Wednesday, November 16, 2005

How NOT to stay healthy and fit forever

How not to stay healthy and fit for life

Tejinder Singh Rawal
tsrawal@tsrawal.com



Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die. In fact, if you eat indiscriminately without watching for the type of food and the serving size, you are going to die soon. Who cares, it always makes more sense to live a quality life that is short than to live long eating salads and vegetables. It is the quality of life that is more important than the quantity. The fast food is the greatest blessing of this century. How convenient it is to pig out on a burger when you are in a hurry. And of course, the chocolate that melts in your mouth is indeed irresistible! Why should you resist it in the first place? It has been invented for connoisseurs like you! An extra bar of chocolate cannot harm you much.

Never say no to desserts. A great dessert after a hearty meal is like heaven. People keep telling you carbs are bad for your health, and that food loaded with carbs will cause insulin resistance and is sure to lead you to diabetes, but that should not be a cause of concern for you. In a country which has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of diabetics in the world, it would not make any difference if you also join the diabetic club!

When at dinner table, always add salt to the salad and food even before tasting the food. Similarly, do not forget to add extra sugar to the cup of tea. You are an expert and can tell without even eating the food that it needs more salt or sugar.

There is no better way of watching TV than with a bowl of potato wafers or fingers by your side. If you can wash it with a glass of beer, it will be even better. Alcohol gives instant energy, and is a super-fuel for your body. Moreover, it is a great stress-buster; you deserve it after that stressful meeting. Of course, you know it very well that alcohol in moderation acts as a tonic for your heart. While you do not heed to other advice of your doctor, this particular piece of advice you are very happy to follow, though you are yet to precisely define what ‘moderation’ is.

When tired, do drink a cup of coffee. This caffeine-laden drink gives you great relief. Caffeine does you more harm than good, but who cares as long as the drink is refreshing. When caffeine does not help, my advice to you is to smoke a cigarette. Nicotine in cigarette is bound to give you pleasure. You know smoking is bad, you read it on the packet every time you buy a new pack that smoking is injurious to health, but if it were that bad, the Government would have taken steps to ban it. Such warnings are not to be taken seriously, they have been on the cigarette packets since as long as you can remember, and you know it well, they have lost their efficacy.

Drink gallons of aerated drinks. The fact that the drink is loaded with caffeine and empty carb calories should not deter you. The silver lining is that now with the discovery of pesticides in such drinks, it actually cleanses your belly of all harmful insects! While you know it very well that drinking 8-10 glass of plain water is essential for your survival, you also know that it is out of fashion to drink plain water.

Buy more of packaged food, and less of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are so abundantly available in our country. Of course, cooking is messy, and why should you do that when you can just open a packet and microwave it! Do not read the labels on the packaged food you buy. You know well such food can be loaded with carbs, and cholesterol-increasing trans-fats, but you also know that they are delicious. With fast food being delivered to you in guaranteed 20 minutes right at your door, it is foolish to carry an inventory of all those innumerable ingredients that go into cooking the home cooked food. Moreover, kids love the junk, give them what they like the best.

Do not exercise regularly. Exercise if for the professional athletes, and sportsmen. You are a successful person living a cosy life, why should you sweat. Did you work so hard in life and succeed so that you will keep sweating when you can sit comfortably in from of the TV and enjoy the soap? Do not park your car away from the shopping mall, but keep circling the mall parking closest to the place you want to go, until you are able to locate a vacant parking slot.

Morning walk is too boring. And of course, you should not run fast, you may risk your ankles and knees. It is better to let your waistline grow than to develop a permanent non-curable knee-pain. Swimming is equally bad for your body. Of course, it may help you shed weight, and make your body more flexible, but the cost of doing it is high! You catch cold too fast, and swimming aggravates the process. Moreover, swimming makes your skin tanned and dark. Better, stay away from water. Weight loss is not as important as having a glowing skin and a dry nose!
In fact, you are able to do sufficient exercise by turning the wheel of your car, opening its door and walking to your office with a brief case in your hand, not forgetting the calories you consume when you bathe, brush your teeth, and comb your hair!

I can assure you, if you follow the advice given in this article, you will stay young forever: since you will die before the old age sets in(


Tejinder Singh RawalM.Com, MA( Economics and Public Administration), LLB, FCA, ISA, CISA, CISMChartered AccountantE 13, Anjuman Complex, Sadar,Nagpur 440 001 IndiaPh: +91 712 2582923 Fax +91 712 2583522Email: tsrawal@tsrawal.com

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