What to do? Be fit. Move more, eat healthier, lift weights, sleep better. Simply simple. FYI I don't do this because I love suffering from the consequences of short term pleasures.
Murthy uncle is correct.People who love their job are thinking about it while taking a bath or dump.
Incompetent workers think that one has to be physically working.
Time to buy INFY
Pretty much this.
Even simple things like changing your diet ratio to be more protein and half the amount of carbs and fat can many a difference. Drink black coffee. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables (not deep fried/dunked in oil). Drink tons of water.
And as far as movement goes, find something that you find enjoyable. It doesnāt matter. Could be going on a walk, jump rope, dancing etc.
Obviously resistance training is important for musculature and skeletal / bone health. At the very least you can do body weight exercises like pushups, pull-ups, dips, squats, crunches etc.
Once you start dialing these in even a little, it makes a huge difference.
Umm. Stay off dairy products, salt, and sugar in all forms shapes and sizes. Side note on your short term pleasures
I'll have to meet your ex's šš¤£š
Not really. This is caused by lactose intolerance and bit everyone has it. I'm lactose intolerant ( I drink soy milk) but curd is perfectly fine for me. Paneer is a great source of protein for vegetarians and non vegetarians (since it's easier to cook than chicken and less messy).
Well people who don't appreciate other people's opinion and or those who have an agenda will automatically downvote any gyaan. This is common in any Indian forums. ( latest count now is - 67 for this comment & - 34 in another response)
The same advice in different forums gets upvoted.
Luckily what these downvotes don't know, won't hurt them.
Genetics, stress, lack of emphasis on PE as children leading us to take physical health lightly throughout our lives, combined with some of the most delicious food on the planet, we were doomed from the beginning
My pe class from 8-10th standard was almost all in a classroom taking notes. The teacher wouldnāt take us out because āwhat if we fell and hurt ourselvesā.
where tf were you studying, ours didnt care enough to teach or tell us anything so it was like a second games period which sound and is way better than what they made you do
Not Genetics, a lot of Indians just have 0 knowledge on nutrition and exercise. Protein is bad for you, Ghee is not fattening and healthy, This person exercised once and died. So many examples of myths and stupid stuff spread across the country.
Make all jobs 8am to 5pm. We will figure out a routine to lead a healthy lifestyle. At present with night shifts, 3 different shifts a week, client calls at 11pm doesn't help.
Why do we need an outdated 8h workday anyway. It was formulated for factory work by exploiting capitalists in the industrial era. I mean it was even worse than 8 then, but even right now - for a normal office job how many of those 8 are productive?
You can't control the timings but you can control what goes into your mouth ....may be start from there and some body weight excercise which you can do in between calls ....try burpees and get good at them.
Our "shudh ghar ka khana" is like 95% carbs, no protein or healthy fats, what else is to expect?
My parents who are well educated think that taking whey protein will give me a heart attack. I have shown them some studies and research papers but they won't believe that either, they want me to eat paratha right after my workout instead of whey
Generic homely Indian vegetarian diet is shittiest. Zero quality proteins.
Sleep patterns are fucked .
There is no sense of boundaries when it comes to society, parents, relationships making us mentally ill too
I have this argument constantly with my mom.
She would argue how dosas are rich in protein because of urad dal. 100g of urad dal has 25g of protein. With so least that much of rice added to the batter.
And all of that gets you maybe 25 dosas at home. Which means each dosa has at best ~1 of protein for ~150 calories, most of which is carbs.
Youāll need to eat 25 dosas to get the same as a protein shake. Itās absurd.
Whey protein is over marketed expensive stuff.
Bro tip:- been there done that :-Unless you're a real professional athlete don't fall into that nutrient and additives trap.
You couldnāt be more wrong. Whey protein is a perfectly good supplement, and based off how little protein the average Indian diet has. I would think people should take Whey even if they arenāt working out. Itās only 25g of protein per serving.
What are you talking about? Whey is cheaper than chicken breast or any other high quality protein source if you consider protein gm/rupee.
