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Back to life———!
My father Babuji was very right in saying that, if you want to live long then eat less what ever you eat. Do not over load your stomach otherwise you have to bear the damage and bad consequences which will make you vulnerable afterwards.
The last week of 2011 was the worst ever for me.
I am 63 almost now but feel if not 16 then 26 
I was invited on dinner. It was cold night of 29th December 2011
There were friends and families who we met after very long.
Eating rich lavish food in jovial mood with friends was fun. Quantity of intake was more than my body actually needed. I completely forgot my sensitive digestive system having diabetes and blood pressure and most of all, my age. So the cramps n rumbling started gradually increasing so much so that I had to be taken to hospital early morning before the dawn broke by my children. Unfortunately I was not treated as it should be or the agony was pre-written in my fate so the pain increased to unbearable degree. I was taken to a bigger hospital where luck favored. The doctor detected my problem n diagnosed after all laboratory tests that all my intestines are in protest against me. They have stopped working rather better to say they have locked themselves up. No gas or stool could pass out. Thus the pain aggravated. I was put on circular intravenous injections with no oral intake. It was the most agonizing time of my life. I am scared to death of needles and injections but had to welcome them being pierced in my body willingly
I could hear the fireworks on New Year’s night with cramps n tears. Well this is life! No pain no gain!
Though I am out of danger now otherwise the doctor said that if my intestines ruptured then it would have been the end of 2011 for me, before it really ended
I am sharing all this to let the reader know t hat over eating can be so dangerous. So its better to take care of health before it disapproves.
Prevention is better than cure. Eat light, simple and healthy to live long beautiful life. We can’t increase the number of breaths granted to us by almighty Allah but we surely can maintain the value and quality of health to live life beautifully.
A sick can’t even enjoy the rain, rainbow, fragrance, cool breeze and other attractive countless blessings.
Message for today from the core of my heart is to value life
Eat less to live more
My deepest cordial thanks to my children who were beside me day night and my friends who visited me and who prayed for me.
Love you all!

Did You KnowDid You Know?

That—–

Eyes Are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain?
Eyes Are composed of more than two million working parts.
Eyes Can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.
Eyes Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.
Eyes Contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.
Eyes Utilize 65% of all the pathways to the brain.
Eyes Can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles and organs in your body.
Eyes In a normal life-span, will bring you almost 24 million images of the world around you.
Eyes The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.
Eyes The adult eyeball measures about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Of its total surface area only one-sixth is exposed — the front portion.
Eyes The eye is the only part of the human body that can function at 100% ability at any moment, day or night, without rest. Your eyelids need rest, the external muscles of your eyes need rest, the lubrication of your eyes requires replenishment, but your eyes themselves “never” need rest. But please rest them!
Eyes Eyes are your most precious sense… care for them properly!

Did You KnowDid You Know

It offers real help to those with learning difficulties, autism and Alzheimers disease.
In fact, anyone whose memory is not as sharp as it should be can benefit from this exercise.
EEG (Electroencephalography) scans show that it synchronises right and left sides of the brain to improve thinking and memory.

This quick and easy exercise improves poor memory, lack of concentration, clumsiness and emotional instability

Main Points of the Exercise

Stimulates neural pathways via acupressure points in the earlobes
Synchronises the right and left side of the brain to improve function and promote calmness
Sharpens intelligence in seniors, juniors, mums, dads and kids, that is, benefits anyone of any age.

Helps those with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, learning difficulties and behavioural problems

Is fast and simple to do – takes just 1 to 3 minutes a day

Exercise Instructions

Make sure you are wearing comfortable clothing and have removed any ear jewellery before starting. Avoid doing the exercise immediately after eating.

Step 1: Stand with your feet about shoulder distance apart, toes pointing forward.

Step 2: Hold your right ear lobe between your left thumb and finger, with the thumb on the outside of the lobe

Step 3: Hold your left ear lobe between your right thumb and finger, again with you thumb on the outside of the lobe. You should now be holding both earlobes with your arms crossed over your chest, right arm on top

Step 4: Look directly ahead and commence doing a body squat by slowly bending your knees and lowering your body toward the floor. Go as low as you comfortably can and then slowly raise yourself back to a standing position. Exhale as you squat and inhale as you stand.

Step 5: Repeat the squats for 1 to 3 minutes, or 14 – 21 times, while continuing to hold your earlobes.

Results may be immediate or gradual. Concentration should certainly be stronger within 3 weeks. The exercise only needs to be done once a day but if concentration wanes it can be repeated as often as desired.

Please click here to watch a short video to see how it is done

Over half a century back, when I was in school, perhaps our teachers knew this technique that is why they used to direct the student to do it in the class if he had forgotten or not learnt his lesson

Poet Fehmida Riaz with Dr Naseem Shekhani of NHF at the launch of the Urdu English Medical Dictionary in Karachi, Dec 31, 2010

Anyone interested in healthcare in Pakistan – check out and support National Health Forum (NHF), a registered tax-exempt organisation in America initiated by a group of Pakistani doctors, many of whom were activists with the progressive National Students Federation (NSF)in their student days.

Screengrab of NHF website

I know some of them personally and am inspired and moved by their dedication and the work they do. The causes they have taken up include maternal care, child cancer (working to build a children’s cancer hospital) and helping flood survivors in Pakistan through the Pakistan Medical Association. They also support non-profit organisations in USA in the healthcare and medical education sectors. I love that Dr Sher Shahis listed in their website as one of the ‘projects’ they support (if you don’t know who he is, you should. Look him up). Another project, and a great success, is the launch of the much-needed Medical Urdu-English Dictionary. The informative website includes links to PDFs of their reports). Also do check out and ‘like’ the NHF facebook page.

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