Sri Lanka, March 3 -- Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa pointed out that the Government is spending more than 40 times the annual budget allocated to the indigenous Ayurvedic medical sector on treating diseases caused by unhealthy dietary habits.

The minister made this revelation during a recent visit to the 'Research and Propagation Service Herbal Garden' in Janasavigama, Pallekele, Kandy, which has been established under the National Medicinal Plant Cultivation Project and the Herbal Collection Programme of the Ayurveda Department.

Minister Jayatissa also emphasised that diseases resulting from poor dietary habits have become an unbearable burden on the country. He highlighted that while significant funds are spent on me...