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Hundreds of books are written, every year, on health and fitness but not many reflect on the connection between the mind,body and spirit. It has been proved beyond doubt that this connection is a vital one and healing of the body cannot take place without the healing of the other two factors.Holistic health is about these three elements. A fitness regime without including all the elements is bound to be ineffective in bringing about \\\\\\\''total health fitness\\\\\\\''. This book endeavours to unravel the mysteries behind the mind-body connection and shows the path to the ultimate fitness of both, body and mind

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Publié par	V & S Publishers
Date de parution	18 janvier 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789381384831
Langue	English

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FIT & FINE IN BODY MIND
Tanushree Podder
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my father. At the age of 72, he is able to walk for kilometres at a stretch, and at a pace, which leaves me panting, for behind. And I am considered to be fit! Long live his tribe!
Acknowledgement
Abook like this does not come easy nor can it be written without the help of many people. I would like to thank Dr.R.L.Podder for the invaluable inputs and his expert advise that made this book possible.
But the biggest round of thanks goes to none other than my dear husband who spent as much time before the computer as I did. As an army officer, fitness has played a very important part in his life. The chapter on Exercise is largely his contribution.
He helped me with the research, planning and organisation of the book. Since we had to wade through a mountain of information, sifting was a painstaking and laborious process, thanks to his perseverance we finally succeeded in separating the chaff from the grain.
Contents Section-1 — BODY Chapter 1 — Diet • Vital Vitamins and Minerals • Valuable Minerals • The Food Pyramid • Sample Table for Diets at Three-calorie Levels • The Food • Fibre • Water • Foods that Need to be Controlled • Disease Fighting Foods • Antioxidants vs Free Radicals • Vital Vitamins - The Front Line of Defence • Food Additives • Vegetarian Diets Chapter 2 — Exercise • Target Heart Rate • Yoga • Walking • Running • Cycling • Swimming • Equipment Chapter 3 — Slimming • How to Lose the Extra Weight? • Cut Out Guide • Detoxifying The System • The Glycaemic Index Mystery Chapter 4 — Health Hazards • Alcohol • Smoking Chapter 5 — Health Checks • Different Kinds of Specialised Health Tests • Blood Pressure • Breast Self-exam • Clinical Breast Exam • Cholesterol: Total and HDL • HDL Cholesterol • LDL Cholesterol • Digital Rectal Exam for Colon Cancer • Eye Exam • Fasting Plasma Glucose Test • HIV Test • Mammogram • Pap Test • Pelvic Exam • Colorectal Cancer Tests • Testicular Self-exam • Skin Exam • Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Test • Medical Tests for Different Age Groups Section-2 — MIND Chapter 1 — What is Stress, and What Can Cause It? • Stress and Exercise • Recognising a Burn-out Chapter 2 — Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia • Anxiety • Depression • Sleep • What is Insomnia? Chapter 3 — Emotions • Self-esteem Chapter 4 — Relaxation Techniques • Mental Techniques • Reiki • Meditation • Vipassana • Hypnotherapy • Physical techniques • Yoga • Massage • T’ai Chi Ch’uan • Other Relaxation Techniques • What is Aromatherapy? • Colour Therapy
Preface
T he idea of writing this book came about suddenly. In fact, I have been a fitness freak all my life. Even as a gangly teenager, I spent hours doing side bends and sit-ups. My friends would laugh at me, saying – “Do you want to vanish from the face of this earth? You don’t need to exercise.”
Although I had not read any book on fitness, those days there weren’t many, I did know that exercising made me feel light and joyous. It gave me a great ‘high’, and an euphoric feeling, which can’t really be put in words. I must admit that I am addicted to exercise.
When I was to get married, my mother was a very worried woman, indeed. I didn’t look like an about-to-be-married girl, but rather like a teenager. She began feeding me a diet of fried potatoes and groundnuts because someone had told her that it would make me put on weight. It didn’t. I remained as thin as ever, of course, it is not a word that is used today. Now, it is politically correct to term it as ‘slim’.
Came my daughter and mom thought I would gain some weight to suit my newly acquired status of a ‘mother’. She was in for disappointment. My obsession with good nutrition and fitness may have had something to do with it.
It was when my second daughter was born that I did put on a few extra kilos but within three months I had shaken them off. Most women envied my constitution and asked me how I managed to stay so fit.
I am surprised that women in our country still feel that it is almost impossible to keep fit once the children have come.
That’s not true. What matters is your attitude. It is the way you look at life.
Keeping fit is not about exercise or diet alone. It has a lot to do with one’s attitude and emotions. The equilibrium between mind-body and emotions is the most important factor in being fit.
It is a mistake to feel that mere exercise and diet can help us remain healthy. I realised this truth when I was suffering from an inexplicable and excruciating pain on my left thigh. It made my life miserable. I couldn’t figure out what was causing the pain, which ran from the hip joint down to the thigh length. I considered going to a doctor but didn’t. For about two years I suffered miserably. An active person like me had to struggle with the constant, nagging pain.
I refused to give up and lie. I continued my long walks, which I am addicted to. I learnt swimming at the age of 44 and forced myself to continue all my activities, as normal. The pain didn’t go away, there were nights I couldn’t sleep, but I was adamant about finding a solution.
Then I happened to take up a course on ‘REIKI’. Before I had finished my degree, my pain had vanished, almost magically. I learnt that certain unreleased emotions, which exist in our subconscious, could also lead to psychosomatic problems.
It was a miracle I shared with all my acquaintances. I was fully convinced about the mindbody connection. Like a thirsty person wanting more, I took up meditation, did VIPASSANA and continued with my exercise regimen.
I am sharing this experience with you because I want to convey the strength that our mind has over our body.
To be wholly fit, one has to fine-tune the mind and body. Holistic health is all about that tuning.
This book is not meant to create an awareness about the physical well-being, alone. There are many books doing that, already. Instead, this book is all about creating an awareness that fitness of the mind and emotions is as important as the fitness of body. And unless one works at being fit in every way, one is not likely to find true health.
To many, this would seem an unattainable goal but it is not so. The effort required to work towards an integrated health and fitness regime is hardly any more difficult than trying to balance your social and spiritual life. Where there is a will, there is a way. And so with fitness.
The feeling of contentment and happiness that comes with being holistically fit is a bonus. The inner glow of happiness that is reflected on one’s countenance is the real beauty of the person. And believe me, no cosmetics can provide that kind of beauty or glow, no matter what they claim.
Here is to a fit and beautiful you!
—Tanushree Podder
Chapter 1
Section -1 BODY
Diet
Nutrition is essential for living. The tragedy is that a lot of ignorance is connected with nutrition and diet, even in the minds of the educated. One can eat to live or live to eat, those who eat to live are much healthier than the ones who live to eat. The idea is to eat a nourishing and well balanced diet in order to remain at the optimum fitness level. This chapter is all about the right diet and the ill effects of the wrong one.
It is essential for a person to control the diet in a manner that the essential nutrients are obtained by the body to keep it in optimum functioning level. At the same time, care has to be taken to avoid abusing the systems by loading them with harmful food elements. We need to eat a variety of food so that the body obtains all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients requ