HEALT H Y

WAY O F

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SRI M. H. DALMIAPRESIDENT & CEOOCL INDIA LIMITEDwebsite : www.oci.inflle8 hY ide-0

HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE

I am a businessman not a Doctor . My age is 66 yrs. As per

Reader's Digest test few yrs ago it was determined as 40 yrs. I took

last medicine in 1967 and have not suffered from any illness since

then. In last 40 yrs I have lost 4 working days due to catching cold

in Kolkata monsoon. My experience confirms that disease

free living is possible without foregoing all pleasures of

life. What is being shared, even I do not practise 1QO%,

but I am conscious . Till 1975 my life style was not any different

from others. It changed gradually. By the time I was 40 yrs old a lot

of improvement had taken place. Looking after your BODY is

like driving a car, when it deviates from its path, the driver

corrects the course in time. If one is sensitive and responds, it is

possible to correct before it is too late. Whatever is being shared is

based on my own experience/analysis and interaction with

Naturopath Doctors. If mothers want their children to lead a

disease-free life they should inculcate right habits during

childhood . Modern medicine is very good for emergency,

particularly accidents, but not for every day life.

Every 'BODY' like every individual is different. All medical sciences

work on averages. We must understand the limitation of

average . Haven 't you heard the sad story of a man, who

drowned himself in a pond average 3 ft deep ?

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A. Disease-free body is not muscular body of gym. Immunitygives disease-free body.

1. Causes of disease a. inheritance or b. own life style. Controllife style before disease forcesyou to change. Disease is caused byaccumulation of toxins in body i.e. elimination process notsatisfactory. We allow toxins to accumulate upto the tolerancelimit. Even after that by taking medicines we try to suppress itrather than eradicate.

2. Dr. Swaminathan was a very strict naturopath. He wasconfident that if he was to drink a glass full of all types of bacterianothing will go wrong with his body. How many Doctors can claimthis? Immunity is affected by lifestyle. Western children havemuch lower level of immunity than Indian children, who live inmore unhygienic conditions. Too clean homes are not good forchildren. US children now are developing allergy to simple thingslike groundnut. Instances of death by eating groundnut have alsobeen reported.

3. Body 's capacity to rejuvenate - Human BODY has immensecapacity to rejuvenate, provided we help it and at least do notinterfere. It is a masterpiece feat of Almighty and is impossible tomatch.

4. Toxins = waste from food + dead cells ++. Some food waste ismore difficult to eliminate. Some practices/processes help wasteelimination. We clean our house daily and some intense cleaningperiodically. Are we careful regarding internal body cleaning? Dowe do some intense cleaning of our internal body at all?

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5. External vs internal hygiene - Few people brush teeth at the

back. Even fewer are aware of the internal cleanliness status of

their body. Emphasis is on cleanliness of the visual parts. We need

to learn how to improve internal hygiene . Mothers need to

inculcate proper habits for good internal hygiene from

childhood.

6. Obesity is a sign of ill health. Today people want to remain slim

for looks. Classic joke "There is no such thing as an obese

centenarian."

7. Body systems are very strong when young , as such one

tends to develop wrong habits which one cannot cope with at a

-later age. Stop bad practices before they tend to become a habit.

One gentleman weighed himself daily in say 10gm units. He will

endeavour to eliminate any extra gram next day before it became

permanent part of the body.

B. Toxins elimination1. Accumulation of TOXINS is like Slow poisoning -

realisation comes too late. If we put a frog.in a bucket of hot water,

the frog will try to jump out. If the frog is put in a bucket of water at

room temperature, and heat is applied gradually, it stays there till

it is too late. Unfortunately our knowledge regarding warning

signs is poor, hence we do not pay heed to such signs. Fever or any

other need to take medicine is already late. Even then we suppress

the sign and ignore the cause. We seem to have got habituated to

live with unhygienic conditions in our internal body.

(3)

2. Gaseous toxins removed through breathing - Lung volume

for an average person is 5 litres, but most people inhale 1 lit +/-. As

a result quality of air in the lungs is dirty. We clean our external

body daily, house daily but make no efforts to clean our lungs.

