There is a silent epidemic sweeping the world. Developed countries have realised that it will destroy their medical budgets. It is causing more medical problems than all cancers combined, smoking, drinking, or any other health problem.
And what is this terror? Obesity.
Can you believe it?
Humans are so unable to do a simple thing like control their weight that they are ballooning into massive blobs that consume all kinds of resources. Medical resources, time, money, effort, wasted on this self-inflicted state.
(Note: All other photos on this blog are mine. This one, I did not take.)
Let me make one thing clear – I don’t hate fat people. I have recently met some very overweight people that are good people and impressive in some aspects. But I can not understand how they allow themselves to get into that state.
I am not talking about a bit too curvy or some extra padding, none of us are perfect, but when people are more than 50% extra of what they should be, there is something very wrong.
More people in the USA are fat than a normal weight. The amount of money spent on medical problems directly caused by their weight, dwarves the amounts spent on development of emerging countries. Money that could be spent to change a society, is being spent on chemicals to help fat people disguise their symptoms.
Our bodies are wonderfully designed, but we have to treat them in the manner in which they were designed to work. We are not supposed to be sedentary. We are not supposed to down fizzy sugary drinks, or eat processed junk food laden with fats and devoid of minerals.
It is quite simple – if you are healthy and fit and eat a decent diet, you will not be overweight. If you are fat, it means that you can’t control yourself. Or, what I think is quite prevalent, you simply don’t know how to live.
And that is the real problem. People today are ignorant of what a healthy lifestyle means. It means balance and proper care. I am studying Avurveda at the moment, the medical tradition based on the Vedic teachings. It is fascinating, and it is based on preserving wellbeing, rather than treating symptoms of disease. There are such simple things we need to do. Eat wholesome food, as unprocessed and vegetarian as possible. Reduce stimulants. Exercise.
I am studying Avurveda at the moment, the medical tradition based on the Vedic teachings. It is fascinating, and it is based on preserving wellbeing, rather than treating symptoms of disease. There are such simple things we need to do. Eat wholesome food, as unprocessed and vegetarian as possible. Reduce stimulants. Exercise regularly. Sleep enough. Do yoga. Apart from not being fat, you will feel healthy and energised and just plain good.