If such a question arises in a meeting of more than a
hundred people from the different professions were the participants and the
nutritionist and the dietitian were invited to reply such a question.
I was also one of the participants of the meeting.
First of all as usual everybody was introduced to the
dignitaries on the dais. In turn the dignitaries were also introduced by the
Principal of Roy Academy to the participants. The meeting was organized with a
view to apprising the participants of the certain important factors on which
health in particular and wealth, prosperity, happiness and peace of mind
depends upon in general.
The chief guest who is an educationist asked from the
participants what exactly they wanted as number one in their life first.
I was sitting in front raw as a guest of honour. I said, “It
is the health that everybody wants”
Somebody said, “It is wealth.”
Then a young man by profession a para teacher said, “ Health
is wealth, so it is health, not wealth.”
All agreed to it that health is the most important factor
that everyone wants first. The nutritionist who has a very experience in what
one should do for one’s health.
What I learnt from him is as follows:
There are only four factors on which good health depend
upon:
1.Positive thinking:
We should have positive thinking in our
mind and accordingly deal with and deal in positively with whom we meet or come
across in day to day life in connection with different work or activity. It is
one of the most important factors due to the fact that much of our time and
energy is wasted and lost in thinking unnecessary of unwanted things, our mind
is filled up with garbage. Once our mind is filled up with garbage, we cannot
restore good things in it. We are addicted to bad habits on one hand and on the
other we lose interest in good things gradually. Ultimately we are changed into
men of negative attitude or thinking the result of which we lose the peace of
mind and suffer from stress and strain. Neither physically nor mentally we
remain healthy and fit to discharge our duty efficiently and effectively. We
fail in our business or in our profession. A time comes when we don’t have
adequate fund in hand to support our livelihood. We are so worried that we
suffer from hypertension, blood sugar or heart disease. We leave for heavenly
abode prematurely leaving the family in utmost scarcity.
In almost all religions the message or lesson of positive
attitude or thinking is given importance for the betterment of human life.
Positive thinking or attitude saves your time and energy,
keeps your mind cool to deal with or to deal in, refrains you from unnecessary
involvement, refrains you from addicting to bad habits and so on.
Your time is saved and you can devote much more time for the
progress and prosperity of your business or profession, moreover for your
family members with ease.
Such persons with positive thinking or attitude can:
A)Make assessment what is to be executed within which period
or time at what cost or investment.
B)Can plan properly.
C)Can implement the plan rightly.
D)Can have better control over work/job.
You can enjoy peace of mind, you can be far – far away from
any stress or strain the result of which you remain healthy and fit and your
family they also follow you and they remain healthy and fit – they can be your
working hands to assist you, coordinate you and cooperate you in your work or
duty, thus your business or profession can flourish day by day and one day you
can touch the height of success.
You can be free, fair and frank in what you do for yourself
and beyond that.
You can live and lead your life peacefully and cheerfully
and when you leave for heavenly abode,
you can leave with sheer smiles on your
lips – all may cry for missing you but you can smile departing with them.
2.Balance Diet:
Everybody knows “ Health is wealth ” but a
few take care of their health – whatever, whenever and whenever they get, they
take as intake which causes adverse effect on body and mind the result of which
they fall a prey to various contemplated diseases.
If you want to be healthy , you will have to take balance
diet every day without fail.
First of all let us define balance diet and what items it
contains:
Balance diet is defined as required amount of intake as a
sort of food and drink in quality and quantity that a person has to take
regularly every day as breakfast, lunch, refreshment and supper ( so called
dinner ) at night before going to bed. Balanced means measured or prescribed or
fixed quantity of diet that a person takes at different intervals.
Balance diet can keep you healthy and fit – it energises
your body and mind that you can be comfortably able or capable to do or
discharge your duty/work/ assignment/job or so to say your responsibility
efficiently and effetely in right perspective at the right time for a right
cause or purpose.
You require a certain amount of calorie which differs age to
age. You will have to take balance diet that can provide you that required
calorie every day to keep your body and brain. The diet you take is digested and
absorbed in your body and generate energy every now and then the moment you
take it.
Your balance diet is based on quality, quantity and variety
of food you take whole day at different period of time or at different
intervals.
The balance diet which you take must contain the necessary
ingredients or essentials in a certain quantity with quality:
1.Carbohydrate
2.Protein
3.Vitamin
4.Mineral
5.Calcium
You can take such food and drink that contains the
prescribed amount/ variety of these essentials in your diet. It can provide
your body and brain the required amount of energy in form of calorie. You can
consult any nutritionist or dietitian as to what and how much you can take
every day at different period of time.
3.Regular exercise:
In order to be healthy and fit you will
have to take exercise regularly.
Some of the recommended exercises are as follows;
a)Morning walk – half or one hour daily before sunrise.
b)Swimming
c)Mountaineering
d)Yoga and meditation
e)Pranayama
f)Vyayaam
g)Outdoor games and sports like football, cricket,
volleyball, kabaddi.
4.Proper Rest:
After your work is over either of mind or of
body or both your Working limbs of your body and mind become tired which
require proper rest particularly at night , may be even in day who have to do
shift duty in night – most probably from 10 PM to 6 AM for a week or so and in
such a working hours of duty. You can adjust yourself accordingly for your
rest.
Proper rest is recommended for sound sleep at night or day
continuously for 5/6 hours for major and for minor rest hour increases.
Proper rest soothes your tired body and mind and you can
feel/realize afresh when you get up from your bed next morning.
All these four factors can play a vital role in keeping you
healthy and fit physically as well as mentally – enough vigor and vitality are
generated regularly in your body and mind that can help you to live and lead a
happy, pleasant and peaceful life. Your life can be just like a melodious song
you can listen to, you can enjoy it whole day – whole life if I’m not wrong.
Dear readers,
"Life is a very precious gift of God – free of cost and as
such it is your first and foremost duty to keep it healthy and fit."
