All of us are born to live and live healthy. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said, “It is health that is real wealth and
not pieces of gold and silver.” Nevertheless, even those people who have materialistic security to a reasonable extent find it difficult to remain normally healthy and disease free. The
health issues related to millions of have-nots, who still have many
socio-economic problems despite our country being independent for more than
seventy long years, are far bigger in any way.
In the course of interacting and discussing
with various sets of people of all ages- youths, professionals, senior citizens
etc., it has come to the fore distinctly
that majority of people do not even know the proper way of drinking water. As a
natural fall out, they are beset with one or the other ailments or physical problems
and are compelled to visit the doctor and take medicines. In the process, they
face avoidable inconveniences. It all happens when all of us have been drinking
water since our very childhood. To put it plain, we are yet to know the art of
drinking water- how much to drink, how to drink, when to drink and when not to.
Normally, we find people eating variety of
eatables throughout the day that too under the influence of advertisements
without thinking for even a moment before eating that the item is good or not
good from health point of view. They are also unaware of the quantity of salt and
sugar they are consuming by eating processed and packaged food items in large
quantity regularly or in quicker intervals and also of the health hazard of
excess consumption of salt or sugar.
The first hand experiences of this sort are
many and are quite disturbing. To say the least, any amount of medical expenses
by self and the government will be insufficient to do away with or drastically
curb the incidence of frequent illness among large majority of our population.
It is of course true for any country, but bigger the country, bigger is the
problem until and unless we exactly know and be aware of the easy to practice
remedies.
So, what exactly we should do to address this
growing problem on a sustainable basis?
Here it is.
The health experts across the world say that proper lifestyle gives us a
blueprint for ensuring that our daily activities and choices keep us on our
path of living healthy now and on days ahead.
So, sitting down to review our existing
lifestyle discreetly and then deciding what lifestyle components are more important
for us will help manage our health and thereby health of our family to a
greater extent.
Undoubtedly, through better lifestyle management
we become capable of knowing the ‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’ of a healthy living. To
say, we become better equipped to practice desired level of physical activity,
healthy eating, body weight management and stress management. This will also
enable us to pursue our hobby in a better way and finally sleep well at night.
The end result would definitely ensure better health and productivity for all family members everywhere - workplace, examination centre,
playground and home. The bonus will be reduced medical expenses and overall
feel good feeling – the real win-win situation.
As always, I'm keen to know what you think on this subject. Hence, request you to post comments to share your views and experiences.
As always, I'm keen to know what you think on this subject. Hence, request you to post comments to share your views and experiences.
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