| Moderation & Balance --A Key To Good Health | | | | Food can heal and restore health in a sick person. |
| Good health is not just "the absence of disease". It is | | | | Food is an important healing force. One can regard |
| the absence of dis-ease or discomfort. | | | | food as a complementary medicine in many |
| "Good Health is a state of complete physical, mental | | | | circumstances. |
| and social well being, and not merely the absence of | | | | There is a difference between hunger and appetite. |
| disease or infirmity." - WHO ( World Health | | | | Hunger is the need for food. But we have an appetite |
| Organisation ). | | | | for certain foods only, without being actually hungry. |
| We think we are healthy as long as we progress or | | | | Hunger is a physical need and an appetite is only |
| decay at the same rate as others around us. Normally | | | | psychological and is triggered by temptation. |
| unhealthy condition does not develop overnight. | | | | Role of exercise in our life is also important. With age |
| Pathological development is always accompanied by | | | | our bodies become inflexible. It is more out of dis-use |
| warnings. | | | | than wear and tear. The human body requires a |
| Our body is a wonderful machine. When something | | | | certain minimum level of activity. |
| goes wrong it warns us beforehand. We need to pick | | | | Lack of activity or exercise affects muscle |
| up the signals. | | | | movements. As you brush your teeth everyday you |
| Each one has a unique biochemistry as well as a | | | | have to take time to do exercise. |
| unique metabolism. Therefore each individual has | | | | You can not say that you do not have time to brush |
| different nutritional needs which depend upon his | | | | your teeth. Exercise could be just brisk walking or |
| medical history & lifestyle. | | | | some aerobics or going to gymnasium. Do whatever |
| Fortunately there are generic ways to keep ourselves | | | | suits you. Either in the morning or in the evening. |
| healthy. There are many common ways which if | | | | Simple walking for 30 minutes a day can work |
| followed, can help us remain healthy. | | | | wonders for you to remain healthy. |
| To remain healthy, we need to nourish our body by | | | | Our ultimate goal in life is to be happy. We need to |
| eating right foods and by avoiding the wrong ones. | | | | watch our emotions and thoughts. Our physical health |
| Deprivation, elimination & counting of calories alone | | | | is influenced by our state of mind. |
| can not nourish our body. | | | | A negative frame of mind due to anxieties, stress, |
| A state of good health means all or body organs are | | | | tensions, deadlines etc reflects on a physical level. |
| functioning in harmony. Exercise has a number of | | | | We need to review our ever increasing needs and |
| health benefits but over exercising can cause stress | | | | desires and become more aware of our inner space |
| and exhaustion. | | | | and practice solitude / silence in order to get inner |
| Fibre rich food is good to have but too much of fibre | | | | peace. |
| prevents absorption of minerals like zinc, calcium | | | | Key to good health lies in moderation and balance. |
| & iron causing multiple deficiencies. | | | | |