Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Thought 37: You are what you eat


We may or we may not realize that the major cause of our common illnesses is the food that we consume. Food, therefore, constitutes a principal component, which influences our happiness in more ways than we generally realize. Yet, it gets so little attention from us. We always eat without paying any attention, let alone a serious attention, to what is good for us or for our happiness. Satya Saibaba says Bhogam (enjoyment) leads to Rogam (disease). Tyaagam (giving up bad foods) leads to Yogam.

People tend to over-eat for various reasons. Family culture is one important reason. In some families food is an obsession; consequently, they have a tendency to over-eat as a habit. In some others, food is a recreation. In such families, junk food is consumed in great quantities regularly.

Stress is a common reason, which leads to bad eating habits. People under stress eat compulsively. They have no control on their eating. Boredom usually makes people to reach out to food; any food. TV is a major cause for bad food habits. People watching a (foot-ball or cricket) game or a thriller and consume copious quantities of liquor and junk food while watching these TV programs.

The next thought is about “Eating out of shape”

1 comment:

VJ said...

Dear Sir,

This post is a kind of very Apt to describe my
penchant towards observant food habits.

As rightly described above, i am what i eat.

Viju