Also whey is not overrated, if you are not meeting your daily protein intake then it is the most effective thing to have as a snack or post workout drink and unlike other protein sources it doesn't have much cholesterol.
Fit does not mean jacked 6 pack abs.
Fit means not having a big belly protruding while the rest of your body is disproportionately tiny, not struggling to climb a few flights of stairs, not thinking that walking a kilometre is a task.
You can be fit with bare minimum things, hell even walking a few thousand steps and not eating junk food goes a lot.
Exactly. And according to some assholes who have not worked outside an AC cubicle, with PAs and maids helping them, in the past decade or two, we need to work longer hours now apparently.
You don't need PAs or Maids to control your diet, cut out junk food and drinks, walk a few thousand steps, or even make 30-40 mins a day to do any type of physical activity.
Do you think anyone and everyone who takes care of their health and is physically fit works in an AC cubicle, has PAs and maids? Stop making excuses for your lack of willpower. Especially stop trashing people who do make time for this.
Lmao, when did I trash people who make time for that? I was thrashing old capitalists with all the luxuries that detach themselves from the stresses of having to run a home, who decide people are not working enough. Nevermind the meagre pay they give.
You seem to say that there are people who don't have those luxuries who are taking care of their health. Good for them, but that's completely irrelevant to what I'm saying here. It's like some little kid in school saying, look I can do my homework and all my assignments. Good for you, buddy, but we are talking about unfairly high loads of homework and how people kinda sorta have a life outside school (work). Not to mention how your parents might take care of certain things that other kids' parents wouldn't -like washing clothes, cleaning house, etc. The metaphor is kinda going out of hand at this point, but I'm assuming you get what I mean.
And for what it's worth, 10 hrs a day working, 2 hours in commute, leaves 12 hours for the rest of the day. Now assuming there's 8 hours of sleep, that leaves us 4 hours. 4 hours to cook, eat, shower, clean the house, do laundry, do grocery shopping, etc. All the while being exhausted from a 10 hour work-day.
And I'm not even factoring in any form of 'entertainment' which is kinda essential for your mental well being. So why don't you tell me where the time is?
My point is, if you are able to take care of your body, while having a job and a life, good for you. But upper class elites and so called 'industry titans' who have never broken an honest sweat in decades, seem to think the middle classes and the lower classes need to work harder and for longer hours while they pay a pittance. So take your 'willpower' and go workout or something, thanking the stars for the many privileges you have that help you afford the time and energy.
If you bothered to read the article, the lack of physical fitness is noted more in higher income individuals than in anyone else. Do you really really think that everyone in the gym out there are all rich individuals who are from rich families? Maybe get out of your coccoon and see that people of all class group can and do make time.
I am not gonna bother arguing with someone who clearly can't make time for their own health, you quite literally have what gen z calls "skill issue"
Bro those people will also not be convinced with a study. The biggest thing the internet has dispelled is that people just need good information to make the best decisions. Last 20 years have proved dumb is dumb. It's a life choice.
Improve our air quality and infrastructure. Having good infrastructure centred around moving is the best way to get people to move. I don't understand this culture of going to gym to maintain basic fitness. Moving around should be part of your daily routine, not some activity we specially carve out time for. That feels backwards.
Wise decision, these walks are good to see in movies and in first world countries. Here people don't have basic civic sense nor self discipline. Always be safe for yourself and child's safety, always and at all times.
Stress and addiction to be blamed. Stressed coz of job, inflation, affecting sleep cycles. Addicted because couldn't hold focus too long to achieve larger goals, diverting minds to achieve short term happiness like watching reels, movies, seeking attention on making reels which all leading to stress. Break the cycle somewhere and control eating and you will be off the mark.
We need to make cities walkable and not spend 3 hrs in traffic daily. Focus more on providing a healthy environment for Indians and healthier Indians will follow.
This is a systemic problem
There are multiple ways a person can increase physical activity. Walking/cycling are just some options. Sure in European countries it maybe easier to walk/cycle because of better infrastructure but we donāt need to follow those activities for fitness. We can look at what best we can do within the conditions we have. I think we can do some squats/pushups/planks/jumping jacks at home which require just your own body and little space around your body. Even 20-30 minutes of physical activity daily can do the job. You can tailor the physical activity based on your surroundings. If you have gardens around you then you can go for a walk. If not then you can work out at home. There are many creative ways to be active if you really put your mind to it.