Pranayam helps cleaning of lungs. In Pranayam emphasis is on

exhaling to get rid of accumulated toxins. There are 108 types of

Pranayams. Some are meditational e.g. Anapan, Sukh Pranayam,

Nadi Shodh, Anulom-Vilom etc. Kapal Bhati, Bhastrika emphasise

on exhaling. Standard practice during pranayam is that time to

exhale is twice the time to inhale. Laughing also helps cleaning of

lungs. CORRECT WAY TO BREATHE IS TO LET STOMACH

ALSO BLOAT DURING INHALING LIKE A NEW BORN CHILD

DOES. I am told that Baba Ramdev was paralysed and regained

normal body functions with the help of Pranayam and Yoga. I also

understand that anyone practising Transcendental

Meditation pays reduced premium on medical insurance in

USA.

3. Liquid toxins removed through urination & sweat. We

should drink 2-3 litres of water daily. Any liquid intake is not same

as water intake. Airconditioning prevents toxins elimination

through sweat - a contradiction for disease- free life style.

4. Solid waste removed through stool. Have we ever

experienced absolute clean intestines? Can we interpret inside

happening by looking at our stool? Our knowledge regarding this is(4)

Very deficient. Ideal is lmotion for 1 meal. Effortless, smooth and

quick elimination are some signs of clean intestine. Look at tongue.

If intestine is clean, no deposits on tongue - not necessary to clean

tongue. Do we know what to do, if any problem with stool passing

other than laxatives? Now-a-days there is a machine which washes

the colon known as 'Colon Irrigation or Hydrotherapy'. There are

yogic kriyas given below.

Case story - One patient was very sick - unable to stand/walk.

Doctors were not sure if he will survive through the night. Heavy

Enema eliminated the accumulated toxins. He passed comfortable

night and was ready to run next morning even before eating any

food.

5. Fasting helps detoxification - Fasting for health is not like

modern days fasting by ladies for religious rituals. For

detoxification one has to live for a few days on liquid food or only

water. One naturopath lived for 23 days on water alone with full

rest. At the end of the period higher energy than before fasting. An

alternative can be to have 4 days cycle - 1st day only liquid, 2nd

day fast, 3rd day liquid & 4th day solids. Cycle may be repeated.

Naturally solid food has to be light food. Child's concept of light

food is a piece of cake and that of balanced food a piece of cake in

both the hands.

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7. Yogic Kriyas a. Jalneti b. Sutra/Rubberneti c. Kunjal d.

Vastra dhouti e. Laghu Shankh Prakshalan - drink warm salt watersay 2 glasses and perform some Asans/excercises. Repeat the

process 3-4 times. Most of the water gets diverted to intestines

and washes the colon. Almost clear water comes in the end. Rishisdid Maha Shankh Prakshalan before tapas. With total cleansystem, no food, few breaths, metabolism came to stand still.Ageing process stopped. To learn more about toxins elminationthrough yogic kriyas/yoga and nature cure - visit a good NatureCentre. Naturopathy is serious about teaching you how to remaindisease-free and not treat you like a customer to be pleased. Incommerce of health they hardly tell you to be disciplined.

Disciplined life style only will help develop immunity. Pleaseremember that a Naturopath Doctor also gets a degree from the

institute. Their courses on anatomy etc. are as detailed as forAllopaths. Treatment system taught is obviously different. There isalso degree for Yoga. One young girl practised Yoga duringpregnancy under the guidance of an expert. As she narrated to

me, her delivery was very smooth and almost painless.

8. Case histories:a. One man from Dubai came regularly for say 15 days to a naturecentre for detoxification. During his normal living, he indulged ineverything not allowed by Naturopathy e.g. meat, smoking andalcohol. His approach was to overhaul the system like anymachine, use it for one year and come back for overhaul everyyear. During the period of stay, he followed all the disciplines of theCentre and resorted to normal practices as soon as he stepped

out.(6)

b. One Mr. I of Kolkata goes regularly for detoxification. He takes

some medicines regularly for old illnesses. Whenever Doctors

want to increase medicines or dose, he goes for detoxification

instead of more medicines.

