Food for Health, Wealth and being Wise

Do we eat to live or live to eat? This question always eats my mind. In today's busy lifestyle, we tend to take food for granted and eat edible food on the go. How important is good, balanced nutritious food in our day to day lives? When we are kids we are advised to eat healthy food. Lunch and dinner menu always includes vegetables and meat. We dump vegetables in our stomach unwillingly. In teens, we mostly eat food from the school cafeteria and purposely dump vegetables in the trash. As an adult, we mostly neglect eating vegetables and select the juicy, meaty stuff, which can add grease to our mind, body and heart.

I believe, more than half of world’s population, eat to live. The rest who live to eat may just do so to relish the taste and to savour food for a balanced diet. This leaves only 1% - 3% relishing a good balanced and nutritious food. It’s a disturbing fact that good and nutritious food is given low importance in our day to day lives. The least preference among the low importance category can be linked to the intake of vegetables. There are foods that give energy to our body, but I strongly believe vegetables and fruits provide healing powers to body and mind. Sure white, red meat and fish are healthy and provide strength and nutrition that are vital, but vegetables and other condiments (spices) can have powers to heal and protect internal wounds and prevent harmful chemicals from sticking inside our body.

There are cultures around the world that give "Eating right" their highest preference. Many have the wisdom to associate eating right with developing positive energy in the body. Among the foods that radiate positive energy, having a daily diet of vegetables and condiments are given highest priority. There are many who skip eating meat altogether, some tend to refrain from eating vegetables that are grown below the ground, others merely eat fruits and vegetables that fall from the trees.

Eating right amount of vegetables and fruits is associated with control of mind over body. Many vegetables have the power to cure symptoms of depression. They also help reduce harmful effects of stress. Stress is the growing cause of concern in today’s world. Many vegetables and fruit juices can help reduce weight. Many fruits and vegetables can also help heal many skin related problems.

Eating right can cause much-needed balance between mind and body. Surely vegetables along with fruits will help aid in creating the balance. A balanced body will help a person being wise. Being wise and having good health can improve and aid us in getting wealth. On a spiritual note having a good health and mind is synonymous with acquiring wealth. I believe, having vegetables and fruits as part of a daily intake can make a person healthy, wealthy and wise. My applications (Kidz fun and Kidzfun- select) emphasize on eating right, at an early age.

On a lighter note, "No harm in trying - 100% zero side effects ;-)".