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SRI M. H. DALMIA
PRESIDENT & CEO
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HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE
4. Toxins = waste from food + dead cells ++. Some food waste is
more difficult to eliminate. Some practices/processes help waste
elimination. We clean our house daily and some intense cleaning
periodically. Are we careful regarding internal body cleaning? Do
we do some intense cleaning of our internal body at all?
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5. External vs internal hygiene - Few people brush teeth at the
back. Even fewer are aware of the internal cleanliness status of
their body. Emphasis is on cleanliness of the visual parts. We need
to learn how to improve internal hygiene . Mothers need to
inculcate proper habits for good internal hygiene from
childhood.
B. Toxins elimination
1. Accumulation of TOXINS is like Slow poisoning -
realisation comes too late. If we put a frog.in a bucket of hot water,
the frog will try to jump out. If the frog is put in a bucket of water at
room temperature, and heat is applied gradually, it stays there till
it is too late. Unfortunately our knowledge regarding warning
signs is poor, hence we do not pay heed to such signs. Fever or any
other need to take medicine is already late. Even then we suppress
the sign and ignore the cause. We seem to have got habituated to
live with unhygienic conditions in our internal body.
(3)
2. Gaseous toxins removed through breathing - Lung volume
for an average person is 5 litres, but most people inhale 1 lit +/-. As
a result quality of air in the lungs is dirty. We clean our external
body daily, house daily but make no efforts to clean our lungs.
Pranayam helps cleaning of lungs. In Pranayam emphasis is on
exhaling to get rid of accumulated toxins. There are 108 types of
Pranayams. Some are meditational e.g. Anapan, Sukh Pranayam,
Nadi Shodh, Anulom-Vilom etc. Kapal Bhati, Bhastrika emphasise
on exhaling. Standard practice during pranayam is that time to
exhale is twice the time to inhale. Laughing also helps cleaning of
lungs. CORRECT WAY TO BREATHE IS TO LET STOMACH
ALSO BLOAT DURING INHALING LIKE A NEW BORN CHILD
DOES. I am told that Baba Ramdev was paralysed and regained
normal body functions with the help of Pranayam and Yoga. I also
understand that anyone practising Transcendental
Meditation pays reduced premium on medical insurance in
USA.
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7. Yogic Kriyas a. Jalneti b. Sutra/Rubberneti c. Kunjal d.
Vastra dhouti e. Laghu Shankh Prakshalan - drink warm salt water
say 2 glasses and perform some Asans/excercises. Repeat the
process 3-4 times. Most of the water gets diverted to intestines
and washes the colon. Almost clear water comes in the end. Rishis
did Maha Shankh Prakshalan before tapas. With total clean
system, no food, few breaths, metabolism came to stand still.
Ageing process stopped. To learn more about toxins elmination
through yogic kriyas/yoga and nature cure - visit a good Nature
Centre. Naturopathy is serious about teaching you how to remain
disease-free and not treat you like a customer to be pleased. In
commerce of health they hardly tell you to be disciplined.
Disciplined life style only will help develop immunity. Please
remember that a Naturopath Doctor also gets a degree from the
institute. Their courses on anatomy etc. are as detailed as for
Allopaths. Treatment system taught is obviously different. There is
also degree for Yoga. One young girl practised Yoga during
pregnancy under the guidance of an expert. As she narrated to
me, her delivery was very smooth and almost painless.
8. Case histories:
a. One man from Dubai came regularly for say 15 days to a nature
centre for detoxification. During his normal living, he indulged in
everything not allowed by Naturopathy e.g. meat, smoking and
alcohol. His approach was to overhaul the system like any
machine, use it for one year and come back for overhaul every
year. During the period of stay, he followed all the disciplines of the
Centre and resorted to normal practices as soon as he stepped
out.
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b. One Mr. I of Kolkata goes regularly for detoxification. He takes
some medicines regularly for old illnesses. Whenever Doctors
want to increase medicines or dose, he goes for detoxification
instead of more medicines.
c. How long can you keep cooked food? May be for a few hours
without freezing.
d. How long will raw fruits & vegetables last? May be few days.
