HOW TO STAY FIT AND HEALTHY

HOW TO STAY FIT AND HEALTHY

We all want to stay fit and healthy. There is no rocket science behind staying healthy. We all know what should be done for a healthy lifestyle. The thing is we always give ourselves excuse for abstaining from the footsteps to a healthy life. But, the moment we actually have to care for our health, we have to put great efforts to get healthy again with stress and frustration of being diseased or obese.

Why wait to catch the tail and pulling, when we can actually hug the blissful health always?

A healthy and slim person is even more active than any obese or diseased individual. Anyways, if you are thinking about yourself, even if you are troubled with obesity or any disease, it is still not too late. You can start with these tips and feel a great change in your lifestyle at least within a week if you genuinely follow them.

A.     Drink plenty of water daily.

Drinks loads of water daily.

Starting your day with two glasses of water, and at least a glass before sleeping. Water has excellent cleansing properties. It will start with flushing your intestine and removing all the crap within, which pays hindrance in digestion and absorption of the food eaten. After that it will wash the excess fat from your body [preferably if you drink warm (not excess hot) water]. Moreover, it will aid all other body system in functioning properly. Water is needed in all the reactions in mostly all the systems of the body. If there is plenty of water the systems will function more efficiently, and the diseases will stay away from you.

B.     Healthy diet

We need to mend our food habits, from the junk food style to the healthy food style. We have to add raw vegetables as salad, fruits and stay away from fried and junk meals. Avoid too much dairy products. Add antioxidants in our diet.

There is a complete list of minerals which has to be incorporated in our diet. How can this be accomplished? By intake of wide assortments of the fruits, vegetables and cereals. Such as banana, avocado, kiwi, grapes, apple, berries, citrus fruits, beans, peas, lentils, parsley, corn, carrot, watermelon, beet root, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, etc. The assortment will ensure you intakes of variety of minerals.

There should be an even distribution of calories in your food in accordance with the chart below-

Breakfast should incorporate maximum calories intake upto

Lunch should limit the calories intake to

Dinner should restrict the calories to

One should have dinner at least 3-4 hours prior going to bed.

C.     Morning walk

For a healthy and active life, the soft, smooth fresh air of the early morning is effectively invigorating. Going for a morning walk not only provides this soothing fresh air but it is also an active pattern of exercise. Day to day life makes us so deeply indulged in our tasks that we do not get time for ourselves. This is the time when we can feel ourselves, breathe deeply while walking and feel the fresh air energizing your system.

D.     Exercise

Regular exercise keeps one fit and healthy. Exercise is very essential to keep body nimble and swift. As a machine which is used regularly is more efficient and works smoothly, similarly our body like a machine is greatly efficient and swift when working. All the movements during exercise makes the joint flexible and adds the nimbleness to the body. It burns excess fat, tones muscle and endeavors a perfect shape to the body.

Apart from exercise one should practice yoga. Yoga helps to stay away from a number of diseases. It leads our body functioning more efficient. Yoga has proven benefits. Many serious non-curable diseases are also healed by yoga. The best time to perform yoga is early morning after emptying the bowels.

E.     While travelling

State of being healthy also means preventing situations which may lead to compromised health conditions. While travelling we have to keep note of certain things which may prove to be a hindrance to our health.

a.      Wear Helmet

While driving or riding the two-wheelers, make sure to wear helmets. They are not for any aesthetic purpose. Rather, they save you from head injuries during any road traffic accidents. These head injuries are the most serious injuries and are fatal. You never know, when a medical situation may knock the door. Why take chances, be prepared for the same. Helmets can save lives.

b.      Tie seat belts-

While driving/ riding a four-wheeler make sure to tie your seat-belts. Seat belts are not for any show-off, they have a special role in the vehicle. Seat belts can prevent you from crashing during a road accident. It may prevent major complications as it ties you to the back of the seat and maintains it even during the accident. There are the same words- You never know, when a medical situation may knock the door. Why take chances, be prepared for the same. Always wear seat belts. It is a law not for the police or government, it is for your safety.

c.       Vehicle FA kit

You should always keep a first aid box at home, in your vehicle, with you while on a trip or picnic. You should also carry the necessary and prescribed medications with you.

F.      For an individual suffering from a disease

Those suffering from a disease, should specially care for some of the points-

d.      Wear a tag of disease you are suffering from

If you are suffering from a disease like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, epilepsy, etc you should always wear a tag/ band of the disease available in chemist stores. If any emergency situation is there, it may be easier for the medical care providers to identify the disease. It may affect their mode of care and treatment.

e.       Carry necessary and prescribed medicines

Always carry necessary and prescribed medicines with you. If you are in need of immediate care then the medicines may help to some extent.


Dr. Richa Singhania

Waste...

Last Diwali, while enjoying the lights and decorations of the beautiful city, staring at the sky, somewhere lapsed in the pleasant view of light crackers, I was proud to feel that this holy festival can be originated in none other but, a beautiful country like India. Being an Indian I am always proud of my country. It is colorful with its variety of religions, festivals and people. Sad part of the story being, when we flip this coin, we have many blackholes, which eats up the light of the country. When the discussion starts on this topic, there are endless topics to be covered. Where there is a scope of filling those blackholes, not with any great hardships.