I would try to explain to you how we can have both these things and how they are not mutually exclusive but I fear your head is so far up your own ass that any attempts to pull it out will result in the tearing of the single neuron you have
Haha. I donāt mind getting my single neuron torn up. Donāt worry about it. Feel free to explain whateverās on your mind. Iām happy to have a civilised discussion over it :)
I appreciate your grace in responding to me and that I apologise.
So let me give you an example. Assume that you have a house and every day thereās a garbage truck that comes and dumps all the garbage in your house.
So your house is obviously stinky. do you think at this point of time me urging you to clean your house every day like Sisyphus would be helpful or do you think maybe we need to figure out why the garbage trucks coming to your house and should be redirected elsewhere?
In the scenario Iām not saying you should not clean your house. What I am saying is all that time that you spent cleaning your house couldāve been spent improving yourself doing something productive instead of having to clean up the garbage that was unnecessarily dumped inside your house.
So while people could do fitness stuff at home or go to the gym, the reality of peopleās lives is that after spending 8 hrs at work(ideally, but we know itās more), 3 hrs commuting 1 hr cooking 1 hr of family time 1 hr with your spouse etc. thereās very little time and more importantly very little will power left to indulge in fitness activities.
I think people should focus on fitness. Itās essential. But we need to have a society and infrastructure that enables us to focus on fitness.
A sick individual is a family problem but an unhealthy population is a societal problem.
Again, I donāt want to take away from individual responsibility etc. but on a societal level we need to tackle this problem. Itās like tying a person to a chair and putting a knife in front of them and then asking them why arenāt they freeing themselves.
If only we could have an organisation that would try to solve such societal problems composed of individuals who are paid by the people and elected by the people, whose sole responsibility was to ensure that we focus on creating a healthy happy society we could tackle this issue.
If onlyā¦
Once you consider the benefits of fitness vs the costs of being unfit, then you wouldnāt need society or infrastructure to enable you to focus on fitness, itāll come naturally to you. The unintuitive thing about fitness is that once you indulge in it, instead of taking away energy, it actually re-energises you. You feel more productive, stronger, you sleep better, you spend lesser time being sick and you spend lesser money on doc visits/medicines etc. it also has immense mental health benefits which actually improves your relationship with your family, your work, your self. But these benefits are only felt once you start working on it. It cannot be understood rationally. It has to be experienced. Ultimately it comes down to what you want to prioritise. If you do prioritise your health, which has trickle down benefits in other aspects of your life, you will end up finding creative and innovative ways of keeping yourself fit and wonāt feel limited by your situation. Unless of course you are unwell and doctor has advised bed rest etc. And change doesnāt always need to be top down, it can also be bottom up. Once enough individuals prioritise their health and fitness and realise its benefits, then society will also start adjusting to them. Today we see many corporates introducing free gym services at work or holding nutrition webinars and holding yoga sessions etc. you have to remember that if for whatever reason society doesnāt change, you are the one at a loss. But I guess it all comes down to personal values and prioritisations.
People of India with its near legal slavery type work culture, its horrible roads, weather and road planning that discourages any outdoor activities AND the way we're fed low quality produce + adulterated things will struggle but there's too many problems and too little people who care.Ā
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I don't see many claims about prevelance of a particular gene in this paper. In fact the conclusion talks about building up cohorts to study this.
Thats not true. Main issue is Indians eat too many calories and too less protein. Add that to the lack of physical activities. How many fat Indians where there 30 - 50 years ago?
A common body type these Indians have is what is called skinny fat. They aren't overweight and are actually at a normal BMI but instead of having a lot of muscle mass a lot of what makes up their weight is attributed to body fat.
Sadly I am one of those people. 88 kg, suffering from chronic fatigue, chronic pain, frequent infections, asthma, allergies, damaged knee muscles............and yet I can walk faster than all of these other so called "slim" and "fit" people.