Conclusion
Roasting/boiling deprives the seed of life giving capacity. Heat has
made MAWA unhealthy although its chemical nutrition is the same
as CHHENA. It is obvious that although chemical nutrition may be
similar, but there is difference depending on the source and how it
is prepared. In my perception, cooked food is like dead body. It
starts decaying soon after being prepared.
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Fruits, vegetables and sprouts are live foods. For proper
nourishment to sluggish or dead organs we need nutrition from
living food and not dead food. On this basis, meat is even worse
than the cooked vegetarian food as decay starts immediately after
slaughter. So it becomes like 24 hours old cooked food or dead
body after 24 hrs. Today American Institute of Cancer Research is
recommending more and more use of fruits, vegetables, salads
and limit meat taking to the minimum. It is my belief that in years.
to come they will recommend no meat at all. Possibly, if they do it
today, its acceptability in the society will be difficult. USA is very
conscious when marketing a new product or idea regarding its
acceptability with the customer.
It is an established fact that all the cells of the body are replaced in
say 12-18 months. Why do diseased cells get replaced by
diseased cells and not healthy cells? No doctor has given me a
satisfactory answer to this. May be for this we need living food and
not dead food
Case stories:
a. A lady had 3rd stage uterus cancer. Doctors wanted her to
undergo standard treatment of radiation, chemotherapy etc. She
refused any such advice and changed to 100% raw food. After 1
year Doctors confirmed NO DETERIORATION!! It will require lot of
guts on part of Doctors to confirm improvement merely by taking
raw food.
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b. One diabetic patient's wound was not healing after surgery,
although sugar was kept under control with the help of medicines.
A naturopath approached the family and suggested that his
prescription be tried. When enough time was lost without
sufficient progress, everybody agreed to try his prescription. His
prescription was to have only raw food with even reasonable
quantities of fruits such as banana, mangoes etc usually not
allowed to diabetics. Sugar remained under control without
medicine and the wound was healed. Sugar was under control in
both the cases though by different means but healing rate
improved considerably when the patient was only on raw food.
5. Acidic and alkaline foods - Cereals & dais are acidic foods,
while fruits & veg are alkaline. In net food must be alkaline,
therefore more fruits & veg. Some say max 20% Cereal+Dal,
others accept upto 33%. It is a challenge for the ladies in the
house how to give such a high proportion of fruits, vegetables to
the family. You may mix veg in Khichri and even flour before
making roti. Please remember fruits clean the body and
vegetables build the body. Potato is a vegetable but not
considered to be 100% vegetable, but is very healthy. It is a
misconcept that Potato is fattening.. It has % water and is too
porous, hence can absorb a lot of fat without showing. It should
always betaken with the skin. Fruits are predigested food, hence
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should be eaten separately from main meal or 30 to 45 minutes
before meal. Although vegetables are not predigested, but it is
also recommended to take salads, etc. before the meal, as time
required to digest is much lower. Nutrient density i.e. special
nutrients/cal of intake is maximum in fruits &vegetables.
6. Milk - Most Naturopaths believe that nature has made milk only
for the baby of the same species. However, everyone is unanimous
that if external milk has to be taken, source has to be cow. Best is
to have Dharoshna milk i.e, milk as it comes out without much
delay. In any case, boiled milk is not recommended. It is better to
have curd instead of milk. Alternative suggested is Soya milk.
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White Sugar - taken only for taste. It has only calories. Due to
lack of other nutrients, its nutrient density is nil. God has made
Vitamin B composite with all sugar containing fruits. Vitamin B is
required for digestion. In absence of Vitamin B, it takes Vitamin B
From other parts and deprives the body of Vitamin B. It is also said
to be Calcium thief. It deprives the body of Calcium. Net value of
white sugar is negative. Sweetners like jaggery and honey are
nutritious.
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However Wheat, Groundnut and Methi can also be sprouted.
Methi sprout is a very good detoxifier and also helps control
Cholesterol. Best is to have all varieties of sprouts. Generally,
people tend to take sprouts with salt and lemon. There is nothing
against lemon, but salt is not a desirable additive.
D. Life style
1. US Cancer statistics - One in four persons in US suffers from
Cancer. This is totally due to their life style. This is also the reason
why so much anti smoking consciousness has developed there.