Learn to use the power of DETOXIFICATION in your life...and you 'll start to regain the health and energy that isyour birthright.C. Food1. Hunger - Do we eat when we really feel hungry or by watch.

One senior industrialist asked me when I was about 12 years old

whether I ever felt hungry. Looking to his seniority, I was taken

aback by such a question. I did not want to be impolite by not

responding. I mentioned that I felt hungry as everybody else. HE

EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS NOT HUNGER. HUNGER IS WHEN

YOUR MOUTH STARTS TO WATER BY LOOKING AT THE MOST

TASTELESS FOOD. All ladies know, the remarks of family when

food is not upto individual's taste. All because WE EAT EVEN

WHEN NOT HUNGRY. Has anyone ever complained regarding

nutrition? I can say I have never felt such hunger. Please analyse

for yourself whether you eat when you are hungry or by watch.

2. Taste vs nutrition - Nutritious food must be pleasant but may

not always be tasty e.g. Neem, Karela etc. When someone tries

cheese, coca cola, he does not find it tasty. This applies even more

to alcohol and smoking. But people adapt to taste of these things.

We must adapt to the taste of healthy food. Ladies should see to

this particularly for children.(7)

One person went to a Swami ji and complained about his health

and inability to take food. Swami ji requested to list out all the

foods he liked and all the foods he did not like. After seeing the list,

Swamiji said he should eat all the foods that he did not like and not

eat all the foods that he liked. If this is how we adapt to taste, we

can not have disease-free life.

3. Chewing is very important for proper absorption by the body.

Chewing makes the bite finer and salivates it. Mother's concept is

that the more the child eats, the better for him. In her pursuit for

this, she does not teach the child to chew. Mothers prepare next

bite and bring it to the mouth as soon as previous one is in the

mouth. As a result child learns to gulp. We have been taught to

chew every bite 32 times. My perception is that the extent of

chewing depends on the food e.g. boiled rice cannot be chewed

even 32 times. Whereas certain hard/fibrous foods e.g. carrots or

even sprouts can be chewed upto 200 times. Taste is also a reason

for us to gulp. When food stays in the mouth for longer period,

taste gets diluted. Hence, tendency to gulp and get the new bite

for better taste.

4. Impact of Cooking/ Heatinga. Roasted or boiled seed does not germinate . There is no

change in chemistry of food by boiling/roasting.(8)

b. We all consider CHHENNA to be healthy. It is considered light

and full of nourishment. MAWA is considered to be heavy that is

difficult to digest and not so healthy. We all know that both are milk

solids. For making CHHENNA water is separated through chemical

means whereas for MAWA water is removed through evaporation.

Water leftover after recovering CHHENNA is considered to be very

healthy-as it has water soluble vitamins and minerals. As MAWA is

prepared by water evaporation, these vitamins and minerals are

supposed to be present in it. Chemically protein, carbohydrate and

fat content of CHHENNA and MAWA are identical.

c. How long can you keep cooked food? May be for a few hours

without freezing.

d. How long will raw fruits & vegetables last? May be few days.

e. What happens to sprouts everyday after germination. They are

growing daily.

ConclusionRoasting/boiling deprives the seed of life giving capacity. Heat has

made MAWA unhealthy although its chemical nutrition is the same

as CHHENA. It is obvious that although chemical nutrition may be

similar, but there is difference depending on the source and how it

is prepared. In my perception, cooked food is like dead body. It

starts decaying soon after being prepared.

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Fruits, vegetables and sprouts are live foods. For proper

nourishment to sluggish or dead organs we need nutrition from

living food and not dead food. On this basis, meat is even worse

than the cooked vegetarian food as decay starts immediately after

slaughter. So it becomes like 24 hours old cooked food or dead

body after 24 hrs. Today American Institute of Cancer Research is

recommending more and more use of fruits, vegetables, salads

and limit meat taking to the minimum. It is my belief that in years.

to come they will recommend no meat at all. Possibly, if they do it

today, its acceptability in the society will be difficult. USA is very

conscious when marketing a new product or idea regarding its

acceptability with the customer.