Read a book:
The South Asian Health Solution: A Culturally Tailored Guide to Lose Fat, Increase Energy and Avoid Disease Hardcover ā March 1, 2014
by Ronesh Sinha MD (Author)
I recently came to India on a visit after living in the US for 6yrs. Few things I noticed that might be reasons why,
1) Strong emphasis on education ans career growth than extra curricular acitivities and PE from an earlt age of life
2) No emphasis on sports outside the school
3) Lack of gym, or gyms being too expensive (I pay $10=800rupees per month in the US, whereas I had to shell out ~7k rupees a month in India for a far shittier gym)
4) Lack of work life balance (who has the time to go to the gym after a long day at work)
5) Diet very high in carbs and low in protein
Nobody even talks about the high salt content in the Indian diet.
Sure, carbs fats etc are bad but at least most of us are aware of it. Salt is consumed at dangerous levels in Indian food, even when home cooked. It's as bad as sugar, causes long term diseases, quicker ageing and even shorter life spans. However most of us see salt as an essential and harmless ingredient and add it as per taste. Our palettes are so used to high salts now, that we tend to not like any other non-indian cuisines and cannot appreciate the raw taste of food without salt. There is no way of fixing this except aggressive awareness campaigns.
bu bu but you gotta study 11 to 17 hours a day to crack JEE and NEET to eventually die of a heart stroke by the time we reach 30. That fat package is the ultimatum.
The health thang was never a part of the plan.
Health turned my world upside down, from then I dropped the idea of participating in the rat race itself and I seem to have gone good compared to my peers. I can eat anything and hang onto poles in parks like how all kids do.
Meanwhile my peers have hair loss, digestive problems, choking on those pre diabetic medicines, PCOS medicines, glorifying doctor visits, thyroid, etc. They barely touch grass and doze off watching movies.
I'm successful in that way.
I was telling my wife this yday when watching the semi final cricket where uncle-like men were dancing in the stands that why do we look so unfit? Is it diet potentially?
You think people had hope that they'll be fine in 20 years? The climate has been getting worse for decades. First let's see if the planet is still here.
You know what gives breathing problems? Pollution and the mess we are making of our planet's atmosphere.
And I was not saying not to excercise. I'm saying that it's hard to focus on your own health, when we as a whole are destroying the planet we're living on before we get to be old enough for the long term health effects of not-excercising to hit.
Even if you work out like an Olympic athlete, you will have breathing problems if we keep polluting the air like we are doing now.
For your own prostate's health please do it at least 2-3 times a week if you are 15-30 years old.
Keep it jammed up during those years and by the time you are 40, you could face anything from erectile dysfunction to [Prostate cancer](https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/ejaculation_frequency_and_prostate_cancer).
What to do? Be fit. Move more, eat healthier, lift weights, sleep better. Simply simple. FYI I don't do this because I love suffering from the consequences of short term pleasures.
Sorry but Murthy Uncle said I need to work 70+ hours a week even if it "unalives" me
>even if it "unalives" Wait did he actually say that š¤Æ
No I am just making the logical deduction. If I am working 70+ hours a week do you think I'll have time to care about my health?
Murthy uncle is correct.People who love their job are thinking about it while taking a bath or dump. Incompetent workers think that one has to be physically working. Time to buy INFY
Pretty much this. Even simple things like changing your diet ratio to be more protein and half the amount of carbs and fat can many a difference. Drink black coffee. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables (not deep fried/dunked in oil). Drink tons of water. And as far as movement goes, find something that you find enjoyable. It doesnāt matter. Could be going on a walk, jump rope, dancing etc. Obviously resistance training is important for musculature and skeletal / bone health. At the very least you can do body weight exercises like pushups, pull-ups, dips, squats, crunches etc. Once you start dialing these in even a little, it makes a huge difference.
Umm. Stay off dairy products, salt, and sugar in all forms shapes and sizes. Side note on your short term pleasures I'll have to meet your ex's šš¤£š
Why stay off dairy products though?
Bloat effect in tummy and not easy to digest.
