Why is Media so Negative??

The Ex-President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ’s Speech in Hyderabad .

Why is the media here so negative?

Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?
We are such a great nation.. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them.. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.

Acting now to Prevent Lifestyle Disorders

This is the concluding part of the 3 part primer on lifestyle disorders against whom every Indian is at risk and the only way to win this war is to prevent lifestyle disorders from occurring at all.

In the second part,The Top 5 Lifestyle disorders in India I ranked Osteoporosis, Obesity, Diabetes, Arthritis and Blood Pressure as 1 to 5 respectively based on my experience and interactions with affected people.

In the first part, City life – an invitation to Lifestyle Disorder, I blogged as to how lifestyle disorders are spreading in India at an alarming rate.

Preventing Lifestyle disorder is a long term solution. One needs to start early. Awareness & education about the lifestyle disorders is the only remedy. Many wellness companies are building awareness and focusing on educating the people so they can take informed decision of their health.

Preventing lifestyle disorder is more about changing the mindset than anything else. A person who is apparently healthy and has no disease symptoms does not fear the future. The mind thinks that the body is 100 percent fit. He or She is not aware that something within the body is changing every minute. The mind does not realize that today’s improper lifestyle may one day lead to Diabetes or Osteoporosis or any other lifestyle disorder. By the time you come to know about the lifestyle disorder, it is too late.

What is needed is awareness that our current lifestyle is leading us towards diabetes or Osteoporosis or any other lifestyle disease and we need to take care right now and prevent it from happening. This kind of awareness is the need of the hour.

The best way to prevent a lifestyle disorder is to manage your lifestyle and live a healthy lifestyle. A good lifestyle also needs to be complemented with proper nutrition. You can manage your activities, you can manage your sleep and eating habits, you can stop smoking, drugs or alcohol – however it is difficult to manage the amount of nutrition that your body needs on a daily basis.

The amount of nutrition that your body needs daily is always constant. Due to our current lifestyle we only manage to provide not more than 30 to 40 percent of what is needed by the body. By living a health conscious lifestyle 40 to50 percent can be replenished at the most. There is still a deficit of 50 to 70 percent. This can only be replenished by taking the proper supplements.

Today, the world is waking up to the threats of lifestyle disorders. Changes are happening globally and in India too. Many companies are coming up with different wellness and awareness programs. Wellness is a booming industry in India so more and more options are being made available.

The only thing people will have to do is to take benefits of the available options. Remember you are never too busy to go to the spa or get yourself a massage. Even a simple massage can remove lots of toxins from your body, rejuvenate and activate your cells to fight the disorders from within.

Once you suffer from a lifestyle disorder, it’s yours for life. There is nothing you can do about it. The expense of preventing a lifestyle disorder now is much lesser than the amount that will be spent to provide temporary relief once the disorder is firmly lodged within the body not to mention the pain and discomfort, social stigma and low self esteem. There is a heavy price to pay at a later stage from physical, mental and social perspectives.

In the next blog, I will take up Osteoporosis in detail.

The Top 5 Lifestyle disorders in India

In my previous blog, City life – an invitation to Lifestyle Disorders, I reflected on how lifestyle disorders are spreading in India at an alarming rate. This blog is the second part of a three part primer on lifestyle disorders that threaten us.

Osteoporosis, Obesity, Diabetes, Arthritis and Blood pressure are the most common lifestyle disorders in India. They are caused by the unhealthy and abusive lifestyle that a person knowingly or unknowingly follows.

They are called Lifestyle disorders and not Lifestyle diseases because they are not caused by external agents like bacteria or viruses. Normal diseases are temporary in nature and can be cured by medicines which remove the toxins from the body or kill the germs that cause the disease. Lifestyle disorders, in contrast, are caused by the lifestyle that a person chooses to follow. If the person follows a healthy and disciplined lifestyle, he / she can prevent these disorders.

I do not have specific data but based on my experience and people I have interacted with, I rank Osteoporosis as number one Lifestyle disorder in India. Osteoporosis is called the silent killer as there are no symptoms until it is too late. Due to lack of symptoms, people do not know what is happening with their bones. Hence are not worried about it and take no care to modify their lifestyle. Meanwhile, The minerals and calcium levels in the bones are silently being reduced on a daily basis for want of adequate calcium by the body system.

Obesity ranks second in my experience. Diabetes and arthritis are number three and four. According to WHO, India is fast becoming the world capital of diabetes. Many people above 40 experience stiffness of joints. This is more so if they are obese as there is more pressure on joints. If people have a deskbound lifestyle, confined to a chair for hours together, there is always stress of joints or knee caps since they do not always sit in the right posture. Stress and unhealthy lifestyle also can lead to blood pressure. It is number five in my opinion. These five are the most prevalent lifestyle disorders in the people I have dealt with.

While Osteoporosis is number one in India, Obesity hovers on top in Western countries. Obesity is more prevalent in west due to their food habits. People there consume more pizzas, burgers, red meat and fatty foods.. Obesity can lead to other lifestyle disorders too , like Arthritis, blood pressure, diabetes etc.. Lifestyle disorder trends differ in different geographical regions based on their food habits.

In India, the scenario looks grim because the focus is still on medicines and hospitals. Healthcare in India is more about treatment and cure. Few people talk of prevention. However in lifestyle disorders, there is no cure. Prevention is the only alternative.

Meanwhile, more and more people wake up each day to the grim reality that once you suffer from a lifestyle disorder, it remains with you for life.

In the next blog I will focus on how to prevent lifestyle disorders.

City Life – an invitation to Lifestyle Disorders?

As of today every person in India is at a risk of suffering from a lifestyle disorder. Lack of awareness and knowledge about how to prevent lifestyle disorders is aggravating the already grim scenario even further.

SEO Interview

Recently a blog of SEO experts interviewed me on my views about SEO/SEM in India.  CLICK HERE to read the interview.

Cheers

Vijay

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At 211 degrees, water is pretty darn hot.

But at 212, it’s boiling, and making steam.

Only one degree, but there is quite a difference. While hot water is a nice thing when you are taking a shower, boiling water has a lot more potential. You can use it to cook, or to run a steam engine.

I bet you are wondering what my point is. The point is, one degree made that difference. One, just one.

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