It is an established fact that all the cells of the body are replaced in

say 12-18 months. Why do diseased cells get replaced by

diseased cells and not healthy cells? No doctor has given me a

satisfactory answer to this. May be for this we need living food and

not dead food

Case stories:a. A lady had 3rd stage uterus cancer. Doctors wanted her to

undergo standard treatment of radiation, chemotherapy etc. She

refused any such advice and changed to 100% raw food. After 1

year Doctors confirmed NO DETERIORATION!! It will require lot of

guts on part of Doctors to confirm improvement merely by taking

raw food.

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b. One diabetic patient's wound was not healing after surgery,

although sugar was kept under control with the help of medicines.

A naturopath approached the family and suggested that his

prescription be tried. When enough time was lost without

sufficient progress, everybody agreed to try his prescription. His

prescription was to have only raw food with even reasonable

quantities of fruits such as banana, mangoes etc usually not

allowed to diabetics. Sugar remained under control without

medicine and the wound was healed. Sugar was under control in

both the cases though by different means but healing rate

improved considerably when the patient was only on raw food.

Recently there was an article'Raw food slows down ageing'.

5. Acidic and alkaline foods - Cereals & dais are acidic foods,

while fruits & veg are alkaline. In net food must be alkaline,

therefore more fruits & veg. Some say max 20% Cereal+Dal,

others accept upto 33%. It is a challenge for the ladies in the

house how to give such a high proportion of fruits, vegetables to

the family. You may mix veg in Khichri and even flour before

making roti. Please remember fruits clean the body and

vegetables build the body. Potato is a vegetable but not

considered to be 100% vegetable, but is very healthy. It is a

misconcept that Potato is fattening.. It has % water and is too

porous, hence can absorb a lot of fat without showing. It should

always betaken with the skin. Fruits are predigested food, hence(11)

should be eaten separately from main meal or 30 to 45 minutes

before meal. Although vegetables are not predigested, but it is

also recommended to take salads, etc. before the meal, as time

required to digest is much lower. Nutrient density i.e. special

nutrients/cal of intake is maximum in fruits &vegetables.

6. Milk - Most Naturopaths believe that nature has made milk only

for the baby of the same species. However, everyone is unanimous

that if external milk has to be taken, source has to be cow. Best is

to have Dharoshna milk i.e, milk as it comes out without much

delay. In any case, boiled milk is not recommended. It is better to

have curd instead of milk. Alternative suggested is Soya milk.

7. Fat, salt and sugarFat - A perception has boen developed to avoid fat for healthy

diet. Fats are absolutely necessary and must form part of diet.

Vitamin A & D are fat soluble. In absence of fat, body may become

deficient in Vitamin A & D. Fat is very rich in calories hence its

intake must be limited particularly for those who are not involved

in physical labour. Fried food in any case is bad because of heat

exposure. Frying temperature is much higher than normal cooking

temperature. All ladies know that after some time, batch of frying

medium needs to be changed otherwise the food may become

poisonous. Obviously sustained high temperature changes the

character of fat making it almost a poison.

(12)

White Sugar - taken only for taste. It has only calories. Due to

lack of other nutrients, its nutrient density is nil. God has made

Vitamin B composite with all sugar containing fruits. Vitamin B is

required for digestion. In absence of Vitamin B, it takes Vitamin BFrom other parts and deprives the body of Vitamin B. It is also said

to be Calcium thief. It deprives the body of Calcium. Net value of

white sugar is negative. Sweetners like jaggery and honey are

nutritious.

Common Salt: Rarely required for nutrition. Exceptional cases

where salt may be required to replenish for people who sweat too

much like working in hot conditions etc. Other than that its

nutritional value is practically zero. Sodium deficiency is a very rare

phenomenon. We all know that it tends to increase blood pressure

and creates many other complications. As such it should be taken

in very limited quantity for taste only. Recent UK study showed

high level of sickness among children. Their conclusion was that

readymade foods contain excessive salt and sugar. Soon they

intend to legislate restricting the amount of salt and sugar added

to readymade foods. Choice will therefore be up to the individual

to supplement salt & sugar as per his taste/wish. It will in any case

not develop taste among children towards highly salty or sweet

foods.