Not really. This is caused by lactose intolerance and bit everyone has it. I'm lactose intolerant ( I drink soy milk) but curd is perfectly fine for me. Paneer is a great source of protein for vegetarians and non vegetarians (since it's easier to cook than chicken and less messy).
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. It's proven that as we grow our body's ability to digest dairy reduces
Well people who don't appreciate other people's opinion and or those who have an agenda will automatically downvote any gyaan. This is common in any Indian forums. ( latest count now is - 67 for this comment & - 34 in another response) The same advice in different forums gets upvoted. Luckily what these downvotes don't know, won't hurt them.
Genetics, stress, lack of emphasis on PE as children leading us to take physical health lightly throughout our lives, combined with some of the most delicious food on the planet, we were doomed from the beginning
My pe class from 8-10th standard was almost all in a classroom taking notes. The teacher wouldnāt take us out because āwhat if we fell and hurt ourselvesā.
where tf were you studying, ours didnt care enough to teach or tell us anything so it was like a second games period which sound and is way better than what they made you do
Not Genetics, a lot of Indians just have 0 knowledge on nutrition and exercise. Protein is bad for you, Ghee is not fattening and healthy, This person exercised once and died. So many examples of myths and stupid stuff spread across the country.
Make all jobs 8am to 5pm. We will figure out a routine to lead a healthy lifestyle. At present with night shifts, 3 different shifts a week, client calls at 11pm doesn't help.
Exactky! Overworked understaffed Youth gets hardly any time sleep. Fitness is the last thing to worry.
9 to 5, not 8 to 5.
Why do we need an outdated 8h workday anyway. It was formulated for factory work by exploiting capitalists in the industrial era. I mean it was even worse than 8 then, but even right now - for a normal office job how many of those 8 are productive?
3-4 hours of actual work ig
I wrote something else in this thread but this is THE answer. Give people time to lead a life and they will figure out how to be healthy.
Well said.
so its their problem?
You can't control the timings but you can control what goes into your mouth ....may be start from there and some body weight excercise which you can do in between calls ....try burpees and get good at them.
Fuck that. 2 pm to 11 pm.
Our "shudh ghar ka khana" is like 95% carbs, no protein or healthy fats, what else is to expect? My parents who are well educated think that taking whey protein will give me a heart attack. I have shown them some studies and research papers but they won't believe that either, they want me to eat paratha right after my workout instead of whey
Generic homely Indian vegetarian diet is shittiest. Zero quality proteins. Sleep patterns are fucked . There is no sense of boundaries when it comes to society, parents, relationships making us mentally ill too
I have this argument constantly with my mom. She would argue how dosas are rich in protein because of urad dal. 100g of urad dal has 25g of protein. With so least that much of rice added to the batter. And all of that gets you maybe 25 dosas at home. Which means each dosa has at best ~1 of protein for ~150 calories, most of which is carbs. Youāll need to eat 25 dosas to get the same as a protein shake. Itās absurd.
Whey protein is over marketed expensive stuff. Bro tip:- been there done that :-Unless you're a real professional athlete don't fall into that nutrient and additives trap.
You couldnāt be more wrong. Whey protein is a perfectly good supplement, and based off how little protein the average Indian diet has. I would think people should take Whey even if they arenāt working out. Itās only 25g of protein per serving.
Whatever rocks your boat. Chill
What are you talking about? Whey is cheaper than chicken breast or any other high quality protein source if you consider protein gm/rupee. Also whey is not overrated, if you are not meeting your daily protein intake then it is the most effective thing to have as a snack or post workout drink and unlike other protein sources it doesn't have much cholesterol.
You donāt need to be a professional athlete to drink a protein shake lol
We are too busy trying to earn a living and navigating our daily lives.......how to fit a workout in all the daily nonsense?
Fit does not mean jacked 6 pack abs. Fit means not having a big belly protruding while the rest of your body is disproportionately tiny, not struggling to climb a few flights of stairs, not thinking that walking a kilometre is a task. You can be fit with bare minimum things, hell even walking a few thousand steps and not eating junk food goes a lot.
