Well the title of the Article was enough to bring flashing images from that of terrorists to newspaper reports with 'Scams' as their headline. But this is not about it. You see him everyday. Many of us love him. Wait, I am not talking about Yo Yo Honey Singh. It is 'Junk Food'.
Thank you for not closing your browser. I know all of us have been hearing shit about 'Junk food is fatal' and 'we should avoid it' and much more from childhood but frankly, no one (including me) gives a damn about it because we have much more important issues to discuss (The new song from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, for an instance). But today, I am going to highlight some important facts that will force you to think on the condition of 'Citizen Fitness' in this country. But first of all, let me make one thing clear: I dont have hatred against fat people. I think that I am overweight too so that is not a problem.
So coming to the point, Yes India is lacking fitness. How do I know? Just simply take a ride through your area and check if you see an obese person or not. While that would be very weird to stare at random people, just for the sake of finding out do it. I am sure you will find hell lot of obese people (mostly chilldren). A study shows that one of every three is obese. Well you might be wondering that being obese isnt a big deal (Probably because you can hide it by wearing oversized clothes) but it is not about appearance. It is about what is happening inside the body.
Obesity leads to following things:
1. Diabetes
2. High Blood Pressure
3. Coronary Artery Disease
4. Coronary Vascular Disease
5. Heart attack
6. stroke
and even
7. cancer.
So how can we avoid it? I mean in today's busy life, we hardly have time to click a selfie or two (hard coughs). How can we manage to get rid of this major threat. Well, we can do it by taking the following steps:
1. Take some steps. Yes, literally take some walk. Use the stairs instead of elevator. Go on foot for short distances (Keeping in view the growing lazyness among humans, there will be one day when they would be using means of transports even to go to pee)
2. Avoid junk food. While this isnt as difficult as holding breath or climbing everest, it can be easily done. You wont be doing anyone a favour by doing this.
3. Have a healthy lifestyle.
4. Eat a balanced diet.
And more importantly
5. Discuss your fitness.
So next morning when you wake up, stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself, 'Am I really fit?'
Thanks to my friend Dhruv Gupta who taught me the importance of fitness in one's life.
P.S: This article was written when the writer was having a Maharaja Mac burger with large coke. So dont take him so seriously.
P.P.S: This article was uploaded through the free wifi provided by McDonalds. Thank you McDonalds!
