Nowadays prescribing medication as a first line of treatment is more common than modifying the dietary habits and lifestyle of people. Improper diet and a sedentary lifestyle are responsible for many diseases. A certain group of diseases popularly knowns as NCD or lifestyle disorders are directly related to these two factors. Ayurveda the most ancient science of medicine still aims at uprooting the cause of diseases rather than symptomatic relief. According to Ayurveda, to achieve and maintain Arogya (health) it is essential to practice healthy dietary and lifestyle interventions. A sufficient amount of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting health whereas improper and unsafe food items create a vicious cycle of disease. Similarly, lifestyle choice plays an important role in the manifestation, prevention, and treatment of the disease. Many lifestyle interventions mentioned in Ayurveda include avoiding the suppression of manifested urges and adapting Swasthavritta in the form of Dincharya, Nishachraya, Ritucharya, and Sadavritta have a huge impact on a person’s overall health. One must adopt these dietary and lifestyle practices to achieve and maintain healthy living. This paper is an attempt to emphasize the importance of dietary and lifestyle behaviors in the manifestation and prevention of diseases, it enlists the various dos and don’t that one must consider in day-to-day life for healthy living.