What is meant by the word
"health"? Health should be understood as a state of complete
well-being and good health, as the sense of beauty of the body functioning and
mental abilities. Health - this
when a person is always in a good
mood, always cheerful and disposed to work and entertainment in equal measure.
Health means not only the youth, but also old age should be brisk and cheerful,
not impotent, succumb under the weight of various ailments.
Where nowadays to meet people with
good health? 'Scientists have long agreed that "health" is a
theoretical perfect the human condition, which does not occur in real life.
Yet there are such people in the
world, however, only 15,000 people, of whom it can be said that he was
completely unknown disease. It - Hunza.
I open this talented nation military
doctor Mc Ka-Rison, performing their duties entrusted by the British
authorities for Disease Control in the mountainous region Gilguta (near the
northern border of Kashmir).
Through research, Mac Karison
closely associated with
many small nations and tribes who
lived between Tibet and China, Pamirs, Afghanistan and Pakistan today, and
during their wanderings in this
the places he once encountered the
people of Hunza. At first glance, it attracted them a nice, slim body and high
efficiency, and all were healthy, except for some multiple bone fractures and
inflammation of the eye.
It's pretty primitive and ochen poor
people. No Westerner can not even think about how to lead a life similar to
that which led Hunza, even at the cost of finding happiness and overall health.
They live in mountainous areas, is almost completely devoid of fertile soil.
Woods is not there, and every piece of land is under fruit trees. Meadows also
not, so every inch of land is given for vegetables and potatoes. Cultivated
land affected by water shortages: there is very little rain (just go for three
or four winter months, when the temperature drops to zero and below). And the
snow is very small. Therefore, the water in their weight in gold: it is
collected, cherish every drop and use the system of channels through which
water is delivered from a distance.
Cows there is a little more St.
Bernard, skinny goats and sheep graze on the hillsides covered with stones.
Under these conditions, the animals produce very little milk, and even less
fat. Cow gives at least two liters of milk a day, and then only immediately
after calving. Sheep and does not give milk, goat's - a little. The meat of these
animals sinewy
and totally fat-free. People barely
escape from hunger, especially in the winter months. In winter, they take
refuge in their tiny stone houses with no windows (not to let in too much
cold). They one opening which serves as chimney and allows the air ventilation.
There was no furniture, the family lives together: sleep, eat, and beget
offspring on the stone benches carved into the walls. Livestock
"quartered" in the hallways.
A similar picture is able to scare
the modern man, as a commitment to hygiene. But that's not all. Since, as
already mentioned, in the vicinity of
no forests, then there is no
firewood. Fire in the centers supported by twigs and leaves, it is cooked food,
but not enough heat to heat water for washing and bathing. Therefore, people
wash (and wash clothes), only cold water. Moreover, no matter from which to
make soap.
And these people lived: no baths, no
hot water and no soap.
No sufficient food of vegetable
origin. In winter months, people are "vegetative" lifestyle, eating
meager reserves
cereal (just beans) and dried
apricots, and when spring comes, go to grass, collect herbs and vegetables,
until there comes a time to first harvest. To complete the picture we say that
the Hunza are illiterate, only members of the noblest families of the king and
his entourage, who studied in Muslim religious schools, can read and write.
This people have no poetry in their own language. He did not know neither
sculpture nor painting or carving, or weaving skills that have reached a high
level of their neighbors. Few a family of musicians who live among these people
belong to a different tribe.
Within eight to ten warmest months
Hunza live outdoors. Sleep, work, play, marry, have children and die out. The
whole family, including sons, their wives, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren live together. Children from an early age can see
everything that happens at home and in neighboring countries - from birth to
death.
Can the reader imagine that he and
his family could live in such conditions?
To complete the picture it should be
said about a circumstance directly related to the 'genetic' health.
It is considered axiomatic that
marriage between close relatives harmful effect on the physical and mental
rated health of each individual.
Representatives of this nation, although steadily maintained for centuries
prohibition to marry within the same family, and even a village, yet only marry
with members of his small nation.