                                                                                      Let us have a glance at an important issue, how this adorable country is witched. Wherever you travel Indiawide, except very few cities which can be counted on your fingertips all of them presents a view abominable to your eyes, with litter scattered here and there. It is said ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness.’ Clean surroundings and clean ‘you’ brings you mental peace and calmness. We appreciate cleanliness, clean streets and clean areas in some foreign countries. Even if we get a chance to go there, we will maintain the decorum of the city, littering the waste into dustbins. Do we really make efforts for this? Why can’t we maintain this in our country? This is just because there are no rules. There are strict rules for cleanliness in many countries. Rules are followed only when strictly implemented.

                                                                                                        In pre-modern times, waste generated was insignificant due to low population density, low social terms of exploitation of natural resources and minimum intervention with nature. Common waste produced during those times was mainly ashes and biodegradable human wastes. Waste produced was dumped on the ground locally with minimum environmental impact. Tools used were made of wood/metal which were reused or passed on to the next generation and kept natural.

                                                                               With the onset of industrialization, sustained urban growth, and continuously increasing population, build up of waste moreover with inappropriate management causes a regular deterioration in general quality of urban lives and also the terrific impact on environment. If waste would have been completely degradable it would be very easy to manage and also contribute to fossil formation which would have reverted as a fuel, helping mankind. But these days, dominating use of non biodegradable materials such as plastics persists, leading to their accumulation and hampering the environment badly. In some states, plastic bags are banned with a good result. Still, in many states plastics are widely used. There should be strict implementation of banning the plastic bags all over the country. We all know very well that plastics are non degradable. It contributes greatly towards accumulation of waste.

                                                                                                                     Some educated and aware people say no to plastic bags, and carry their own bags going to market which is an appreciable plead. (Even paper bags, being degradable intervene the nature as it leads cutting of trees). It’s a matter of pity that some responsible people who do not want to litter waste here and there, cannot find any right place to dump them. No provision of dustbins even in the main market of metro cities or metro-train stations.

                                     There are many major cities posing hilly heaps of garbage. Main component of these heaps is the plastic. It has been flashed in news channels many a times. Higher authorities are unable to find a solution neither for this, nor for further prevention of accumulation of such garbage. Some Scientists came forward with the ideas of decomposing those hilly garbage (for eg. in Delhi outer areas), with a considerably low budget than what is actually spent currently. But they were not promoted for this great task.

                                             Collection and management of wastes should be properly regulated. In some states waste management is privatized. Taking a step in waste management appreciably, providing dustbins at regular distances (curbside collection of waste). India is taking steps for proper waste disposal appreciably, but it should implement strict rules for the same with heavy fine imposed on those littering waste. Also, the rules should be the same for all.

                                                                                                                        In all the major countries the methods for waste management are landfills, incineration, recycling, biological reprocessing, energy recovery, resource recovery, avoidance and reduction. Curbside collection is the most common. Regarding the waste management, mandatory recycling and compositing ordinance should be there, ensuring the goal of zero waste by 2020.

                                                                                                International waste movement is the most alarming issue. Waste transport within a country is controlled by the national regulation, but the trans-boundary movement of waste is subjected to treaties. The BASEL CONVENTION deprecates the movement of hazardous wastes from developed to less developed countries. A state has sovereign right to prohibit the entry of hazardous wastes in its boundaries from any other country.  (Nuclear waste although hazardous not fall under jurisdiction of BASEL CONVENTION).

                                                                                                                                           India has both the aspects of crowd, one being judgmental and supportive, other being orthodox sticking to their non-significant ideas. The first category of people, should be supported to carry their logical ideas, for the betterment of the country.

Dr. Richa Agrawal ©

Andhavishwas - Change your thinking

It was an alluring evening, I was having a walk with my husband, adoring the admirable beauty of Chandigarh. It is good to go for a walk regularly to stay fit and healthy. Apart from that it was really soothing to see everything - so green, so beautiful, and feel the immense gratitude of nature. We were enjoying the sense of togetherness with the rhythm of the place. There were many trees, on the way we walked through. Nature is the most adorable beauty with a rhythmic hymn. After a long walk, we returned home.

                         The next day, while having a walk, we noticed some of the old small idols of God, lying at the base of the trees. May be somebody would have cleaned their house, and to get rid of the old idols, replacing them with the new ones, they would have left it beneath the tree. Anyways that was not the problem. Actually it is bad that we do not dispose things off properly. Disposing just means getting the things out of our house. The next day, we found those idols arranged properly beneath the same tree, with some flowers before them. We thought, that out of devotion, somebody might have arranged them. There are many blind followers of religion in India. Smiling at each other we walked away. The third day, while walking, we observed some incense sticks, lighted up before those old idols. We were observing the emerging superstition with just some old, rejected God’s idols.

