At times I get amazed by how penny wise and pound foolish some of us tend to be. I see a shouting example of this in our general attitude towards health and fitness. I don't need look so far. I have a colleague who is brilliant, well educated and an amazing person. But when it comes to eating habits and fitness I get appalled by his level of awareness. So, he is regular with parathas-malai kofta/butter paneer or some variant for lunch followed by biscuits/pastries for tea. This diet chart is followed day in-day out with little or no exercise. The body is of course sending out SOS signals when he's putting on weight, having BP problems at a fairly young age but who has the time to think about these trivial issues when there's so much work to do and so much to catchup with?
No doubt India is turning into a diabetes and heart disease capital of the world. With our high-carb, high-oil diet and little focus on physical activity we are bound to be in the danger zone.
I don't understand what is more important in life than to live a healthy, happy life. Aren't all our actions supposed to give us the same? Then why not take care of the basics? Why do we have to earn at the cost of getting fat, ill and diseased and then spend the money to get ourselves back to normal? Is a little bit of awareness and discipline too much to ask for in today's lifestyle? I don't think so..especially when I look at top honchos who make it a point to hit the treadmill once in a while. I think it's a matter of time that people start waking up to the consequences of these self adopted dangerous lifestyle choices.
I just hope it's not too late by then.
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