Health of India
Is India well?
Survey data on the
health of India's children and women is alarming.
India has achieved
independence. It has the political and economic clout to take the necessary
steps. Yet India's health remains weak.
Children and women
occupy a special place in the country's population. It is these children who
are going to become the people of tomorrow. It is the women who give those
children as a boon. The health of the country lies in their health.
Sixty-five percent of Indian
children die before they reach the age of five. The cause is malnutrition.
Ninety percent of
Indian women are malnourished. Among those nutritional deficiencies, anemia is
prominent. Iron deficiency is the main cause.
India is becoming a
country full of children and women who eat only cereal. Next they eat junk food
items that are high in unnecessary sugar and fat. It cannot be said that such a
diet will improve their health.
The number of women and
children who eat vegetables, greens and fruits is decreasing in India. Ten
percent of people eat the right food.
When you do not eat
vegetables, greens and fruits, nutritional deficiency will automatically occur.
How can we overcome this deficiency? You have to get rid of them by feeding
nutritional food items. But India's way is different. India is a country with
doctors and nutritionists who prescribe medicines of tonics and tablets for
these.
Tonics and tablets are
prescribed for iron deficiency. This diet-correctable problem is moving towards
a business platform conducive to the commercialization of pharmaceuticals.
A regular diet of
greens, especially drumstick tree leaves, can correct iron deficiency anemia.
Drumstick tree leaves is not a costly commodity. It depends on the type of
plant that will flourish if you plant a part of the brach of the tree without
having to pay a price.
Iron deficiency and
other nutritional deficiencies can be overcome by including pulses, fish, eggs,
liver in meat diet.
Calcium deficiency is
the next most talked about malnutrition among Indian women. For this deficiency
nutritional drinks are over-advertised and sold in markets. They are also
recommended by medical and nutritional experts. This deficiency can be cured
naturally by taking small grain food called Ragi continuously. It can also be
eaten by eating seafood such as fish, crab, shrimp, as well as soya and beans.
Iron deficiency and
dehydration are common in pregnant women. These can also be corrected through
diet. But iron supplements, folic acid supplements, and choline supplements are
prescribed.
Drumstic tree leaves
and liver are enough to effectively resolve iron deficiency. For vegetarians,
drumstick can be used and for non-vegetarians, liver. If you have both
vegetarian and non-vegetarian, you can take both. Iron deficiency can be cured
very quickly.
There are many
water-rich vegetables to help with dehydration. Cucumber, Pumpkin, Zucchini, Chayote
(Chow Chow), the list of vegetables is long.
No medicines like
tablets or tonics are needed for folic acid. All green vegetables and greens
are full of folic acid contents.
Egg yolk is sufficient
for choline. For vegetarians, milk and peanuts are sufficient for choline.
In general, there is
still a trend in India of prescribing medicines and tablets pointing out their
deficiency as Vitamin B12, Omega 3 and Vitamin D. They do not need medicine
pills, so nature fills them with nutrients from vegetables, greens,
non-vegetarian foods and sunlight.
It is enough if we know
the types of nutrients and the types of foods that are full of them and adjust
our daily food schedule a little. Health will automatically return. Thus, you
can become a healthy person in a very simple and natural way.
Eating good food can
help you understand that malnutrition is not a defect. It can also be known
that it is the foundation for physical strength and a disease-free life.
Instead of looking to
doctors and specialists to improve India's health, Indians look to vegetables,
greens and pulses and non-vegetarian food in moderation is enough. It may
require a bit of an exit from an overly grainy diet and a culture of junk food
for taste.
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