Dr. Rakesh Sarwal

Dr. Rakesh Sarwal

MBBS, MPH, DrPH (Johns Hopkins), Therapeutic Yoga Consultant

Professor, Community Medicine, Head, Integrated Health Clinic, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Faridabad, India

Expertise

  • Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, Yoga
  • Health Systems for UHC
  • Public Health Policy

Blog posts

2026

Empowering patients through three Evidence-Based Lifestyle Practices

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Modern healthcare excels at treating disease, yet patients often struggle to translate scientific evidence into practical health decisions. This article introduces the Three-Layered Approach (TLA), an evidence-based framework integrating Lifestyle Medicine, Integrative Medicine and Natural Healing to help patients make informed decisions in partnership with their healthcare professionals. A lifestyle based approach to chronic diseases not only addresses the root cause, but also empowers patients to take charge of their journey to remission and good health. We present this with a 21-point lifestyle questionnaire in our article on Medium. Read the full article

From Restlessness to Actively Calm

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Instead of diversion, we suggest a Six-Step Practical Pathway to mental clarity, drawn from Indian wisdom and traditions. It helps us work within, on our perception, acceptance and attitude. Beginning with Acceptance, we train our mind to accept reality, focus on the immediate and present, and take change of whats left. Step-2, Gratitude builds confidence, capacity of taking action and an optimistic attitude. Step-3 of Stillness prepares us for the inner journey to gather our energies to draw strength within., Step-4 of Yoga is both a physical practice as well as mental withdraw of senses to wards out inner and the higher self. It helps conserve our energies and helps build mental and physical strength. Joy in Step-5 is the perception, recognition of inner peace and building on it. These prepare us for last step of right action with a free mind, focus and clarity to help remedy the present to build a beautiful future.

2022

Integrative medicine as a life-cycle approach Permalink

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To maximize health gains from limited budgets, build on our indigenous knowledge, India needs to adopt a system of integrative medicine that recognizes the strengths and weaknesses of each system and best uses them as per need following a life-cycle approach. (The Daily Pioneer)

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