By Prof. Leena Sidenur
It is popularly known that tasty and delicious food is fattening and bland food is healthy. Well, food that looks good, tastes great and looks beautiful is good for us too! Provided it is made with proper hygiene, provided it is cooked with love and provided we only eat what we need to eat.
We are what we eat. It shows on our face, whether we had our meal on time and whether we ate a wholesome dinner. Any food that is recommended to be eaten to lose weight makes one’s health run in the opposite direction of wellness.
How can you lose weight in a few days or months when it took those many years to put on in the first place? If you believe that what goes up has to come down, then how about sizing and measuring up other qualities? What happens to our thinking ability, creative energy, self-confidence, courage and determination? Do all these virtues depend on the food we eat? The way we eat? In whose company we eat?
How many of us have been able to be fortunate enough to sit down on the floor and enjoy a hearty meal, served by a loving mother or grandmother and supplemented by a delightful conversation? Well, without the distraction of the devices – the humble mobile phone, the glaring television or the beaming laptop?
Well if you are still eating your meal with your family members in the warm aura of the dining space, you are fortunate. A quiet meal with the aroma of the ‘sambar’ or the ‘daal’ and hot steaming rice with melting ghee is worth something to be grateful for. This gratitude goes a long way in keeping good health – good physical and mental health. Well, how?
The home-made ‘sambar-rice’ or ‘daal-rice’ magic works wonders on inducing a sweet good night’s sleep, and the next day morning you wake up feeling fresh and happy from inside. That ensures good mental health.
To keep the goodness going, a 45-minute combination work-out of yoga, running, brisk walking will give you an excellent start for the day and automatically, all the stress levels start descending. You can handle situations in a much better manner, and unknowingly you spread the positivity and optimism around! That ensures good physical health.
Ever wondered how grandmother’s skin would glow so much? How would she read the newspaper without wearing glasses? And how she would have a sharp ear to any feeble movement outside the house? It was her wellness that kept her young and fit in the true sense of the word. So, it is no rocket science to keep fit.
The three magical ingredients that lead you to wellness are: