Discovering
Your Passion:
My passion was fuelled by
seeing so many people who held prominent positions in companies were also
constantly visiting doctors and being on a constant struggle to lose weight,
while their actual root cause was lifestyle, the way they ate, moved, slept and
handled emotions. The busier they got, the worst their lifestyles got too. I
then realized that only having the best nutrition plan doesn't work, unless
aspects like emotional health, exercise and sleep too are taken care of.
So, nutrition definitely wasn't the magic pill and thereon I
started diversifying my approach to health and wellness and looked at
integrative medicine that looks after not just nutrition, but also the
medicines they are on, its side effects, sleep, emotional health, exercise and
most importantly what suits the person. Everyone is unique and needs a
personalized approach. There is no cookie cutter approach towards health. One
cannot have the same nutrition or diet plan for weight loss, cancer or
cardiovascular. It has to differ from person to person.
The Major Pillars Of Health:
There are 4 main pillars for
overall well-being Balanced Nutrition, Quality Sleep, Adequate Sleep and
Emotional Detox. It is necessary to maintain a balanced and well-rounded diet
and also sleep deep, manage emotions the right way and give the body the right
kind of movement for proper circulation of nutrients and oxygen through blood.
The way one goes about balancing each of these pillars differs from individual
to individual and hence a personalized approach is very important.
To
Facilitate And Inspire Others:
My approach is always to
look at the root cause of a problem and spend time diagnosing what led to a
particular imbalance in our body. Additionally, I do not believe in simply
telling what an individual needs to do. Instead I like to put an effort in
teaching and educating them with adequate reasoning on what and why they need
to adopt a particular change in their lifestyle. This helps in empowering and
involving them into the process, making decisions about their health and
treatment and inspiring them along the way to get the desired results.
Your Advice:
It is necessary to identify the struggles and thus work out a
way to overcome them. The most common struggles that we notice people face are
their own selves. Lack of discipline, effort, dedication, wrong attitude are
the biggest roadblocks to achieving anything including overall well-being. It
hurts people and angers people when we point out these aspects because they
have given more importance to other things like fad diets and exercise
programs, a strict and rigid spiritual path, supplements, magic pills, quick
fixes, easy ways out. However, the fact still remains that most people who
struggle to reach their goals have the incorrect attitude, approach and lack
self-discipline. Yes, no one likes to be told that or hear that they lack the
right attitude and self-discipline. But those who realize this, accept it and
start to make changes, magic begins to flow into their lives.
Major Myths Related
To Wellness:
There are many myths related to wellness. for e.g. Rice is
fattening and so are mangoes - We need to stop putting all the blame on food
for making us put on weight, and reflect on our lifestyle. Natural foods like
rice, mangoes, banana, dates are foods that nature has given to nourish us. Now
it is upon us to know how, when and how much of it should we consume. Heaps of
rice with little or no fibre and a sedentary lifestyle will surely affect your
blood sugar levels and weight, but that doesn’t mean we blame rice. We need to
start rectifying our lifestyles and learn the smart use of foods.
Or overdoing on alkaline
simply because alkaline is healthy. Our body needs to be alkaline at the right
time and in the right parts of our body. There are so many myths around the
importance of an alkaline diet, chugging alkaline water and lemon shots post
meals. Anything less than 6.8 (overly acidic) or higher than 7.8 (overly
alkaline) is useless and dangerous for the human body. So, in our honest attempt
to keep body alkaline, even the habit of drinking lemon water throughout the
day is only going to backfire us. There is a right time to drink lemon water or
eat alkaline foods. A lot of functions even require acidic medium, for
e.g.:digestion of proteins in the stomach or killing of harmful microorganisms
in the gut. PThe only way to refrain from believing these myths is to use
common sense and be careful of the source they are gathering information from.
The Impact Of The Pandemic On The Healthcare Industry:
The pandemic has affected
every sector, because people are now more mindful about spending money and
everyone is cutting down on unnecessary expenses. However, the healthcare
industry is seeing a boom as compared to other industries. People are now serious
about taking care of their health, reaching out to professionals for healthcare
and more open to consuming content and information around health and wellness.
Preventative health is the way forward. However, a lot depends on the
perspective people carry. Unfortunately, it took a pandemic of this scale to
make us realize the importance of taking care of our health, while the fact is
that health must be a priority for everyone and it's time, we realize this.
Health isn't a short-term goal; it must be a lifetime plan.