Impact of Food Additives and Food Hybridization on Human Health W. R. T. Gara Visha

Food is an essential entity for all the living beings. Food habit is a key source of individual’s health. The quality of healthy life is dependent on the quality of food the person consumes. There are some protocols explained in Ayurveda for the processing and consumption of food through which one can achieve a healthy life and can increase the life expectancy. Since many years raw food is being processed with some or the other chemicals for its better Shelf-life, Taste, Appearance, Smell etc. for the purpose of mass distribution, attractiveness, large selling, Easy to cook, Easy to eat etc. And these all processing and generative methods fall under the term of Hybridization and Food additive criteria. In spite of being used with good purpose, a long term use of these products will give a bad impact on human health system. The health issues and deadly diseases which we are observing since last few decades could be probably due to these processing methods. The diseases like Cancer, Coronary diseases, Liver failure, Organ toxicity, all the metabolic and endocrinal disorders etc. are in a peak stage. And one among the reason could be the quality of food which is being used. These types of changes in life style will unknowingly lead to exposure of toxins in one or the other way. Which we can call it as a Gara visha (artificial/concealed poison). Gara visha is a type visha which is produced by combination of two or more non poisonous / poisonous substances. Through this poisoning symptoms/ disease may manifest in few weeks to months. Poisoning may generate through improper food habit, drugs , medications etc. Gara visha will produce symptoms such as Pandu(Anemia), Grahani(IBS), Hridrog(Heart diseases), Gulma(Tumors) etc.


INTRODUCTION
Food is an essential entity for all the living beings.Food habit is a key source of individual's health.The quality of healthy life is dependent on the quality of food the person consumes.There are some protocols explained in Ayurveda for the processing and consumption of food through which one can achieve a healthy life and can increase the life expectancy.Since many years raw food is being processed with some or the other chemicals for its better Shelf-life, Taste, Appearance, Smell etc. for the purpose of mass distribution, attractiveness, large selling, Easy to cook, Easy to eat etc.And these all processing and generative methods fall under the term of Hybridization and Food additive criteria.In spite of being used with good purpose, a long term use of these products will give a bad impact on human health system.The health issues and deadly diseases which we are observing since last few decades could be probably due to these processing methods.The diseases like Cancer, Coronary diseases, Liver failure, Organ toxicity, all the metabolic and endocrinal disorders etc. are in a peak stage.And one among the reason could be the quality of food which is being used.Which we can call it as a Gara visha (artificial/concealed poison).Gara visha is a type visha which is produced by combination of two or more non poisonous / poisonous substances.Through this poisoning symptoms/ disease may manifest in few weeks to months.Poisoning may generate through improper food habit, drugs , medications etc. Gara visha will produce symptoms such as Pandu(Anemia), Grahani(IBS), Hridrog(Heart diseases), Gulma(Tumors) etc.

MATERIALS-
A review of Concept of Gara visha ( Concealed / artificial poison) and a critical review on food additives and food hybridization and their ill effects on the health.The data is collected from the e-sources and the text books.
2) Concept of Food additives and Food hybridization-Description-Since many decades food additives are being used in the processing of food as in the form of Preservatives, Coloring agents, Odor enhancers, Appearance enhancers etc.And a hybridization is also being conducted in a huge amount to get a maximum yield in a short /period, to improve crops, to develop a crop which is more efficient than its parent crop, or to the intention of consumers demand (like; Seedless fruits, Nuts, easy to eat, attractiveness etc.).Though these are been tested for the safety and toxins, they exhibit health hazards after the period of time. [13]-Table :2 SI.NO.

Chemical Compounds
Health Hazards

RESULT
Though the Food additives or Food hybridization will not show immediate adverse effect on the body but after some time period we can observe some kind of health issues such as GI disorders, Respiratory conditions, Skin reactions, Endocrinal disorders, Vitamin & nutritional deficiencies, Cancer, Sterility, Blood and Cardiovascular disorders etc. in a population.These conditions can be correlated with health issues caused due to Gara visha (Concealed/ Artificial poisoning) such as Grahani(IBS/GI upset), Daurbalya(Nutritional deficiency), Yakrit and Pleeha roga( Liver and spleen disorders), Kushta (Skin disorders), Shwas(COPD, Asthma), Kasa(Cough), Gulma(Tumors) etc. which are mentioned in Ayurveda in the context of Agadtantra by various acharya.Hence if people follow few of the food habits or the food processing techniques in a traditional way and if the conditions are treated earlier through the line of treatment given in the Ayurveda i.e., in the context of Gara visha one can achieve a better health and can reduce a risk of life threatening health events also.

DISCUSSION
The food which we are eating is in the incompatible form where the originality is lost due to one or the other way.The previous traditional method of cultivation, the food processing, or the eating habit is bit hard to bring out due to certain circumstances but if one follows few traditional methods which will show some sort of health benefits.As the research is growing people are gradually getting awareness regarding the facts.So following these incompatible food habits we are able to observe some health issues which are at its peak.And according to Agadtantra those can be correlated with the conditions caused due to the Gara visha ( Concealed / Artificial poisoning).And early prevention and diagnosis is equally important for the better health.

CONCLUSION
The purpose of choosing this concept is to compare the health conditions which are being produced by the prolonged usage food containing additives and hybridized varieties with the conditions of Gara visha.And with this critical analysis we are able to see that many of the disease conditions are of similar nature in both the concepts.So with the further help of analytical and experimental studies one can work over the specific parts such as their preventive aspects , diagnostic parameters and as well as treating those conditions with the help of Agada remedies or with the concepts of Ayurveda treatment.