HOW TO LIVE LONG AND FRUITFUL LIFE
Life is the most beautiful thing on planet earth which separates it
from millions of other stars and planets.We have yet to find another
life form in universe.Man is different from other lifeforms because
he can shape and influence his own life and other lives as well.Anybody
and everybody can live but to live a long and happy life one must understand few things.
To live long there are few things we have to understand and to live
purposefully we need emotional maturity along with a healthy mind
and body.
When you are healthy physically and mentally and are able to take care of
your needs than only you can be useful to others in society. A person
at peace with himself can give peace and happiness to people around
him and can be useful to nation or humanity at large.
There are no certain methods to live long but many things are proved
beyond doubts-
1) DIET
Diet forms one of the most important factor in human life which
can increase or decrease the life span of a person.
a)How much to eat-People eating less and just keeping themselves
above starvation levels live longer then people eating as much as
possible.In many biosphere studies this point has been proved.A
biosphere is a specially constructed dome of plastic which has its
own atmosphere and is cut from rest of the world.It has its own vegetation
,own animals ,own water supply and own food cycle and is fully
self sufficient for years.Many scientists have lived in biospheres for
years and have eaten less whatever is available there and have
found that there BP has fallen,there serum fats are less,Heart rate
is less,toxic levels in blood have fallen and longevity increased.So
to sum up one must eat to live and not live to eat.
b)Calories-How much calories you need depend on sex,age and level of
physical activity.Males need more calories than females.
Calorie chart
c)fats-Less fats are better.Fats forming 20% of total calories are best.
A balance of saturated fats,monounsaturated fats ,polyunsaturated fats
and marine fats containing 3 omega acids should be taken.Food
taken without fats may lead to shortage of essential fatty acids and
further damage and lead to depression.
D)protien-Normaly one need 1gm proteins per kg body wt except in
special circumstances like pregnancy ,fever,childhood when one
needs more protiens.One must be deriving 35-45% calories from proteins.
Proteins derived from animal sources are better than derived from
plant sources.
E)Salt-One should take less salt .Every food contain some salt and
we take extra salt for taste.Salt increases BP which is harmful in long-term.
Caution-In excessive heat,sweating,working in hot and humid environment
,fever,vomitings and diarrhoea one need extra salt and electrolytes.
F)sugar-Sugar have been in world for about 100 years and Gur or
Jaggery for about 200 years and humans are on planet earth for
25,000 years or more .So you can understand that we can live without
these chemicals.Our body is still not used to it and taken in excessive
quantities can do harm to body.Sugar is present in natural form in
many fruits etc.Fruits also contains another sweetening agent
Fructose which is metabolised through different pathways than
glucose and does not need Insulin for metabolism.
G)FIBRE- A high fibre diet is must if you want to live long.Fibres are
of two types.1-insoluble fibres like cellulose present in wheat husk, fruit skin ,covering of pulses etc.2-soluble fibres-like pectin present in
fruits.these are more important as are known to decrease cholesterol levels.
H)Food of Longitivity-There are certain chemicals and food which are known to increase life
-Antioxidants
-Flavinoids
-Carotenoids
-Ginseng alkoloids
2-ACTIVE LIFE STYLE
If you want to live long you have to maintain active lifestyle.By
active lifestyle I mean that one should be active physically .
Some tips for remaining active
-get up early in morning -6AM is OK
-Go for a walk or do exercise for 30 min
-Yoga or others for 15 min
-walk to work if possible
-do not hesitate to get up from chair for work
-walk around in office or in area of work
-game or sport in evening
-light food
-early to bed
-avoid smoking
-minimum alcohol
3-FAMILY SUPPORT
4-health checkups
Regular health checkups are important if you want to live long
and trouble free life.There are many diseases which are silent killers
and should be detected before they can harm us. Diabetes mellitus
and hypertention are some of the diseases which can be detected easily
and have incidence of 10% or more after 40 years of age.
Even coronary heart disease and cancer dont occur in few days time
and take 10-15 years to occure and can be detected early most of
the times.
Many people have false belief that they will be able to detect disease when
it occurs. Many people have false notion that they can feel high BP.
This feeling is false and most of the times one cant feel the high BP.
Humen cant detect everything like there are radiowaves around us
which our Transistor picks up easily but we cant feel it or when you
are exposed to X-rays you cant feel it.or you are surrounded by radiowaves all the time and any transistor can catch it but you cant feel it.
So it becomes important to go regular health checkups.Once a year is
fine if you are healthy.
5-Economic independence for whole life
6.Mental health – is as important as physical health.
-All the negative thoughts like anger,jeaulousy,revenge,depression decreases the life span of person. Anger may not harm the person on whom you are angry but will definitely going to harm you. Mother nature wants us to have a positive attitude and positive thoughts towards others. If you have negative thoughts towards others and negative feelings then you waste your time and energy on negative projects and your output falls. Apart from this you harm your psyche and your body and have all sideeffects of chronic tention .even your lifespan is shortened.
-Enjoy the daily routine .Anybody who doesn’t enjoy the daily work is heading for trouble.All successful people enjoy whatever they are doing.
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