Monday, July 2, 2007

I usually enjoy the serious debates and airings about health

I usually enjoy the serious debates and airings about health in the parties and the banquet. Since I am from the alternative health field, mostly the discussions were health related. Normally my involvement in these airings is very sincere. If I am a car racer, the talk will be surely about racing and tracks. Even without the presence of a medical person, people have debates related to health. So I hadn’t thought my presence was the cause of the discussion of health subjects. It is a serious concern like climate. So we can call these debates a universal cession of common man. They exchange their honest view and post remark on the latest health trends. My objection about these debates is they are very superficial exhibitions. Obesity is a very common subject of this discussion. In a posh dinner, it will be the hero (Because the antagonist is nearby). This subject have been discussing in different perspectives as per the availability of time. The serious participants are middle aged gentlemen. Most of the time, teen and youth are the spectators. The talk round starts from the difficulties met with the weight gain, proceeds through the short cuts of slimming and ceases with discomfiture that nobody cares. At certain points, there were serious arguments and heated exchanges. As the fighting teams are over weighed, spectators hold their breath. But it will end as a storm in the teacup. Now I am not taking much interest to participate these airings. Why? . I will cite one typical party.

The party was at an evening. The hall had decorated with cream of the society. I was a bit late. I went straight to the host and wished him. Most groups were live and hall was vibrating. I joined one were serious debate on obesity was going. One had been talking the different aspects of weight gain. He gained some more mileage with my presence. His arguments are here.’ Increase in the food intake is the main cause of weight gain. The children are not allowed to sweat due to the affection; in turn they will become lazy. Besides they were fed with preserved new generation food. This continues in the future. Over and above the globalization provides huge rug, which arrests full sweating. This is why the obesity is increasing’. I had agreed completely, added some ayurvedic tips to improve the debate. The discussion continued till the announcement of the food. In no time my friend and his family rushed to the buffet table. Our host was very sharp at the table and encouraged everyone to taste the full stuffs. My friend tasted almost all dishes and completed with a cream desert. I am watching him with curiosity. He had finished the dinner in 20 minutes and helped his son after that. The boy was an obese figure and I am sure he never sweated in his life. He had went outside and waited in the porch. With a beck, he bought his car beside, entered and gone.
I felt incessant pain; he was my colonel in the war against indecent food habits and notorious lifestyles few minutes ago. He has put on and gone. This was not my first or last incident of same script. This happens regularly with some interesting climaxes. Do you believe these people are gambling their life? Certainly no. They are aware of the outcome of the condition and try to correct their styles. But some rank will not permit them for an ideal life style. Here the host’s persistence created the dilemma. We need to help them. We cannot help the people who are fully unaware of the life styles and diet causing obesity. But who are willing to follow the restrictions to the possible end should be considered. Then how they can get rid of their over weight.
This comes from my personal experience. I am a short man with 167 cms of height. Since the age of 20, I had maintained 50- 55 Kg weight. I involved in almost all sports in my club and jobs in my small farm. I got married at the age of 27.In Indian custom, the bride and groom must visit their friends and relatives as early as possible after the marriage. In all visits, we were entertained with a good feast. The spread had included all possible stuffs available with the specialties of the host. We need to finish all the items. By that we assure our endearment to them. So it is a must to finish or at least taste all items. Most of time, these feasts became a family get together. Thus six months finished with jazz and jokes, feast and tunes… One day I accidentally weighed myself, reading was a shocking figure. 78 Kgs. My body had gained 23Kgs in 180 days- nearly 50% increase. There were knee pain, palpitation, sweating, difficulty to talk etc feeling to me. There was no question in reaching a precise diagnosis. I am obese now. I recollected my muff lifestyle with shame. Last six months there was no exercise to my body and fed with heavy stuffs. This added to worse the situation. (During honeymoon, there was enough sex. But I didn’t consider it as an exercise). I avowed to follow an ideal diet with a goal of slimming. Enough exercises are placed in the chart. Usually I use my motor bike to and fro for conveyance. I had determined to walk to home for lunch. My out patient time in the morning ends at 1 O’ clock. So there is enough time to reach my home by walk. But there were three patients still after my timings. So I finished late and used my motor bike to reach the home. My wife was waiting for me. I explained the happenings and my promise for an ideal diet. Suddenly she had enraged on me. The curry prepared for meals was with a very special fish from Alleppey backwaters. It was put on a plantain leaf and cooked with Indian spices with minimum oil. It was a very tasty dish with rice or roti. So I postponed my decision and joined the full lunch with joy. After the lunch I realized that the ideal diet chart needs some compromises. But I want to burn my fat also. Unawares an idea flashed in my mind. I usually prescribe some ayurvedic medication to my patients for slimming. I selected three for me- Slimit capsule, Lomedas Tablet and Sagarlic Tablet. These three are from reputed Ayurvedic pharmaceuticals in India. They are purely herbal and free from side effects. I didn’t want to pollute my body with any toxins as medicines. The ayurvedic medicines are high potent food stuffs. So we can use it boldly. I feel the difference in my attitude to food. The appetite was reduced slowly like a smooth down ward graph. My body used the deposited fats for my exercises and other sweating jobs. I followed the diet restrictions to my extent without breaking the relationships. I went to enjoy parties at week ends. I used non vegetarian stuffs at lunch time. For other foods, I preferred vegetarian diet. In six months my weight dropped to 65Kgs (Some of my friends shed 20-30 Kgs in six months).
In this wise we can help the people who are willing to reduce the weight without breaking their relations. Through my experience, I am suggesting a slight change in the diet. I prefer my friends to take a fully uncooked lunch. You can take any fruits and vegetables as you wish. Because most of the week ends are abounded with dinner parties. So you can participate in the parties without violating your diet chart. Also if the lunch is light, the body uses the deposited fats for its immediate energy needs in the day time. It is easy to carry some fruits or vegetables in the lunch box to offices. The feed back from the new change is very promising. Most of the friends feel very difficult in the transition period initially. Who are bold to reduce the body figure will survive this transition period. So you need to stock three weeks medication initially. If this stock is finished in time, order for next five months stock boldly. I added some more medications like Abana, Liposem, Losterol etc to the list. All are safe ayurvedic medicines with out any side effects.