8. Sprouts - Sprouts can be prepared from' different cereals and

pulses. Most commonly used are Chana, Moong and Moth.

(13)

However Wheat, Groundnut and Methi can also be sprouted.

Methi sprout is a very good detoxifier and also helps control

Cholesterol. Best is to have all varieties of sprouts. Generally,

people tend to take sprouts with salt and lemon. There is nothing

against lemon, but salt is not a desirable additive.

9. Micronutrients - We all know about major nutrient like

carbohydrate, protein, fat etc. Ultimate difference in food value is

because of micro nutrients. All cars have wheels, engine, steering,

brake, etc. but not all cars are same. It is the minor additions

which make all the difference between a good, better and best car.

Micronutrients are like that. Lot of Micronutrients are still

unknown. Hence, using maximum variety of foods is desirable.

American Institute of Cancer Research emphasises that food plate

should have all colours like rainbow. Green colour is due to

Chlorophyll. Molecular structure of chlorophyll is identical to

Haemoglobin except for Iron in the core. As such, it is the easiest

raw material to produce haemoglobin. This is the main reason why

emphasis on green vegetables. There are lot of micro-nutrients in

Wheat Grass, Barley grass and even common grass. Haldi, Tulsi,

Clove, Ginger & Lemon are natural antibiotics. We all know that

mercury is a poison and cannot be consumed by the body. Tulsi is

the only source of digestible mercury. This gives it the antibiotic

property. Neem'and Amla are very good blood purifiers. Karela is

also rich in micronutrients and good for diabetics. There are lot of

antioxidants in fruits and vegetables.

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10. Genetically Modified food - There is a lot of talk about GM

Food based diet. I understand GM food cannot generate own

seed. What may be its impact over time on regeneration capacity

of the people who use this regularly, needs to be understood.

11. Chocolates, Icecream, Chips - A post mortem study of

children 10-15 yrs of age, who died prematurely was carried out in

US. Blockage of artery was noticed in many cases. On checking the

food habits of the children where blockage had started it showed

common eating habits of potato chips, chocolate & Icecream.

Today US schools are banning carbonated drinks. If we reward a

child with junk food e.g. chocolate, the child will never understand

that chocolate is bad for him.

12. Chilled water / Icecream Digestion is a chemical process.

All chemical reactions slow down at lower temp. Impact of chilled

food or water in whatever form is to slowdown the digestion

process.

13. Quantity of food vs energy - Energy in the body depends

on various factors. Quantity of food is definitely a factor but a less

important factor. Among the type of audience here, lack of

quantity of food cannot be a reason for lack of energy or nutrition.

I strongly feel that after certain age one should reduce their food

intake considerably. As per Ayurveda, one who survives 'on one

meal a day is a Yogi; one who consumes two meals a day is a Bhogi

and one who consumes more than two meals a day is a Rogi.(15)

14. Blood Pressure - As a general belief that BP increases with

age. When the arteries/ pipelines are clean, heart can pump

adequate quantity of blood with relatively low pressure. As the

Arteries get clogged, blood pressure tends to rise as any

engineering student will know. This strains the heart. On the one

hand our heart also has aged and has to work under higher

pressure. Nothing can be worse than this for the heart. Constant

care is required to prevent clogging of arteries.

15. "How to murderyour Husband"There was a joke many years ago in Reader's Digest with the

above title. It merely said feed your husband with very rich food

and when he wants to go for exercise do not let him go on one plea

or another, thereby showing how much you love him. Nobody will

ever blame you for his premature death. Lot of us may be doing

this ignorantly.

16. C. Organic foodWhen eating food of all kinds today we are forced to take in a lot of

poisonous chemicals with it. As we all know the amount of

fertilizers we use necessitate use of pesticides. These remain with

the grains, fruits and vegetables that we take, Please do not be

under the impression that by cooking, these harmful chemicals

can be got rid of. Whenever and wahtever possible please take

organic food, which are not exposed to any harmful chemicals.

(16)

"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest ofHuman blessings. Let food be your medicine.""To eat is necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art."

In Italy, school lunches are organic-by law !

In Germany, infant foods are virtually 100% organic.