According to the oral tradition that
is passed from generation to generation, not someone else's blood flows in the
veins of the people. The only exception is the royal family, seized power in
the country 300-400 years ago.
The whole nation has about a
thousand large
families. It is easy to imagine the
disastrous effect
They were to conceive of such
marriages between members of a small nation, isolated from its neighbors not
only by high mountains and deep gorges, but also a variety of customs and
beliefs.
And yet, in spite of everything, all
the representatives of the people have enviable health. Moreover, according to
reliable scientific research, it is the only healthy and happy people all over
the world.
As scientists understand who visited
this nation, the expression "perfect health."
The first doctor who examined them,
Robert Mc Kari-dream, was interested primarily in what we call the negative
definition of health, ie the absence of diseases that are prevalent in the
neighboring tribes of Kashmir and the Small Tibet. He was surprised that he met
among
this nation no infectious diseases
or rheumatic or spoiled teeth or mental illness. We were
only isolated cases of eye
inflammation caused perhaps by darkness and dampness that prevail in the winter
in their homes.
The greatest interest of the
scientist was the fact that not found any of those diseases, which in old age
are accepted by modern medicine for the "norm." In excellent
condition teeth, eyes, even the far-sightedness, which begins to develop in the
civilized
Peoples forty-five years - and that
did not occur. Same
the case with heart disease, and
multiple sclerosis with which our civilization has declared "normal and
inevitable "phenomenon in old
age.
Get amazing results of his research,
Mac Karison decided to study in detail the way zkizni this nation. During the
second expedition, he lived with them in their homes and studied their way of
life. Noting the excellent health of the people, he focused on the following
three aspects:
1. High capacity for work in the
broadest sense:
and at work, and while dancing, and
playing games. This quality catches everyone's eyes. To Hunza go one-two
hundred kilometers - it's like that for us to make a short walk around the
house. They are easy to climb the steep mountains to pass someone a letter, and
return home fresh and funny.
2. Cheerfulness. Hunza constantly
laughing, they are always in a good mood, even when hungry and suffering from
cold.
3. Exceptional resistance. "The
Hunza strong nerves as ropes and thin and delicate, like a string" - says
about them Karison Mac. They never get angry and do not complain, do not get
nervous and do not show impatience, do not quarrel among themselves and with
complete peace of mind to endure physical pain, trouble, and so on. N.
Scientists who visited this nation
and studied his life and way of life, wondered what the reason for this health
and
Happiness? Not whether it lies in
the nature of power?
Compared to our classification it is
a complete food, natural and free of harmful impurities. They eat poorly, but
we can say right. These foods are low in calories, but it is fully consistent
with the physiological requirements of the human body.
Mac Karison, investigate and
describe their way of life, noted differences in the nutritional composition of
the food in comparison with neighboring tribes, the residents of India and
London. Therefore he
I experimented on rats. They are
known in the art called "experimentation Kennels" -by the location of
the laboratory.
The researchers divided the
thousands of experimental rats into three groups according to three groups of
people - "Whitechapel" (near London), "Hunza" and
"Indians." All of them were kept in the same conditions, but given
different food, in accordance with national traditions of each country. Group
"Whitechapel" received the food consumed Londoners - white bread and
various products made with white flour, jam, meat, salt, canned food, eggs, sweets,
cooked vegetables, and so on. N. Rats "Hunza" received the same food,
and that the people of this tribe, like rats - "Indians." Mac Karison
examined the health of a whole generation of rats fed three different diets,
and found out an interesting pattern.
Group "Whitechapel" had
been ill all the diseases that affect people in London, ranging from children
and ending chronic diseases and age-related illnesses. Group
"Whitechapel" was quite nervous and
militant: rat bite each other, and
even bite to death to death. Rats "Indians" for reasons of health and
general behavior were similar to people who personified in these experiments. A
rat "Hunza" stay healthy and happy and spent time in games and
relaxation.
What can we learn for ourselves from
these observations?
