Entry from LiveJournal blog - 08 Jun 2008
Often I have heard from people of our parents generation that their previous generation used to have Naati/Jawaari food. So they lived longer and were healthy and independent till end of their life. I too believed it so far but now I think it may not be the case.
I feel they lived longer because of their life style.
They ate good food. We eat lot of junk food.
They ate only what they could digest. We don't have control over food. If there is party and if we like food, we eat more...
They used to fast regularly.
They did enough physical work most of their life. We hardly do any physical work. We don't have (or pretend) time to do excercise. In some cases, we are couch potatos watching idiot box.
They indulged in prayers, visiting temples, socializing through festivals, "jaatras"/"mela"s. They lived in joint families. There was hardly any stress that needed to be managed. We are nuclear families. We need balanced work and personal life. We need to take care of everything ourselves. Lot of stress that needs to be managed.
They were social. They used think beyond their family. They helped others. There was hardly any competition. We are selfish. We want to secure our future. We want to earn more and more. We are in race to be ahead of others. We are restless.
So, is it just food what they/we ate/eat mattered/matters or is it lifestyle that defines our longevity and happiness?
Really good thought and reflections...
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Prashant
This is the truth and realty....if we enjoying the comfort...then also we need to take the negatives from this globalization.....ultimately there was less population and same more of land to grow and eat now more population and less land to grow and eat....and again this is realty....
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