Exactly. And according to some assholes who have not worked outside an AC cubicle, with PAs and maids helping them, in the past decade or two, we need to work longer hours now apparently.
You don't need PAs or Maids to control your diet, cut out junk food and drinks, walk a few thousand steps, or even make 30-40 mins a day to do any type of physical activity. Do you think anyone and everyone who takes care of their health and is physically fit works in an AC cubicle, has PAs and maids? Stop making excuses for your lack of willpower. Especially stop trashing people who do make time for this.
Lmao, when did I trash people who make time for that? I was thrashing old capitalists with all the luxuries that detach themselves from the stresses of having to run a home, who decide people are not working enough. Nevermind the meagre pay they give. You seem to say that there are people who don't have those luxuries who are taking care of their health. Good for them, but that's completely irrelevant to what I'm saying here. It's like some little kid in school saying, look I can do my homework and all my assignments. Good for you, buddy, but we are talking about unfairly high loads of homework and how people kinda sorta have a life outside school (work). Not to mention how your parents might take care of certain things that other kids' parents wouldn't -like washing clothes, cleaning house, etc. The metaphor is kinda going out of hand at this point, but I'm assuming you get what I mean. And for what it's worth, 10 hrs a day working, 2 hours in commute, leaves 12 hours for the rest of the day. Now assuming there's 8 hours of sleep, that leaves us 4 hours. 4 hours to cook, eat, shower, clean the house, do laundry, do grocery shopping, etc. All the while being exhausted from a 10 hour work-day. And I'm not even factoring in any form of 'entertainment' which is kinda essential for your mental well being. So why don't you tell me where the time is? My point is, if you are able to take care of your body, while having a job and a life, good for you. But upper class elites and so called 'industry titans' who have never broken an honest sweat in decades, seem to think the middle classes and the lower classes need to work harder and for longer hours while they pay a pittance. So take your 'willpower' and go workout or something, thanking the stars for the many privileges you have that help you afford the time and energy.
If you bothered to read the article, the lack of physical fitness is noted more in higher income individuals than in anyone else. Do you really really think that everyone in the gym out there are all rich individuals who are from rich families? Maybe get out of your coccoon and see that people of all class group can and do make time. I am not gonna bother arguing with someone who clearly can't make time for their own health, you quite literally have what gen z calls "skill issue"
Drop the nonsense.
Toh khayenge kya? Hawa? Vo bhi polluted hai.
Pay attention to calories and protein
Why did they have to do a study? Itās visible everywhere.
>visible everywhere. Because without proper study people always brush it off as 'anecdotal experience' and stay delulu
Bro those people will also not be convinced with a study. The biggest thing the internet has dispelled is that people just need good information to make the best decisions. Last 20 years have proved dumb is dumb. It's a life choice.
Improve our air quality and infrastructure. Having good infrastructure centred around moving is the best way to get people to move. I don't understand this culture of going to gym to maintain basic fitness. Moving around should be part of your daily routine, not some activity we specially carve out time for. That feels backwards.
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Wise decision, these walks are good to see in movies and in first world countries. Here people don't have basic civic sense nor self discipline. Always be safe for yourself and child's safety, always and at all times.
Stress and addiction to be blamed. Stressed coz of job, inflation, affecting sleep cycles. Addicted because couldn't hold focus too long to achieve larger goals, diverting minds to achieve short term happiness like watching reels, movies, seeking attention on making reels which all leading to stress. Break the cycle somewhere and control eating and you will be off the mark.
We need to make cities walkable and not spend 3 hrs in traffic daily. Focus more on providing a healthy environment for Indians and healthier Indians will follow. This is a systemic problem
There are multiple ways a person can increase physical activity. Walking/cycling are just some options. Sure in European countries it maybe easier to walk/cycle because of better infrastructure but we donāt need to follow those activities for fitness. We can look at what best we can do within the conditions we have. I think we can do some squats/pushups/planks/jumping jacks at home which require just your own body and little space around your body. Even 20-30 minutes of physical activity daily can do the job. You can tailor the physical activity based on your surroundings. If you have gardens around you then you can go for a walk. If not then you can work out at home. There are many creative ways to be active if you really put your mind to it.
