Recently I read a book by Harvey Diamond, "Fit for Life: A New Beginning". I found it not an ordinary book, it is a thought provoking and make the reader to change his or her way of living - which includes the basic yogic principles of living, i.e., aahar, vihar and nidra - meaning diet, activities and sleep. If we put these in to practice together these can be called A Complete Diet and Health Plan. The author Diamond, in his introductory chapter itself had given a great emphasis to the dominant role of food played and continues to play throughout our life. He had questioned us, are we aware that on an average each one of us will consume approximately about 72 tons of food in our lifetime? Further, he makes comment that the amount of time, effort, and energy necessary to obtain, prepare and consume that seventy two tons of food. These are external factors, then how do these foods make us to put effort on our body to break down the food, extract, and utilize what we need from it and element the rest, represents a hugely significant portion of our life on this planet.
From the foregoing paragraph is it not clear, that we have been spending most of our time and energy in procuring food and extracting a little energy from what we eat. We need to understand the effect of those seventy two tons of food on our energy levels, well being, health, and longevity. Today, we are in intellectual era, most of us commit an offence or a wrong knowingly the consequences of that act. It is equally applies to our eating and drinking habit that makes our way of living.
Here, I wish to understand what is life? How do we live? What is my way of life? How do I manage myself? All these questions, I have attempted to answer under one course - we may call it, "Life Style Management".
to be continued .....
