HEALTH AND LIFE STYLE
The
proverb “Health is Wealth” is more relevant today, than ever before. As far as
definition is concerned health is physical, mental and social well being of an
individual. Health is hard to achieve now a days. Population, explosion,
environment pollution, urbanization, changed life style and food is largely
responsible for deter renting health.
Millions
of people of India and across the world suffer from diseases like hypertension,
diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and
digestive problems largely because of changed life style and food. There is a
mad race for earning more and more. As a result basic health is ignored. For a
21st century man, wealth may not be everything but is not less than anything.
People are being jugged in terms of the amount of money they earn and not by
their knowledge or ability. Here money counts much and it speaks for the
individual. We are always in a run as if catching a moving train. Therefore, we
hardly have time for proper and timely food. So we prefer packed food, which is
mostly ready made, preserved or salted, or carbonated soft drinks etc. basically
the youth mass of our country prefers these junk and fast food.
There
is another section in the society who leads a sedentary life because either
they have enough wealth or earn enough but not enough reason to burn calories.
So they are more prone to have life style diseases. It is painful to mention
that there is another large section in our society who doesn’t have access to
basic health and hygiene or food. They have enough reason to burn calories but
not enough wealth to supplement. Therefore both are suffering that is people
who have and people who do not have. It is seen that the haves are more prone
to lifestyle diseases than the have nuts. It is largely because of our
lifestyle, food and ignorance.
Here
some of the health tips to reduce the risk of lifestyle diseases.
1
- Reducing fats and oils.
- Cut out fast food and junk food.
- Intake of vegetables and fiber food.
- Cut down intake of salt and soft drinks.
- Intake of safe clean drinking water.
- Regular jogging or mild exercise or practice of yoga.
We always complain that
we don’t have time for exercise so at the end it is worthy to conclude with a
beautiful quotation by E.Stanley:
“Those who think
they have no time for exercise
Sooner or later
will have to find time for illness”.