Besides tobacco, their beef eating is also possibly responsible for
high incidence of cancer. I have not seen any country where steak
is taken even for breakfast.
4. General
a. Sitting posture vs blood flow - In the olden days we used to
work by sitting on the floor in a cross legged position. These days
everybody from childhood sits on a chair. Just visualise the blood
flow in the body in the two postures. All our active organs are
above the abdomen. While sitting on the chair, lot of blood flows to
the feet unnecessarily. To that extent, all active organs above
abdomen right upto the brain receive reduced quantity of blood.
Naturopaths recommend sitting in Vajrasana after meal to allow
more blood and energy to organs involved in the process.
F. Medicine= Health?
If medicine is to help us live disease-free, how do Pharmaceutical
companies forecast growth? It is only because if we take one
medicine today, we will need MORE medicine tomorrow. Recent
article 'in Reader's Digest regarding research for medicines to
prevent/correct obesity. You may continue to indulge and take pills
daily for lifelong, pill will ensure that you don't become obese. if
you stop you will gain back the lost weight. General approach
today is that you indulge we are there to look after. In any case not
enough emphasis for disease free body.
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This is how pharma companies hope to make their fortune.
When someone suggested to Dr . SR Jindal in one of the open
sessions at Jindal Institute , Bangalore, to open more such
institutes all over India , and if there - be constraint of funds,
these may be operated on commerical basis. His response was
that any institute which runs on commercial basis has to please
the customer. Such institutes cannot impose discipline, which
is a must for disease- free life. Now there is a Centre started in
US to counsel on Life Style. Counselling Doctor's problems a.
takes longer than prescribing medicine b. insurance does not
pay for it.
G.ImpactonGDP
1. Many people believe that if we do not indulge, our economy
will suffer. I believe, there is a good GDP and bad GDP, like
productive employment and unproductive employment. GDP
will fall if-
a. Cancer is wiped out of USA
b. People stop smoking
2. Calamities like Earth Quake, Floods increase GDP, without
increasing nation's wealth. Unfortunately nations do not keep
record of Gross Domestic Wealth, like balance Sheet of a
company. Even Wealth does not include education level, health
level in the society. Bhutan carries out a survey regarding
'Happiness Index' of their people.
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H. Impact of change
1. Deterioration is like slow poisoning. Unless one is conscious it
may not attract attention. Improvement is even slower, just as
going uphill is slower than going downhill. Improvement is like
adding 1 drop of colour in a bucket of water daily, nothing visible
till a long time, so do not get disheartened if improvement takes
time to be seen.
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FOR DAILY USE
C. Food :
1. Eat only when hungry and not by clock.
2. Eat full grains and not polished grains.
3. Emphasis on nutrition when selecting the menu. All vege-
tables/fruits to be part of menu as per season.
4. Increase proportion of fruits and vegetables upto 80% of
food intake. Take as much in the raw form as possible.
5. All natural foods as per season to be able to cover full
cross section of micronutrients. Include all colours.
6. Take curd/yoghurt instead of boiled milk.
7. Eliminate/reduce intake of -
a. Fried food; b. sweets, may substitute sugar by honey
and jaggery; c. Salt; d. Chilled water and chilled food,
e.g. Ice cream.
(P.T.O.)
8. Add:
a. Sprouts to daily menu - include varieties of sprouts e.g.
wheat, groundnut, methidana; b. Tulsi on a daily basis;
c. Ginger, lemon and turmeric regularly in raw form, if
possible; d. Karela and neem as per season; e. Wheat
Grass, Barley grass, Aloe vera;
9. Chew as much as possible.
10. Practise Jalneti when nose is blocked.
D. Children
1. Teach -
a. Nutrition vs taste; b. Internal hygiene; c. Eat maxi-
mum variety as per season; d. Chew, not to gulp;
e. Correct food habits as given above including chewing.
2. Reward :
a. No indulgence e.g. chocolate, Ice cream etc.
3. Practise :
a. Salt gargle/mouth rinsing at night before going to
bed; b. Jalneti when nose blocked, Laghu Shankh
Prakshalan after 8 years of age.
4. Develop immunity - do not over-protect them.