EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT BE..SAID OMAR KHAYYAM.
MOST OF US WOULD LIKE TO ADHERE TO, NOTWITHSTANDING, THE HIP CIRCUMFERANCE GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERYDAY LEADING TO UNCOUTH APPEARANCES ON ONE HAND AND INABILITY TO BUY NEW PANTS EVERY WEEK SINCE PANTS PURCHASED LAST MONTH HAVE SHRUNK ! (WE WOULD NOT ADMIT THAT HIPS HAVE BLOATED). IF YOU ARE AROUND 40 AND VISIT A DOCTOR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, YOUR DOCTOR ASKS YOU TO GO FOR A WALK AND REDUCE YOUR OBESITY. ASKS FOR A LIPID PROFILE TO CHECK WHETHER YOUR BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND TRIGLYCERIDES LEVELS ARE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. ALSO ASKS YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR FOOD . NO FAT PLEASE. NO DAIRY ITEMS PLEASE. NO EXCESS SUGAR PLEASE. SPEND CALORIES FASTER THAN YOU HAVE THEM.
YOU AND I AND POSSIBLY EVERYONE ARE DAMN TIRED OF HEARING THESE ADVICES, LET ALONE FOLLOW THEM. YOU AND I WALK REGULARLY FOR THE FIRST WEEK AFTER LISTENING TO THE DOCTOR, THEN LEAVE THE HABIT GRADUALLY.
WHEN WE GO FOR WALK IN THE MORNINGS WE DO FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES. WE ARE TRIM . NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO YOUR MIND GETS A REJUVENATION. WE BECOME POSITIVE UNAWARES IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES.
HOWEVER ALL SAID ABOUT REGULAR BRISK WALKING IN THE MORNING AT LEAST 2 KMS, WALKING ALONE WOULD NOT REDUCE YOUR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS OR YOUR HIP CIRCUMFERANCE.
THE IDEAL WOULD BE THE TEST TO CONTROL YOUR BLOATED ABDOMEN.
1. TAKE A THREAD, SUFFICIENTLY LONGER THAN YOUR HEIGHT.
2. HOLD IT, OR BEG YOUR WIFE TO HOLD IT, TOUCHING THE TIP OF YOUR NOSE, AS YOU STAND STRAIGHT. YOU SEE THE THREAD TOUCHING THE LAND.
3. TAKE ANOTHER THREAD. AGAIN HOLD IT, OR REQUEST YOUR WIFE TO HOLD IT NOW TO TOUCH THE OUTER CURVE OF YOUR ABDOMEN.
4. THE RULE IS : THE DISTANCE BETWEEN (3) AND (2) MUST BE ZERO OR NEGATIVE.
THAT (3) - (2) = 0 OR - x cms.
WHEN THE TEST RESULTS IN A POSITIVE INTEGER,
DO HAVE A DEEP LOOK AT WHAT GOES INSIDE YOUR STOMACH.
FROM THE MOMENT YOU WAKE UP AND THE MOMENT YOU GO TO BED.
I KNOW ONE DAY THAT DOCTOR ASKED A PATIENT: WHEN DO YOU EAT?
PATIENT SAID: I EAT WHENEVER I'M AWAKE.
DOCTOR ASKED HIM ; WHEN DO YOU SLEEP?
TO THE DOCTOR'S ANNOYANCE PATIENT REPLIED: " WHEN I DO NOT EAT.."
FIRST, PLEASE REALIZE THAT YOUR STOMACH IS NOT A DUSTBIN.
THE DUSTBIN ABSORBS EVERYTHING WHAT WE DO NOT NEED.
THE STOMACH IS NOT A DUSTBIN.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE FILLING IT WITH THINGS, SEEING WHICH,
YOUR MOUTH WATERS.
WHEN YOU SWALLOW RUBBISH, YOUR STOMACH RUBS THE INNER LININGS OF THE STOMACH WALL. IN MEDICAL TERMS YOUR FOOD STARTS CORRODING YOUR OWN STOMACH. THAT LEADS TO GASTRITIS, ULCERS, GERD.
WHICH MEANS THAT WHAT YOU EAT BECOMES YOUR ENEMY NO.1
REMEMBER THAT WE MUST EAT TO LIVE AND NOT LIVE TO EAT.
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE AND LIVE COMFORTABLY TAKE TO RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD. YOU NEED NOT GO TO A DIETICIAN.
YOUR NANNY HAS BEEN TELLING ALL THESE MUCH BETTER THAN THE DIETICIANS WHO OFTEN CONTRADICT THEMSELVES IN DUE COURSE.
WHAT DOES THE NANNY SAY?
HAVE A RICE PORRIDGE IN THE MORNING. WITH A LITTLE PEPPER SPRAYED WITH HALF SALT.
ONCE EVERY WEEK, REQUEST YOUR WIFE TO PREPARE:
FOR LUNCH,
RICE ( CHAPATHIS WITHOUT GHEE)
PEPPER GRAVY (MILAGU KUZHAMBU ) WITH 2 TO 5 GARLIC PEARLS.
DHAL SOUP (PARUPPU RASAM - WITHOUT TOMOATOS )
BUTTER MILK (NOT CURD)
FOR DINNER:
RICE ( 1 CUP ) PREFERABLY IDLIS (NO DOSAIS) OR 2 CHAPATIS (WITHOUT GHEE)
DHAL SOUP.
THAT'S ALL.
IF YOU STICK TO
REGULAR WALK EVERYDAY AT LEAST 1 TO 2 KMS.
AND ADHERE TO STRICT DIETARY FOOD (COMPENSATING WHATEVER YOU PUT INSIDE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK )
YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
SLOWLY YOU INCREASE THE DIET FROM ONCE A WEEK TO TWICE A WEEK.
THAT IS TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
THIS WILL SAVE YOU FROM A LOT OF DRUGS (LIKE ATORVASTIN ETC.,) WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE SIDE EFFECTS FOR A GOOD NUMBER WHO SWALLOW IT.
YOUR DIET MAKES WHAT YOU ARE.
BE CAREFUL NOW
OR
CHOOSE TO BE CAREFUL IN YOUR NEXT BIRTH
WHICH MAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW.
GOOD LUCK.
