Dear Reader
Let this blog find you experiencing
wellness ‘inside out’.
Last few years we have focused more on our
health, food & life-style. Especially after witnessing illnesses faced by
people around us.
I was proud of my zero medicine bill since
last 16 years. I had to let go of that claim in April 2015. My skin showed
severe allergy and inflammation. I avoided any medication for 1 week, finally
gave up & consulted a renowned skin specialist. It was diagnosed as URTICARIA.
I was asked to avoid Bengal Gram (Chana), Besan, Hummus etc. I went through many
tests and was put on anti-allergens, Cyclosporin etc. Though the allergies got
suppressed in a week, I was told that the medicine will continue for several
months. I had to get kidney function tests done every month to reconfirm that
the medicine is not adversely affecting the kidney!!
A friend, who cured his Asthma by natural
diet and lifestyle, recommended us to THAC team (The Health
Awareness Center) at Worli, Mumbai. We visited THAC and met Dr. Vijaya
Venkat, the sprightly 78 year old founder & one of the early experts on
nutrition in India. Our awareness of the body system has gone through a
sea-change since then.
Dr. Venkat explained:
‘The body is million times more intelligent
than the mind. A fine balance is needed in the body to keep you alive, be it
body temperature, pH balance, hormonal balance, blood clotting, memory,
digestion system, breath management and what not. Please let it take its own
course. You job is to only remove speed breakers, provide it right material,
eliminate actions/food that increase toxicity in the system.
All skin allergies are an indication of
excess toxicity in the system that the body is unable to throw out through
natural routes. Body is designed to safeguard you and will not allow toxicity
in the blood stream.’
Her explanations totally resonated with me.
I abruptly stopped my medications and switched to eating plant based whole food
– fruits, vegetables, pulses, nuts & dry fruits.
Within 24 hours, all the allergies
resurfaced. I remembered a friend telling me that medicine normally suppresses
the symptoms for 12-24 hours. Finally it’s the body’s internal intelligence that
heals you!
THAC advised me to go off salt & grains
and take a lot more rest. And the body did its natural magic & allergies
receded!! I no longer avoid bengal gram, chickpeas, hummus, besan, etc.
Since this experience, I have been reading
a lot about nutrition and its impact on wellness and health. I am glad that we
finally found a team like THAC who has done intense research work on nutrition,
impact of various activities & food on the body and how to restore natural
wellness.
I found answers to lots of questions that I
had. Many of my firm beliefs (though more of hearsay) got shattered &
replaced with a resonating logic that ‘rang a bell within’. Some of the
questions I had were:
- What is an ideal quantity of water I should drink?
- Is whey protein essential for vegetarians? When should I take it?
How do I know it is really helping?
- Does milk really help in adding calcium & proteins to our body?
- What is the right time to eat what kind of food? Is it okay to eat
breakfast like a king?
- Does meat protein really help?
- How does sugar impact my body system?
- What does high cholesterol or high blood pressure indicate?
- Why is it so hard to reduce body fat?
- How does (early morning) coffee / tea impact my system?
Some surprising answers I found, I will share
in my next blog.
I believed I was following very healthy
lifestyle practices. What was my body pointing to via this skin allergy? I
found some clues…
There was a growing toxicity in my
system because:
- I was sleeping less than required
- I had excessive screen exposure (even though I don’t watch TV!!)
Brain & liver
are two critical organs in our body. Body can’t give both of them high energy
at the same time. As long as lights are on brain is active, liver gets to work
only when we sleep.
Liver’s job is to
detoxify the blood running through 600,000 km of capillaries in the body every
day. We need at least 8 hours of sleep (that too in darkness), for our liver to
function at optimum.
I used to believe
that my 6 hours of deep sleep is enough. Combined with average 11 hours/day of
sitting in front of computer screen with 15 simultaneous hours of smart phone
exposure overloaded my system. I’ve realised that being fit externally need not
mean internal health. I’m now working at restoring the normal rhythm of the
body with more sleep, reduced screen time & plant based food.
If you (or anyone around you) have any
persistent symptoms or want to reduce dependence on medication, give THAC a
call on +91 22 24980005/6 or mail thacwellness@gmail.com.
Wishing you wellness with lots of smiles.
Rohan Singal
