The real essence of health and healthy living.

From the dawn of the emergence of human civilization, it has ever remained a mystery that there lived many in this world who were agile and happy, and lived a life of satisfaction even to their nineties and hundredwhereas, in the modern days, we see a number of diseases, syndromes and perversions of body and mind, and a greater menace of incurable terminal ailments. But there is seen a progress in the material front, there is a surplus of food and consumer goods, there has been greater investments and progress in the healthcare sector, there has been development in the living standards. Then where did we lapse? Much of the investments and government sponsored schemes have been aimed at the multitude of laboratory experiments and analysis of food and nutrition, towards improving the health and immunityfronted cure of diseases. Many a novel drugs and formulae for dietary products were marketed, and the aggressive marketing strategies instilled the belief of guaranteed health among the masses to improve their market share and profits. But have they been providing us with real health and quality-living as was promised? The healthy lifestyle of earlier generations was not based on sophisticated methods that segregate the human system from the natural ways..it imbibed in itself the harmony and oneness with naturethe great-grandmothers, who gave birth to 10 to `12 children without these modern medical aids, and still had the strength and stamina to manage the entire household chores without the assistance of modern appliances, who blessed the entire household and community with their experience and serene love, and still lived till their nineties .great grandfathers with simple lifestyles and humble attitudes who were agile and healthy, were adept in mind, body and memory power even till their ninetiesthey understood the real essence of healthy living and passed it down to the generations ---that the food we eat and the drinks we take are not just a mixture of carbohydrates, fats , proteins, minerals and vitamins, but they encase the love and care transcending from the mother to the child, from the feeder to the fedany food, however tasty it be, is rendered a junk, if devoid of this essential ingredient. The bottled health drinks, and formulae do not contain this. The powdered milk formulae for the newborns and toddlers essentially carry the marketing strategies and profit driven mentality of the manufacturer, but they are devoid of that motherly care and love, which binds the mother and baby in a silent inflow of serene love and assurance, when she breastfeeds the baby and when she feeds the older children with her hands Such feeding by a loving mother transfers the goodness to the child through the invisible bond love and blessing that ever fills the mothers mind. Even a humble feed of a bowl of rice gruel, vegetables and salt will raise such a child to a healthy and virtuous one. The love and calmness of the mother could witness each and every phase of the future life of her child in her mind.the bond of love and motherly affection imbibed the strength of a telepathic communication between the generations.which guided their lifestyles and attitudes to their real health. The food should be handled with great respect and eaten as in a prayer, with pure thoughts, to let its goodness improve the goodness in us.

Any food, though served in the most sumptuous ambience, in several courses of highly nutritious dishes, will lead us to the most disastrous disease and ill health if eaten with the most perverted and disturbing mindset. The permanent and easy way to good health and healthy living is to follow the goodness and simplicity of the forefathers and old generations. The earlier we adopt it to our lifestyle, the quicker the escape from the affliction from ill health. The primary source of human nutrition is his thought. Purity of thoughts when combined with a nutritious food leads him to healthy mind and body. The effects of social changes, whether they are good or bad, are instilled, to an extent, into every individual. To recognize good from bad, and not to entirely enslaved by the bad, one has to view the society from the spectatorship of a witness, not a victim. When being a witness, every individual is blessed by the analytical capability to transform his mindset into that of a teacher, a father, a forefather, or a mother, which guides him through the right and wrong in each occasion. This ability is achieved by an individual when he prepares himself to recognize the traditional significance in the sayings of the ancient scriptures and value their significance in encoding a healthy lifestyle.