HEALTH
LIVE LONGER WITH FRUITS, GREEN TEA, RED WINE!
NEW DELHI : WANT to know the secret to longevity? Just rev up your diet with fresh fruits, green tea, fish and red wine.
“Breast milk is responsible for higher IQ and leads to lesser chances of having diabetes, hyper-tension and asthma. It has long term advantages even when the baby grows up into an adult and therefore ensures longevity,” says Dr Arun Soni, consultant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s Department of Neonatology.
“It is a complete food for babies. It is hygienic. It gives extra immunity to the body of the baby and protects them from illnesses,” he says.
Dr Seema Puri of Department of Nutrition at Institute of Home Economics says dietary adjustments may not only influence present health but may determine whether or not an individual will develop diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes much later in life.
Puri recommends a high intake of vegetables (particularly wild plants), fruits, nuts and cereals mostly in the form of sourdough bread rather than pasta, more olives and olive oil, less milk more cheese, more fish and less meat.
Consumption of specific foods like whole grains, vegetables and fruits, fish, green tea, red wine, soy, nuts and seeds, garlic and turmeric may also have a beneficial effect on health.
“Scientific evidence increasingly supports the view that alterations in the diet have strong effects both positive and negative on health throughout life,” she says.
Constituents like fibre and several phytochemicals in these foods bestow antioxidant, antimutagenic, anti- inflammatory, antibacterial and immuno-enhancing properties all contribute to lowered disease risk and hence increased longevity, experts say.
High fruit and vegetable consumption has been consistently associated with protection against muscular degeneration, visual loss, cataracts, respiratory diseases, and breast, stomach and colorectal cancer.
Shashi Mathur, principal dietician at Ganga Ram hospital cites the Japanese, saying they have the world’s longest life expectancy, which has been attributed in part to their increased intake of fruit and fat and reduced intake of salty traditional dishes.
With the number of old in the world increasing due to better living conditions, scientists are renewing their research into what is essential for a long life.
Nutrition is coming to the fore as a major modifiable determinant of chronic disease and age-related decline.
The process of determining the lifeline of an individual in fact begins right after birth with breast milk being touted as the best and complete food, which provides an early immunity to the body.
IMPORATNT INFORMATION
Three women in North Florida turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms…
Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis and finally death.
There were no outward signs of trauma.
Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood. These women did not know each other and seemed to have nothing in common. It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant (Olive Garden) within days of their deaths. The Health Department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check..
She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom.
That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read, drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom and lifted the toilet seat.
Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider. The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the Two Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), so named because of its reddened flesh color. This spider’s venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark, damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.
Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a hospital emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in Singapore, before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden), while there. He did (as did all of the other victims) have what was determined to be a puncture wound. Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India.
The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets of all flights from India and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider’s nests on 4 different planes!
It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country.
So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for spiders….
It can save your life!
NEW DELHI : WANT to know the secret to longevity? Just rev up your diet with fresh fruits, green tea, fish and red wine.
“Breast milk is responsible for higher IQ and leads to lesser chances of having diabetes, hyper-tension and asthma. It has long term advantages even when the baby grows up into an adult and therefore ensures longevity,” says Dr Arun Soni, consultant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s Department of Neonatology.
“It is a complete food for babies. It is hygienic. It gives extra immunity to the body of the baby and protects them from illnesses,” he says.
Dr Seema Puri of Department of Nutrition at Institute of Home Economics says dietary adjustments may not only influence present health but may determine whether or not an individual will develop diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes much later in life.
Puri recommends a high intake of vegetables (particularly wild plants), fruits, nuts and cereals mostly in the form of sourdough bread rather than pasta, more olives and olive oil, less milk more cheese, more fish and less meat.
Consumption of specific foods like whole grains, vegetables and fruits, fish, green tea, red wine, soy, nuts and seeds, garlic and turmeric may also have a beneficial effect on health.
“Scientific evidence increasingly supports the view that alterations in the diet have strong effects both positive and negative on health throughout life,” she says.
Constituents like fibre and several phytochemicals in these foods bestow antioxidant, antimutagenic, anti- inflammatory, antibacterial and immuno-enhancing properties all contribute to lowered disease risk and hence increased longevity, experts say.
High fruit and vegetable consumption has been consistently associated with protection against muscular degeneration, visual loss, cataracts, respiratory diseases, and breast, stomach and colorectal cancer.
Shashi Mathur, principal dietician at Ganga Ram hospital cites the Japanese, saying they have the world’s longest life expectancy, which has been attributed in part to their increased intake of fruit and fat and reduced intake of salty traditional dishes.
With the number of old in the world increasing due to better living conditions, scientists are renewing their research into what is essential for a long life.
Nutrition is coming to the fore as a major modifiable determinant of chronic disease and age-related decline.
The process of determining the lifeline of an individual in fact begins right after birth with breast milk being touted as the best and complete food, which provides an early immunity to the body.
IMPORATNT INFORMATION
Three women in North Florida turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms…
Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis and finally death.
There were no outward signs of trauma.
Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood. These women did not know each other and seemed to have nothing in common. It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant (Olive Garden) within days of their deaths. The Health Department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down. The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check..
She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom.
That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read, drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom and lifted the toilet seat.
Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider. The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the Two Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), so named because of its reddened flesh color. This spider’s venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark, damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.
Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a hospital emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in Singapore, before returning home. He did not visit (Olive Garden), while there. He did (as did all of the other victims) have what was determined to be a puncture wound. Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India.
The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets of all flights from India and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider’s nests on 4 different planes!
It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country.
So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for spiders….
It can save your life!
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