Questioning The Diet!

"Mom, I want my burger and fries!", said Rahul.

'But, you have had the same for lunch, Son.', replied Rahul's mother.

"So what? I love them so much that I want to have them, day in and day out! Why don't you ever let me have them?", asked Rahul, with a pretty anxious look on his face.

"These are junk food items and are not good for your health.", replied the concerned mother.

"How can such delicious dishes be bad for my health? I want them right now!", Rahul said with a frown on his face and adamantly stomped his feet on the ground. 

In his opinion, he was doing a favor to his mother, when he finally decided to switch to 'pasta or pizza' with 'coke'. 

As if these were any healthier! :o

His mother could not understand whether to feel amused or to frown and helplessly give up to her child's tantrums. 

She was really concerned about the ill-effects of these foods affecting her boy's health adversely. 

Rahul was already over-weight. He had become lethargic, irritable and devoid of energy to pursue any sport or game, over the years. 

Rahul refused to have any fruits or nutritious leafy vegetables so as to counter those ill-effects. 

Fizzy drinks were making his teeth turn pale, and had even become home to cavities! 

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This is the scenario with kids like Rahul in most homes, today. To make these children understand the importance of a healthy balanced diet is a herculean task and more often than not, parents end up conceding to the demands put forth. 

Teenagers who go for a casual outing almost always for a meal from a fast food joint as they are the 'in thing'. No one wants to be labeled as being old fashioned. 

If potato is served to you as 'French Fries', it is yummy and if served as home-cooked 'Potato Peas Gravy', it is frowned upon as being old school. 

The fact that these foods are composed of mere calories and have no fibre content does not bother young children!

Some people even chase the myth of adopting a crash diet to achieve the 'dream shape'.
Aiming to keep oneself in good shape is fine, but not to the extent of being borderline anorexic!

It is in such a scenario that the body is depleted of all the vital vitamins and minerals, the deficiency of which, leads to diseases.

Dabur has always been there for us, with their fine quality honey, which is so rich in vitamins and minerals that we do not need to compromise with taste for health.

It is rich in iron and calcium, that are vital for the proper growth of a young child, and which impart strength to their developing bones also.

They have always made us realize that #HoneyDietIsHere with their well-rounded Honey Diet. :)

The Cheerful Family Day by Real Juices - A Prayas...

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November 14th, 2014, the day, will be one of those cherished memories for those 20 underprivileged children of Prayas, an NGO, who had come to attend The Family Day organized by  Real Greetings.

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It was a day of celebration for many reasons, dear to these children. Real Greetings had in store for them, a lot of memorable events to capture, that those kids probably had not imagined while planning for the day, which was to be special for them. The event was not only cheerful, momentous, and well organized, but also an emotional one.

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20 children from Prayas on one hand, and on the other hand there were a number of families invited by Real Greetings, to join the celebrations along with these children and to give these children some everlasting sweet memories. There were officials from Real, Prayas and media personnel. Real Packaged Fruit Juices is one of the division of Real Greetings that hosted this event, termed as “Family Day”.

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The purpose was to provide these children a memorable bouquet of familial moments that they probably had lost, due to some reason or the other. This “Family Day” was the part of “Cheer a Child Campaign” that was launched during the Diwali October 2014 to give these children good wishes and some joyful and quality time. There was lot of fun and frolic for these children who had been entwined much into the various cheerful activities that they forgot the painful moments of their routine life wherein they have to live without their family, each day. There were games, some arts' and crafts' activities, meal-sharing activities, gift hampers for the children and much more...

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Probably, a heartfelt “Dil Se Dua” never goes waste. :)

A Healthy Child Makes A Healthy And Happy Home...

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Ed Northstrum rightly opined - "It's No Coincidence That Four Of The Six Letters Of 'Health' Are ' HEAL '."

And, Heal is the keyword for this blog-post.

This blog-post is about a very dear childhood friend, Sandhya, and our experiences as healthy children, in our respective happy homes. :)

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Sandhya is my closest childhood friend and this friendship of ours has been running strong since the last five decades. 

It is not that we became friends, from the day we were born itself...

But, it is true that 'friendship' was the first relationship we both encountered, in our respective lives in the new world, which we'd encountered, as tiny tots who were exploring the environment around them. 

