

65% Yogashikshak indulge in junk-food intake on a weekly or monthly basis.

85% Yogashikshak have deep fried foods on a weekly or monthly basis

Dietary Habits Daily Once/Twice a

Week

Some

Times

Never

% % % %

Milk 67 15 13 5

Fruits & Raw Foods 77 19 4 0

Tea & Coffee 53 8 15 24

Non-Veg. 0 12 18 70

Alcohol 0 0 0 100

Hotelling 0 6 71 23

Junk-foods 4 8 56 32

Fried Foods 0 14 71 15

Excessive Eating 1 0 32 67

Regular Meal Timing 74 15 6 5

Frequency of Intake

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

67%

14% 12%

5%

MILK- INTAKE

0

20

40

60

80

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

77%

19%

4% 0%

FRUIT / SALAD - INTAKE

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

0%12%

18%

70%

NON-VEG - INTAKE

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

0% 0% 0%

100%

ALCOHOL INTAKE

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

1% 0%

32%

67%

EXCESS EATING

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

74%

15%5% 4%

REGULAR MEAL TIMINGS

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

53%

8%15%

24%

TEA / COFFEE - INTAKE

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

0% 5%

71%

23%

HOTELLING

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

4%8%

56%

32%

JUNK-FOOD - INTAKE

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Daily Weekly Sometimes Not at All

0%

14%

71%

15%

DEEP-FRIED - INTAKE

RESULTS

Conclusion

Today’s Yoga shikshak are

Following the Principles of

Yogic Diet.

Hari Om!