Our ancestors have lived a long, healthy life - walking without the support of canes or sticks and seeing clearly without the assistance of any visual aids. Our present genre of kids start wearing spectacles, and in some cases lenses, by the time they are into their primary school. One of the main culprits is the absence of foods rich in vitamins in their diet. Instead parents switch over to vitamin supplements (as tablets, capsule or juices). All these do have preservatives or other additives, which will not give the desired benefits.

In our vernacular language, we have a saying "Food as medicine". Sadly, it has turned to medicine as food. We are seeing people in their middle ages taking more medicine and less food in their diet. It appears as though they are whiling away their lives and waiting for the end.

You may be 50 years young or 35 years old. It all boils down to how we want to live - healthy and to the fullest or living as sick (mentally and physically) people. I will be touching the mental aspect later, as there is a lot to be written, based on experiences I have had with people around me.

Let's start with thoughts from a couple of books I have read - Robin Sharma's "The Monk who Sold His Ferrari" and Deepak Chopra's "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind".

Robin Sharma's protagonist, a leading lawyer, living a fast lifestyle breaks down, goes in search of liberation (mentally and physically) and comes back after a few years, younger, charged up and enthusiastic. The changes in the lawyer take place as he goes on a natural diet - lots of fruits and vegetables, plenty of fresh air. If this doesn't bring us energy, nothing can. The viagras and other medicines give us a boost for a short period of time. The ones that give us unlimited energy are our foods and thoughts.

We have heard this often "Healthy mind in a healthy body". Our mental state helps a lot in relieving stress in our lives.

One of the basic components of a healthy person is fluids (water and blood) that constitute a major portion of our body. We tend to overlook the fluid content in our body. We go thirsty for long periods ignoring the demand and cries from our systems for more water content. The result is dehydration, nausea,

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