Natural Remedies

Ever since childhood, these are common statements that we listen from every Mom, "Have milk or you won't grow." The popular Jingle 'Sunday ho ya Monday, Roz khao Ande' has aspired every single Indian to have it daily as the ads claimed that it is the only food on planet Earth which has the maximum nutritional value. I must appreciate the power of well - made television advertisements that it turned lot of vegetarians into a new section of society called 'Eggetarians'. But such is the power of Media and ad compaigns that creates so many misconceptions and illusions about various food items that we intake knowingly or unknowingly. Have you ever wondered about Ox - one of the most muscular animal on Earth and that too herbivore, how did it get its muscles without consuming any animal products like Eggs, Meat or Milk. For the same reason, if we look at an Elephant or Horse, which are also grass eaters, are no less in their muscularity. So if at all,...

An invisible microbe has become so powerful that it has forced each one of us to lockdown ourselves in the narrow confines of our houses. With much country in lockdown, still the virus could affect 42% of China's economy. Death toll has surged past 90,000 across the globe. All industries except health and sanitation are expected to lose billions of revenue. Each one of us is impacted and is fighting a battle within. I was supposed to travel for an assignment, now it has to be delayed due to cancellation of flights. My son's internship to France is postponed due to visa closures. Even after 3 months of its outbreak, vaccines have not been discovered. This Wuhan outbreak is not incidental. There have been several mini outbreaks when epidemics had knocked our doors time and again in form of Plague, H1N1, SARS, MERS, or SADS which swept across many countries and continents. We all have watched this virulent championship through our televisions from afar thinking it would not...

There are no incurable diseases only incurable people. There is no magic or mystery to health or disease. Disease is a natural process, when we understand how the body works, what causes the tissue to fail we will then understand what causes disease symptoms and how to reverse it. So as to get rid of any disease, we need to understand our species and eat food that is in harmony with our anatomical, physiological and biochemical processes. We have often read that we have evolved from primates who were fruit eaters and their main diet comprised of fruits, nuts, seeds, sweet vegetables and herbs. Even if we disect and draw a parallel between the primates and humans in terms of anatomy and physiology we can conclude that humans are frugivores just like primates. Hence we must eat according to our biological make up and must also observe that none of the animals eat cooked food hence they are not diseased the way as humans are. Cooking food destroys the components and reduces the elect...