Deso this make any sense? Kapha and obesity

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Dear Srikant, Santosh,

Here is a piece of information I watched on BBC or some other channel.

Now, you are aware that Ayurveda maintains that running cold indicates

predominance of Kapha prikriti. One of the characteristics of Kaspha prakriti is

body fat. A fat person is supposed to have Kapha vikopa. I saw this documentary

on a common cold that some children got infected. Now the RNA of the cold virus

attacks fat cells of the body. They attach themselves to the nucleus of the fat

cells and change their code to make them permanently predisposed towards being

fat. These individuals after becoming adults are

predisposed to be obese.

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(Prashant)upkamath.

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Prashanth,

 

This is how urban legends get propagated. What you are engaging in is free

association, selection and confirmation bias. The adenovirus that is implicated

in some forms of obesity in animals is not the common cold virus. Some viruses

belonging to its class might cause cold-like symptoms, but they may also cause

gastric, gall bladder and intestinal symptoms and red eyes. So they cover the

entire gamut of ayurveda - vata, pitta and kapha. Please don't let this nonsense

regarding ayurveda go any further.

 

Cheers,

 

Santosh