Dr Mishra was speaking at the Argus News 'Odisha Health Connect Season 2' organized here today.
"We are now leading a sedentary life in these modern days. We are working less and eating processed food produced with the use of insecticide and fertilizer. This lifestyle creates health problems and our stress level goes up," said Dr Mishra.
Stating that both the Government of India and Odisha government have introduced schemes to provide good treatment to people and life expectancy has gone up, Dr Mishra said something is lacking that can't be resolved by government guidelines and policies unless lifestyle is changed.
He stressed that the traditional healthcare systems- Ayurveda and Yoga etc, and modern medication need to go hand-in-hand to maintain good health creating an integrated ecosystem.
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He laid importance on the vicious cycle of 'more medicines and more diseases' where one leads to the other and the other is the root cause of the former.
On the occasion, he urged Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to integrate both the system in the health academic system.
He said illness is not a physical condition, rather it is a social phenomenon in many cases. Steps need to be taken to resolve these issues in that way.
