Upon quitting alcohol, I developed a strong craving for sweets . Sweets replaced spirits. Now I am making a serious attempt to kick this habit. The mind yearns for something sweet after every meal. By eating refined sugar not only does an individual add weight at all the wrong places in the body which makes him/ her appear ungainly sugar is also hazardous for the gut. The problem begins at the level of the abdomen and slowly but surely spreads to various parts of the body. Addiction to sugar is as deleterious as being hooked to cocaine.
My aunt a doctor by training , talking about her former alcoholic husband mentioned, '' so long as he does not drink , sweets are fine.'' But excessive consumption of sweets is equally dangerous to the body. Be it white or brown, sugar remains an anathema. Same applies with the excessive intake of salt. Excessive salt causes high blood pressure and various heart related ailments.
Recently I read a thought provoking article by a runner . For the last forty years this gentleman has has been running incessantly across the country and is sprightly fit. He also advocates running bare feet quite like the celebrity Milind Soman. The runner champions a no sugar and no salt diet. '' Humans get adequate quota of salt from the vegetables we partake says'' , the runner.
Excessive of sugar causes Diabetes Melitus or DM. The disease is a chronic condition which is associated with abnormally high levels of sugar( glucose) in the blood. The common symptoms associated with diabetes are reflected in excessive urination, uncontrolled thirst, weight loss, pangs of hunger , fatigue , skin related problems, tardy healing of wounds and injuries, yeast infection and tingling or numbness in feet and toes. Diabetes like high blood sugar are silent killers when left untreated . Therefore a combination of dietary habits, change in lifestyle patterns and a positive approach to life is paramount to combat the Scylla and Charybdis of diabetes and blood pressure.
Overweight people, obese individuals, those leading a sedentary lifestyle, humans with a family history of diabetes, those suffering from hypertension and hypotension, low levels of HDL ( efficacious cholesterol) and elevated triglycerides are all prone to be afflicted by Diabetes Melitus.
Madhumeha Mukt Bharat is a Nationwide Stop-Diabetes Movement under the aegis of Swami Vivekanand Yoga Anusthana Samsthana, Bengaluru, to spread the awareness about diabetes and to aid in its prevention among a wide cross-section of Indians across the country, using the ancient holistic approach of Yoga.
The Art of Living is supporting SVYASA in their noble efforts to promote health and harmony. Therefore on the occasion of World Diabetes Day that is on November 14th an event to flag off the first training program for Yoga Teachers' for Diabetes Management is being held at the Bangalore Ashram. Several other schools of Yoga and other organisations are participating in this workshop, too. Around 100 teachers of the Art of Living are being identified to tackle the menace of diabetes and provide holistic treatment through Yoga.
To begin with we need to train our minds to say a no to sugar and salt. CAN WE? May be the mind would resist this change , but certainly humans can take baby steps by reducing the quantities significantly and will soon see radical changes in there bodies , minds and souls.
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