“Attention to health, adds a Fabulous fragrance to life” –Delna Pooniwala.
Someone extremely dear in the family suffered from diabetes for more than 20 years. He would enjoy eating all kinds of foods & sweets and living a sedentary life and puncture his belly with insulin three times a day.
Despite his doctor counselling him, he did not bother and enjoyed life like a true ‘Parsi Bawaji’ till he realised his eyes had got degenerated due to the high levels of sugar. Luckily with the current laser technology, ruptured blood vessels can be sealed instantly while sitting in a consulting room itself. But it does not reverse the damage that wrong high sugar foods had caused.
Suddenly this person realised what wrong eating was doing to him and self awareness was the greatest eye opener. So he started daily walks, which were not easy initially. He could barely walk for 10 minutes at a stretch and would then rest a bit. But we saw to it that he walked an hour daily. His speed and stamina gradually increased. I planned out a diet regime too, which he had no choice but to follow and lost 10 kilos and his sugar level was within permissible range soon.
Today, the person is completely off insulin, leading a healthy life & does definitely indulge in party foods once in a while but it does not cause any alarm.
Paying attention to our health truly adds fragrance to life.
