Eating Lifestyle

For a long time, I’ve been wanting to write about lifestyle. Although I often thought about it, I never actually sat down to write. But today feels like the right moment. That said, I did casually discuss this topic with some of my morning and evening walking friends during our chats. Now, it’s time to focus and put these thoughts into words.

 

These days, it seems like people have forgotten the basics of eating. Whether human or animal, we’re consuming anything and everything without truly considering whether it's good or bad for our bodies. While animals like cows, dogs, and cats may not think like humans, even we – with all our intelligence – seem lost when it comes to our health. No comments on the animals; they follow instinct. But what’s our excuse?

 

Let’s take a simple example. A person who owns a bike or car knows that it runs on petrol, not diesel or water. He ensures he uses the right fuel. But the same person forgets that his own body is also a machine – a much more complex, intelligent, and self-healing one. Yet, we feed this body carelessly, influenced by taste or what some businessman recommends.

 

Just walk through an open market in India today. Most of the foods sold – whether breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks – are made with the same ingredients: refined flour (maida), sugar, salt, oil, artificial colors, and chemicals. Can these ingredients really build a healthy human body?

 

It’s not entirely our fault. The system has failed to educate us properly. In schools, no one teaches us the basics of what our body truly needs. Ironically, they do make sure we learn that petrol vehicles need petrol – not diesel or water!

 

Everyone has become a businessman nowadays. The focus is on growth and profits, not health. People are ready to sell, recommend, or advise anything as long as it benefits their business. The entire system is now confused – people don’t know what to eat or what to avoid. It’s become a chain reaction: a small issue with diet leads to pre-diabetes, then diabetes, then digestive problems, and so on. It gets so complicated that even identifying the root cause becomes difficult. Meanwhile, the system profits from prolonged treatments.

 

There’s so much more I want to write, but time is limited. Let’s continue this conversation in future blogs.

 

Looks like this is enough for today.