For ages Ayurveda has laid emphasis on a healthy lifestyle. Most of the modern day problems are result of unhealthy lifestyle. Curing the problem with medicine is one way of living the life. But living a healthy lifestyle to prevent problems from occuring is definitely a better lifestyle. By following basic principles of Ayurveda for a halthy life cycle we can protect our body from many diseases by making these basic adjustments in our daily lifestyle.

• Take limited meals: eat wilfully, and have your food in accordance with the nature. Your meal should be healthy and have enough food only, do not take excess of food.
• Go to bed early and rise early in the morning. Rise ninety minutes before the sunrise every day.
• Drink 2-3 glasses of lukewarm water. This lukewarm water is taken with lemon and honey is highly advantageous. Never take coffee or tea on an empty stomach.
• At the time of urinating and excrement, tighten the tenth. The act makes the teeth stronger.
• Fill your mouth with water early in the morning and then sprinkle some cold water on your eyes. Clean the upper portion of the mouth with your thumb. Then you will never face any nose, eyes, ear and neck related difficulty in your life.
• Before taking bath, massage your thumbs of toes with some drop of mustard oil. This makes your vision better. Walk on green grass without using footwear. Massage your entire body toes and thumbs of feet there at, with mustard oil once in a week.
• Use neem or babul datum (twig brush) for brushing in the morning and evening so that all other food particles that are left in teeth are thrown out.
• Mix the water with lemon while bathing, to remove the bad odour of the body.
• Everyday practice Yogic jogging, yogasanas, Pranayam etc. regularly. Do, pranayama to get rid of all kinds of ailments. For mental and physical health and get tremendous self- confidence.
• Take fibre content, sprouted seed, fruits, dalia.
• After finishing the meal, sit in Vajrasan for 10 minutes. If it is possible walk for a while, after finishing dinner.
• Take at least 8 to 12 glasses (2-5 to 3 litres) of water everyday.
• Keep your back straight while you sit. Whenever you sit on floor, keep some support to your back.
• Never bite nails with your teeth.
• Do not drink water while having food. Take water half an hour before meal and half an hour after having a meal. Drink water gulping slowly.
• The vegetarians easily digest food, if the food is eaten after chewing it. Stop eating Fast Foods. Shun smoking, liquor and non- vegetarian food.
• Take your food in lesser quantity. Take your food only to lead your life. Do not eat too much. Do not live to eat. Your stomach should be filled half part with meals, one fourth part is left for the water, and the remaining one fourth part should be left for the air. Body is a temple and not a grave yard.
• Drink water always in a sitting posture. If the water is taken in a standing position, rheumatism (vata disease) attacks.
• Have meal always in sitting position. Chew well and eat. At the time of eating do not speak to anybody. It is necessary to keep silence while eating. Concentrate your mind only on eating. Do not see T.V . while eating food.
• Take leafy vegetables and salads as much as possible. Don’t consume much cool or much hot things, because they are harmful for the digestion. Don’t use mirch, masala in food items. Have seasonal fruits to maintain good health. Don’t have fruits after finishing meal. You may take them separately before meal.
• After having meal, go to urinate. Never eat ice cream after having meal.
• Have dinner before two hours to go to bed. At least walk 2 kilometres, after having dinner. Don’t go to bed immediate after finishing the meal. Make a habit to sleep without using pillow to strengthen the heart and mind.
• Use nose to breathe. The supreme lord gave mouth to eat. Don’t breath through mouth.
• Wash vegetables well before use and then peal them off. Use pulses along with husk.
• Fast for a day in a week to cleanse the body.
• Don’t stop the pressure of urine, excretion or sneezing. Such acts make the system ill.
• Don’t use too soft bed to sleep. Dunlop beds are harmful to health.
• Never cover your face while you sleep. See that air flow is in good condition in your bedroom. If you sleep on left side, right side breath is activated which is helpful in digesting.
• Intoxicating drinks are risky to health. They harm you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
• Always be happy, pleasant and joyful. When you enjoy what you do, the result would never cause for a disappointment to you. Hopeful actions succeed while hopeless actions develop suicidal tendency. Cheerfulness is the key for health. Do Laughing exercise everyday. Laughing is real life.

All of us knows about most of the above mentioned ways of living. But the important this is to inculcate in our life, in order to have a healthy life.