D. Life style

1. US Cancer statistics - One in four persons in US suffers from

Cancer. This is totally due to their life style. This is also the reason

why so much anti smoking consciousness has developed there.

Besides tobacco, their beef eating is also possibly responsible for

high incidence of cancer. I have not seen any country where steak

is taken even for breakfast.

2. indulge with responsibility - A School in Delhi, unlike most

schools gives a lot of liberty to parents for letting their ward to be

absent from school. They believe a child's education is incomplete

without good family bonding. The Principal explains that if child's

uncle/aunt have come with their kids and family is in a mood to go

for a picnic, just go. As responsible parents how frequently this

should be done is for the parents to decide. This is an absolute

exception to what most schools allow. Similarly, as responsible

individuals we have to decide regarding our indulgence. If we

evaluate a doctor based on how much he allows us to indulge or a

hospital based on its flooring we need to evaluate ourselves if we

know enough to indulge.(17)

3. Eating out - Eating out is so common these days. Eating out is

always prone with poor nourishment and bad hygiene. Even if the

establishment boils all the forks, spoons, etc. most bacteria may

be destroyed but not most viruses. All establishments for eating

out get business based on taste and-not on nutrition. Naturally

their emphasis is on taste ALONE. If our frequency of eating out is

high, our nourishment goes down and risk of viral exposure goes

up. One is not even sure of their cooking medium and how long it

has been used before changing.

4. Generala. Sitting posture vs blood flow - In the olden days we used to

work by sitting on the floor in a cross legged position. These days

everybody from childhood sits on a chair. Just visualise the blood

flow in the body in the two postures. All our active organs are

above the abdomen. While sitting on the chair, lot of blood flows to

the feet unnecessarily. To that extent, all active organs above

abdomen right upto the brain receive reduced quantity of blood.

Naturopaths recommend sitting in Vajrasana after meal to allow

more blood and energy to organs involved in the process.

b. Stomach pumping. and Nyoli Kriya are 2 activities which

massage all active organs in the abdomen area.

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c. Stay healthy without excercise - if we walk instead of using

a car, go up the stairs instead of using the lifts, wipe the floors,

stretch to access goods on the higher shelves, etc. we do not need

to exercise specifically.

d. Standard of life vs standard of living - Now-a-days there is

greater emphasis on standard of living i.e. indulgence, instead of

standard of life.

5. Excercise - Syt GD Birla used to walk 25km daily. Instead of

going on a horseback, he walked upto Kedarnath at age of 85yrs+.

If he could find time, it is difficult to accept that we miss exercise

due to lack of time.

E. Pollution & Environment1. My fatherSytJai Dayal Dalmia told me in'70sa. drinking water will be sold in bottles.b. Air/O2 will followc. Bio-degradability of certain materials in everyday use.Please evaluate the impact of drinking water industry. How much

pollution is created in transportation of so much water all over

India. Disposing of the plastic bottles is a nuisance due to its non

bio-degradability. Term biodegradability is somewhat understood

now but in'70s it was an almost unknown term.All these also contribute directly or indirectly in one form or the

other to ill health.(19)

There was a news article in Times of India dated 7 Oct. 07.London : The world moved into "ecological overdraft" onSaturday i.e. 6 Oct, the point at which human

consumption exceeds the ability of the earth to sustain itin any year and goes into the red , the New EconomicsFoundation think-tank said.Ecological Debt Day this year is three days earlier than in

2006 which itself was three days earlier than in 2005. NEF

said the date had moved steadily backwards every year

since humanity began living beyond its environmentalmeans in the 1980s.At this rate, Oxygen in the air will go on diminishing and will be

substituted by Carbon Dioxide. On the one hand the forests are

getting depleted due to limited consciousness regarding use of

wood and paper. If it continues at this rate, my father's

imagination that one day everybody carry air/oxygen cylinder forbreathing will come true.

F. Medicine= Health?If medicine is to help us live disease-free, how do Pharmaceutical

companies forecast growth? It is only because if we take one

medicine today, we will need MORE medicine tomorrow. Recent

article 'in Reader's Digest regarding research for medicines to

prevent/correct obesity. You may continue to indulge and take pills

daily for lifelong, pill will ensure that you don't become obese. if

you stop you will gain back the lost weight. General approach

today is that you indulge we are there to look after. In any case not

enough emphasis for disease free body.