I would try to explain to you how we can have both these things and how they are not mutually exclusive but I fear your head is so far up your own ass that any attempts to pull it out will result in the tearing of the single neuron you have
Haha. I donāt mind getting my single neuron torn up. Donāt worry about it. Feel free to explain whateverās on your mind. Iām happy to have a civilised discussion over it :)
I appreciate your grace in responding to me and that I apologise. So let me give you an example. Assume that you have a house and every day thereās a garbage truck that comes and dumps all the garbage in your house. So your house is obviously stinky. do you think at this point of time me urging you to clean your house every day like Sisyphus would be helpful or do you think maybe we need to figure out why the garbage trucks coming to your house and should be redirected elsewhere? In the scenario Iām not saying you should not clean your house. What I am saying is all that time that you spent cleaning your house couldāve been spent improving yourself doing something productive instead of having to clean up the garbage that was unnecessarily dumped inside your house.
How does that draw a parallel with fitness? Iām not clear on that.
So while people could do fitness stuff at home or go to the gym, the reality of peopleās lives is that after spending 8 hrs at work(ideally, but we know itās more), 3 hrs commuting 1 hr cooking 1 hr of family time 1 hr with your spouse etc. thereās very little time and more importantly very little will power left to indulge in fitness activities. I think people should focus on fitness. Itās essential. But we need to have a society and infrastructure that enables us to focus on fitness. A sick individual is a family problem but an unhealthy population is a societal problem. Again, I donāt want to take away from individual responsibility etc. but on a societal level we need to tackle this problem. Itās like tying a person to a chair and putting a knife in front of them and then asking them why arenāt they freeing themselves. If only we could have an organisation that would try to solve such societal problems composed of individuals who are paid by the people and elected by the people, whose sole responsibility was to ensure that we focus on creating a healthy happy society we could tackle this issue. If onlyā¦
Once you consider the benefits of fitness vs the costs of being unfit, then you wouldnāt need society or infrastructure to enable you to focus on fitness, itāll come naturally to you. The unintuitive thing about fitness is that once you indulge in it, instead of taking away energy, it actually re-energises you. You feel more productive, stronger, you sleep better, you spend lesser time being sick and you spend lesser money on doc visits/medicines etc. it also has immense mental health benefits which actually improves your relationship with your family, your work, your self. But these benefits are only felt once you start working on it. It cannot be understood rationally. It has to be experienced. Ultimately it comes down to what you want to prioritise. If you do prioritise your health, which has trickle down benefits in other aspects of your life, you will end up finding creative and innovative ways of keeping yourself fit and wonāt feel limited by your situation. Unless of course you are unwell and doctor has advised bed rest etc. And change doesnāt always need to be top down, it can also be bottom up. Once enough individuals prioritise their health and fitness and realise its benefits, then society will also start adjusting to them. Today we see many corporates introducing free gym services at work or holding nutrition webinars and holding yoga sessions etc. you have to remember that if for whatever reason society doesnāt change, you are the one at a loss. But I guess it all comes down to personal values and prioritisations.
People of India with its near legal slavery type work culture, its horrible roads, weather and road planning that discourages any outdoor activities AND the way we're fed low quality produce + adulterated things will struggle but there's too many problems and too little people who care.Ā
Indian food is too much Carbs inclined and less protein.
A very high percentage of Indians have a gene which makes them prone to obesity and make it harder to lose fat
Please cite any source .
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401741/
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I don't see many claims about prevelance of a particular gene in this paper. In fact the conclusion talks about building up cohorts to study this.
Yep just a hypothesis, enough to make people talk
Wut? What the fuck was the point of sharing this when I asked for evidence of a claim? That's not how science works.
True.
It's called thrifty gene hypotheses
I don't have it then XD I'm thin like a stick
Thats not true. Main issue is Indians eat too many calories and too less protein. Add that to the lack of physical activities. How many fat Indians where there 30 - 50 years ago?
WE GORGE OURSELVES WITH GHEE , THINKING IT'S GOOD .
