Daily Nutrition

I was recently introduced to a book titled "What your doctor does not know about nutritional medicine may be killing you"! The author ( a medical doctor) dwells on the diseases that invade our bodies by virtue of the fact that we ignore to take basic butrition by way of multivitamins and minerals. Yes, a balanced diet works but in todays world do we have time to allow ourselves the luxury of cooking "balanced" meals? It is an established medical fact that these "micro-nutrients" are absolutely essential for us to combat the ravages of "oxygen radicals" that latch on to myriad other compounds and cause an imbalance in our bodies. More important, many of these "free radicals" (a term known to those of you that studied science) cause "mutations" inside the cells of our body and give rise to cancer.

The book discusses at length the different conditions that afflict us today; namely, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart diseases, diabetes etc. BTW, cholesterol is not as good an indicator for your risk of getting a heart attack as compared to "homocysteine" levels. This is a well known medical fact today but a researcher was hounded in the US about 25 years back and lost his job; merely because the pharma companies at the time wanted to make a killing getting people to buy drugs for reducing cholesterol. They apologised to him now but the damage was done and the researcher rued that he had already lost 25 years of his life as an outcast in the medical community which could not be restored with such an apology.

I believe the above has a parallel in the suppression of medical fact and research on radiation from cell-phones and their deleterious effect on the brain (they say you "micro-wave" your brain in the long run). However, the cell-phone companies have down-played this matter. The same holds true for those of you that allow a cell-phone provider' tower to be placed atop your building. Beware, the radiation could be killing all of you slowly!!

Well, enough of my "dooms day" banter for now. I will probably receive some "hate mail" from the cell-phone companies now:-)

Alibag calling

On Saturday, 3rd May, I went to alibag to spend the night at Dilip Kamtikar' Bungalow based on his invitation to me and a few other Aarey Runners. The place is well-furnished with a lot of plantations around the bungalow and its right on a secluded stretch of beach. I drove down in my car with Bryan (yes, ku-ku boy wanted to be with me:-) and Pankaj Sharma. We arrived at 6:45pm and went off straight to the beach. We played a little bit of football with encouragement from Bryan, who was keen on kicking the ball around and tempted us all.

The table was set for a "tipple" and Dilip was kind enough to offer us "Black Label"! We truly enjoyed the liquor (though the snacks arrangement could have been better) and got into intense arguments on happiness, money and even death (though many indicated by their reluctance to be drawn in, that such morbid discussions are inappropriate). By the time we ate dinner, it was 12 midnight and we were truly famished.

The next morning, Bryan and I woke up at 5am! We went for a walk on the beach and enjoyed the cool day break and dipped our feet in the ice cold sea water. Bryan was keen on getting the rest of us to play a game of fooball on the beach but I guess the guys were feeling the effects of "the night before" and were more comfortable lounging around and chatting about how Dilip made his fortune in life:-). At 11:30am, Bryan, Pankaj and I bade goodbye to the rest and left for home. On the way we stopped for a bite at Macdonalds and wolfed down some burgers, which Bryan enjoys a lot. We reached home at 2:30pm after which I had a beer and snoozed. All in all, it was a nice weekend.