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This is how pharma companies hope to make their fortune.

When someone suggested to Dr . SR Jindal in one of the open

sessions at Jindal Institute , Bangalore, to open more such

institutes all over India , and if there -be constraint of funds,

these may be operated on commerical basis. His response was

that any institute which runs on commercial basis has to please

the customer. Such institutes cannot impose discipline, which

is a must for disease-free life. Now there is a Centre started in

US to counsel on Life Style. Counselling Doctor's problems a.

takes longer than prescribing medicine b. insurance does not

pay for it.

G.ImpactonGDP1. Many people believe that if we do not indulge, our economy

will suffer. I believe, there is a good GDP and bad GDP, like

productive employment and unproductive employment. GDP

will fall if-a. Cancer is wiped out of USA

b. People stop smoking

2. Calamities like Earth Quake, Floods increase GDP, without

increasing nation's wealth. Unfortunately nations do not keep

record of Gross Domestic Wealth, like balance Sheet of a

company. Even Wealth does not include education level, health

level in the society. Bhutan carries out a survey regarding

'Happiness Index' of their people.

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H. Impact of change

1. Deterioration is like slow poisoning. Unless one is conscious it

may not attract attention. Improvement is even slower, just as

going uphill is slower than going downhill. Improvement is like

adding 1 drop of colour in a bucket of water daily, nothing visible

till a long time, so do not get disheartened if improvement takes

time to be seen.

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FOR DAILY USE

A. Continuous Care - respond to body signals.

B. Internal Hygiene :

1. BREATHING - Let stomach bloat while breathing.

10 minutes Pranayam - emphasis on exhaling.

2. WATER - Drink 2-3 ltrs. of water, other than liquids. Allow

sweating.

3. SMOOTH STOOL :

a. Drink 1 ltr. of water first thing in the morning in one go.

b. High fibre diet, no refined grains. c. Periodic fasting.

d. Periodic cleaning of the colon through Laghu ShankhPrakshalan.

4. Detoxify once a year at Nature Centre for 7-10 days.

C. Food :1. Eat only when hungry and not by clock.2. Eat full grains and not polished grains.3. Emphasis on nutrition when selecting the menu. All vege-

tables/fruits to be part of menu as per season.

4. Increase proportion of fruits and vegetables upto 80% offood intake. Take as much in the raw form as possible.

5. All natural foods as per season to be able to cover fullcross section of micronutrients. Include all colours.

6. Take curd/yoghurt instead of boiled milk.7. Eliminate/reduce intake of -

a. Fried food; b. sweets, may substitute sugar by honeyand jaggery; c. Salt; d. Chilled water and chilled food,e.g. Ice cream.

(P.T.O.)

8. Add:a. Sprouts to daily menu - include varieties of sprouts e.g.

wheat, groundnut, methidana; b. Tulsi on a daily basis;c. Ginger, lemon and turmeric regularly in raw form, ifpossible; d. Karela and neem as per season; e. WheatGrass, Barley grass, Aloe vera;

9. Chew as much as possible.10. Practise Jalneti when nose is blocked.

D. Children1. Teach -

a. Nutrition vs taste; b. Internal hygiene; c. Eat maxi-mum variety as per season; d. Chew, not to gulp;e. Correct food habits as given above including chewing.

2. Reward :a. No indulgence e.g. chocolate, Ice cream etc.

3. Practise :a. Salt gargle/mouth rinsing at night before going to

bed; b. Jalneti when nose blocked, Laghu ShankhPrakshalan after 8 years of age.

4. Develop immunity - do not over-protect them.

E. General Life style :1. Sit cross-legged as far as possible.2. Sit with the back straight as a habit.3. Whenever ill, give up food first. Remember medicines do

not cure but only suppress the disease. Remember thatDoctors are illness experts and not wellness experts.

4. Do not wear high heels.

Caution :Adequate medical advice may be obtained by persons having cardiacproblems, hypertension related problems or who have undergonesurgery, etc. before practicing the above.