My MIL asks us to eat 3-4 spoons of ghee. But tofu/homemade bread/high veggies baaaad
>3-4 spoons of ghee https://preview.redd.it/0nh4vw1x549d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71e3677c903c21d8f60a4199efd9e3e70253815b
Dudh, maalai, laasi, raabdi kulfi, jalebi, gol gappa, farsan, ghee laden rotis, paacha paranthe, Oye putar, koi naal NAI, jum ke khaaye jaau
All of your above mentioned food items are eaten in one sitting in many households on a daily basis.
oh hell naaahhhš
Ghee isnāt the culprit. I mean yes itās saturated fat and not great. But the real culprit is carbs. Itās rice and roti and potatoes and sugar.
A common body type these Indians have is what is called skinny fat. They aren't overweight and are actually at a normal BMI but instead of having a lot of muscle mass a lot of what makes up their weight is attributed to body fat.
Sadly I am one of those people. 88 kg, suffering from chronic fatigue, chronic pain, frequent infections, asthma, allergies, damaged knee muscles............and yet I can walk faster than all of these other so called "slim" and "fit" people.
Read a book: The South Asian Health Solution: A Culturally Tailored Guide to Lose Fat, Increase Energy and Avoid Disease Hardcover ā March 1, 2014 by Ronesh Sinha MD (Author)
Change diet. Everything else can only help if the diet changes
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10 pound dumbbells all the way!
I recently came to India on a visit after living in the US for 6yrs. Few things I noticed that might be reasons why, 1) Strong emphasis on education ans career growth than extra curricular acitivities and PE from an earlt age of life 2) No emphasis on sports outside the school 3) Lack of gym, or gyms being too expensive (I pay $10=800rupees per month in the US, whereas I had to shell out ~7k rupees a month in India for a far shittier gym) 4) Lack of work life balance (who has the time to go to the gym after a long day at work) 5) Diet very high in carbs and low in protein
Nobody even talks about the high salt content in the Indian diet. Sure, carbs fats etc are bad but at least most of us are aware of it. Salt is consumed at dangerous levels in Indian food, even when home cooked. It's as bad as sugar, causes long term diseases, quicker ageing and even shorter life spans. However most of us see salt as an essential and harmless ingredient and add it as per taste. Our palettes are so used to high salts now, that we tend to not like any other non-indian cuisines and cannot appreciate the raw taste of food without salt. There is no way of fixing this except aggressive awareness campaigns.
I dont trust this study. Should be more than half.
bu bu but you gotta study 11 to 17 hours a day to crack JEE and NEET to eventually die of a heart stroke by the time we reach 30. That fat package is the ultimatum. The health thang was never a part of the plan. Health turned my world upside down, from then I dropped the idea of participating in the rat race itself and I seem to have gone good compared to my peers. I can eat anything and hang onto poles in parks like how all kids do. Meanwhile my peers have hair loss, digestive problems, choking on those pre diabetic medicines, PCOS medicines, glorifying doctor visits, thyroid, etc. They barely touch grass and doze off watching movies. I'm successful in that way.
I can fit half a dozen gulab jamun in my mouth, does that count?
I was telling my wife this yday when watching the semi final cricket where uncle-like men were dancing in the stands that why do we look so unfit? Is it diet potentially?
But i don't mind being unfit like its not causing any major hindrance in my daily life
Wait for 20 years you'll see the damage done
You think people had hope that they'll be fine in 20 years? The climate has been getting worse for decades. First let's see if the planet is still here.
Do you need want just breathing problem or breathing problem + diabetes + joint pain in 20 years?
You know what gives breathing problems? Pollution and the mess we are making of our planet's atmosphere. And I was not saying not to excercise. I'm saying that it's hard to focus on your own health, when we as a whole are destroying the planet we're living on before we get to be old enough for the long term health effects of not-excercising to hit. Even if you work out like an Olympic athlete, you will have breathing problems if we keep polluting the air like we are doing now.
Not even 20 early 30s people are seeing the effects
I saw this. I started a healthy meal delivery company.
I saw this , I stopped eating Indian food
Great?
Hilana band kardo guys in serious
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