         Anyways, we were out of the city for a month. After we returned, we were surprised to see, a raised platform being constructed under that tree, covering most of the area of street making it hard for the four wheelers to pass through. It posed a hard situation for the people living nearby that area. There was some road construction going on nearby, a wise man reported, and requested them to destroy that newly built platform. The platform as it was illegally constructed, was turned into soil without much affecting the emotions of the people. If it continued, the very next day there would have been a temple there, very soon acquiring the blind-minded people’s faith.

                                                                                                                              It is the case with most of the curbside temples in India, making the road/town planning crash down. The people claim their religion and devotion, without knowing or trying to explore the basis of their devotion. Which may be just some distorted, old, rejected remains of idol of God. Our devotism is not measured by the number of temples, mosques or tombs, rather it is counted by a good heart and good deeds. God should be in our hearts and minds, rather than finding him a place.

                                                                                                          I am not an atheist, nor am I asking you to be. Having faith in God, helps us in every way. It teaches us to stick to the moral path, it helps us overcome the adverse situations, and helps us to develop a strong will, which is the key to every achievement. But, if God wanted us to believe things blindly, why would have he given us brains. God wants everyone to be happy and on the right track, using their brains. God wants us to sensibly decide everything, be true to ourselves and not merely building temples over the rejected remains. God loves your devotion, and just needs your true love as every relation does.

Dr. Richa Agrawal ©

A review on "KYA HAI APKI CHOICE"

A review on "KYA HAI APKI CHOICE"

आज सुबह हमने चाय की चुस्कियो का स्वाद, NDTV के सोशल एक्सपेरिमेंट्स के कुछ ५-६ किस्सों के साथ लिया, जिन्हे आपको शायद रात के डिनर की मेज़ पर परोसा गया होगा. मै तहेदिल से इंटरनेट संसाधन का धन्यवाद देना चाहती हूँ, जिसके कारण विदेश में भी अपने देश की खबर रखना इतना आसान है. यूँ तो ऐसे कदम पहले भी यु ट्यूब चैनल्स में युवा पीढ़ी द्वाराउठाए गए हैं, पर  इंटरनेट एक वैकल्पिक संसाधन है, और हमारे भारत में टीवी, खबर का एक अनिवार्य संसाधन. इस अनिवार्य बड़े पैमाने पर ये मुहीम चलना, सराहनीय कदम है. बेशक येमुहीम -"क्या है आपकी चॉइस?”, प्रशंसनीय है.

क्या सही, क्या गलत, ये सबको पता होता है. पर सही को सही जता सके, हर किसी में वो हिम्मत नहीं होती. दिखाए जा रहे इन सोशल एक्सपेरिमेंट्स के माध्यम से "साधारण इंसान" को भीगलत को गलत ठहराने की हिम्मत मिलेगी. इस मुहीम के साथ, इनमे भाग लेने वाले, इनको देखने वाले, अपने घरों में ड्राइंग रूम में बैठे, इन विषयों पर चर्चा ज़रूर करते होंगे. हर व्यक्तिअपने आपको इस मुहीम की स्थिति में रखकर कल्पना करता होगा. जिससे उन्हें यह प्रेरणा मिलती है, की वह भी यह कर सकता है. उसकी आवाज़ की निंदा नहीं की जाएगी. इस तरह "आमआदमी भी अपना वज़ूद समझ, अपनी भूमिकाएं निभा पाएगा. यह मुहीम बहोत सी गलत सोच ख़त्म करने में मददगार साबित हो सकती है.

यह उस दवा के सामान है, जो धीरे-धीरे असर दिखती है, परन्तु इलाज पूर्ण रूप से करती है.

अब एक समीक्षक की दृष्टि से बात की जाए, तो यह मुहीम ये भी दर्शाती है के अपर मिडिल क्लास / पढ़े-लिखे लोग आसानी से आवाज़ उठा सकते है. जो दिखाया जाता है, उससे अपने आपको जोड़कर लोग देखते है..(मैंने यह रिव्यू १४मर्च को दिखाए गए "रेसिस्म" सोशल एक्सपेरिमेंट्स को ध्यान में रखते हुए किया है. समय की व्यस्तस्ता के कारण मै सारे वीडियो तो नहीं देखपाई, अगर मुझसे कोई गलती हो तो कृपया क्षमा करे.)
लोअर मिडिल/ लोअर क्लास के लोग, फिलहाल इस मुहीम से अपने आपको जोड़कर देखने में असमर्थ होंगे. यदि इन एक्सपेरिमेंट्स में लोअर मिडिल/ लोअर क्लास का भी हस्तक्षेप दिखायाजाए, तो वे भी अपने आपको इससे जोड़ सकेंगे. ड्राइंग रूम्स के साथ ही वन रूम और झुग्गिओं में भी इस मुहीम के लिए जमकर आवाज़ उठेगी. उनकी भी हिम्मत बढ़ेगी की वे खुले में आकर,सही का साथ दे गलत को नकार सकें, अपनी आवाज़ उठा सकें. इस क्रांति की ज्वाला कही अधिक असरदार होगी. इस मुहीम के लिए, एक आम और ज़िम्मेदार भारतीय होने के नाते, मैंNDTV का धन्यवाद देना चाहती हूँ.

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