There are various 'ambient' factors from God's side - circumstances that drove us both towards developing this long-lasting and treasured friendship. 

Both our families were well known to each other, as we both were neighbors, residing one floor above the other.

Also, would you believe, when I inform you that there is only a gap of 10 days between our birth dates?

We even studied in the same school and college! :D

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Sandhya's is a unique story to narrate. 

She was quite delicate right since her childhood. She was weak at the time of her birth and had to demand a intensive care from her Doctors, for the initial two months of her physical development.

 She has been very dear to my parents and during this critical period, my mother spent a lot of time with her family to cater to her needs as well, on humanitarian grounds.

All along, both of us were enjoying the care of two families! ^_^ 

Probably, both our parents had decided to face the situation bravely, and establish a safe and healthy upbringing for both of us, during our childhood.  

That is when, both our family's complete focus was to feed us, and most importantly, Sandhya, with  food items rich in vitamins, nutrients, minerals and thus harbor an implicit happiness, for only then, would my Dear Friend be able to enjoy the bliss of good health.

Immunity was the first requirement, that had to be built in Sandhya so as to enable her to stay away from all illness so that she gained agility, health and energy. Both of us had to be protected from germs, infections, bad bacteria, and viruses, too.

Over a period of years when we gradually progressed to our teens, Sandhya had recovered from all her weaknesses and had regained full strength and energy to carry on with good health for the rest of her lifetime. :)

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You must know where this all begun, though.

It was our family doctor who had suggested Dabur Chyavanprash to be given to her regularly, alongside other requisite prescriptions.

He was quite knowledgeable and ensured our families that his recommendation was a well established, widely tested product, over a period of many years, and was based on formulations that were adopted by none other than our Rishis, of Vedic Era. 

It contained all the important herbs, required during childhood, and the growth period, for a child to be well nourished and grow well, so as to sustain good health for later years of life. 

For instance, Amla, that is one of the constituents of Dabur Chyawanprash, is the best antioxidant. To provide immune molecularity features to a child’s body, there is a constituent known as Giloy, also known as Guduchi. 

Similarly, he discussed with our parents how, there were more than forty other precious natural constituents to provide long lasting strength to body.

He even told them a tried and tested secret to a Healthy Body and Mind...

3X Immunity => 24X7 Happiness... :)

And, that is how there has been no looking back, in utilizing the Goodness Of Dabur, to maintain a healthy body and even healthier mind! ^_^

Dabur Chyawanprash has been our long - time companion for good health.
For us, as kids, or even, for our future generations... :)

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The image, in the beginning sans the blog watermark has been taken from Google.

The image carrying the blog watermark are the Blog's Copyright.

This post has been written as a part of Indi Happy Hours' #ImmuneIndia in association with Dabur India and IndiBlogger.

Unleashing The Power Of I Squared With An Immune India

Oh! 

How my heart bleeds to see so many of my innocent children suffering from Polio, forced to lead a life full of challenges!

It pains me to witness village children suffering from Hepatitis after consuming polluted water!

So many children succumb to death even before reaching their 'First Birthday Milestone' owing to Malnutrition.

I wonder why it is happening?! I don't want a weak future!

I want all my citizens, especially my children to be immune as only a strong foundation can hold a strong nation.

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I request the parents of their soil to feed their children lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, milk, dairy products and even fish and chicken so that their progress does not get hampered by the demon of Malnutrition.

Get your children vaccinated at regular intervals of time - according to the prescribed schedule.

Keep the environment pollution - free and keep half the viral and bacterial infections at bay.

Do not forget to enhance their metabolism and immunity - Dabur Chyawanprash serves as the perfect instrument for fulfillment of 'I Squared' - Immune India.

Enriched with Ashvagandha, Guduchi, Satvari, Bala & Vidrikand, Dabur Chyawanprash serves as the perfect 3X Immunity Booster!

I hope you will follow these wise pointers to an enhanced immunity and keep me - Your Mother India - and her children in the pink of their health -me as a nation boasting of citizens immune enough to fight any intruders into their bodies - thus guarding themselves against susceptibility to diseases.

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This post is my entry for the 'An Immune India Contest' organised by Dabur in association with IndiBlogger.

You can vote for it here.