First of all, we see that food and
not some mysterious force is the cause of this little surprising health of the
people. Neither climate, nor religion, nor customs, nor a race do not have a
significant effect on their health - just food.
Second, we learn that once again the
food, not anything else of healthy people can make patients - only enough to
remove from the diet of some nutrient
nye substance that most people
consider unimportant. We also learned that large quantities of food and high
calorie her little health. Not "malnutrition" causes diseases
prevailing in the poor class of the world, and the composition of food intake.
Third, we learn that even morale
could change for the worse if the diet lacks certain substances or they frills.
Rats of the "Whitechapel"
living in peace and friendship
each other when they were deprived
of wholesome food necessary for their health or when they overeat, become
aggressive and devouring each other.
The qualitative composition of food
greatly affects the preservation of health, safeguard against diseases and
keeps you young. Depend on it, and mental health, emotional balance, lack of
neuroses and other mental disorders.
At the dawn of human intuition told
some ancient peoples, how to eat. Good nutrition reflecting the physique of man
and has some influence on the formation of human character.
Now we try to analyze, clarify what
the main factors are distinguished diet, underlying health of the people of
Hunza, the diet that causes the disease, characteristic of the inhabitants of
Calcutta and London.
1. Hunza consume salt in very small
amounts (it is the only product that is transported).
Hindus believe that the habit of
eating meat is detrimental to the person brings cruelty. The food of those who
eat meat, a smaller number of vegetable proteins, minerals and vitamins, but it
is much more seasoning and salt.
2. Hunza rarely eat meat and drink
very little milk. They get protein primarily from wheat and barley (grain
eating these whole grains), of bread that were prepared
tion of the same cereal, always with
an admixture of bran. The seeds and husks contain protein, calcium and mineral
salts.
The Indians also eat a little bread
or no eat, the staple of their diet - rice, they eat refined. Fig contains
little protein and mineral salts and vitamin there is no trouble, they have
only a husk.
3. Hunza eat a lot of potatoes -
also with the husk, which contains valuable proteins and mineral salts.
4. Hunza and Indians eat beans,
which is rich in protein, but for the people of Hunza beans - one of the foods
rich in protein and Hindus - the only product in their diet containing
proteins. But it turns out that different legumes (beans, lentils, peas), of which
a person gets proteins sufficient only if it consumes them in the full
spectrum. If one of the legume species falls from the diet, the body is
deprived of certain proteins that are important for health.
5. For the people of Hunza fruit -
fresh or dried - the main battery. Even the bread took a more modest place in
their meager diet than the different types of apricot they eat whole, including
the skin, bones and oil droplets contained in the bones. In addition, the Hunza
eat any greens, which are able to produce, including grass.
Indians eat fruit less than Hunza,
and almost exclusively bananas, which are very high in calories but poor in
mineral salts and contain scant amounts of vitamins. The Indians also eat very
little of greens, especially those who live in big cities.
6. "English" diet. It
contains a large number of proteins, much more than they receive Hunza. But
most of what is contained in their menu is presented to them in a purified,
"refined" and processed form, that is, with a lack of minerals and
vitamins, such as sugar, canned vegetables, jams and so on. N. And besides, in
the "anti-
gliysky 'diet included more and
harmful elements that consume and our readers: White bread baked from flour,
devoid of mineral salts.
Such poor nutrition caused in
experimental rats a need for fresh food and mineral salts, that they began to
eat each other.
It can be concluded that most people
eat too much. Our food is not only to quench
hunger, but in modern life is
considered to be an important and necessary. This is a big mistake.
It should make one more
consideration. We have often repeated that the Hunza are very poor, there is
little to eat, and in the winter months, almost starving, and because it is
healthy.
It is through diet and almost
fasting for a long period can avoid many diseases.
For good health are two important
aspects: there should be little, only in accordance with the real needs of the
body,
but the food should be a full,
good-quality and easily digestible.
It should be remembered that it is
not the quantity but the quality and composition of food determine the health
and peace of mind. And the less we eat (even healthy food), the more chance we
have come closer to the ideal of health and happiness.
Posted By: Wasim Javed
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