A recipe for a healthy life

Navjot S Sidhu's wife was diagnosed with Stage-IV cancer Metastasis. Doctors claimed just a 3% chance of survival!

~ She took lemon water, raw turmeric, apple cider vinegar, Neem leaves, & Tulsi in the diet. 

This diet made her Cancer FREE in just 40 days🤯👌🏼

That is what Sidhu claims. The video of his press conference has gone viral. 

Are his claims tenable? Are they scientifically proven? That's what the sceptical human brain will ask.

But that is the wrong way to look at it.

In any health related matter, it is impossible to isolate one cause for the outcome. 

So it is impossible to say whether Sudhu's claims are valid or not. However, we all know this, and it is basic common sense: 

The key is to start integrating healthy habits when one is healthy and fit, or in other words, now. 

Ayurvedic health supplements are excellent to incorporate into your "dinacharya", or daily regimen,  apart from a sensible diet. Every day, have: 

A nimbu pani with honey. 

One Amla. 

Fresh vegetables, and fruits, fresh home cooked food. 

Apple Cider Vinegar is excellent , as per European tradition, Ayurveda does not talk about it. Include that if it suits you.  I tried it a couple of times, but I don't think it suits me, so I dropped it. 

Turmeric is anyway a part of Indian diet. We put it in most of the things we cook everyday.  This is common to North India and South India. So there is no need to have a "turmeric latte" which is what a westerner in New York might do. 

Spices in your food are packed with health benefits. 

Some ayurvedic supplements: 

Arishtams, like Dasamoola and Ashwagandha. 

Lehiyams, like Chyawanprash. 

Shilajit.

Each of them comes with a small list of dos and don'ts like when to have it, etc, but they are simple. 

Also: 

 An exercise regimen that includes aerobic activity ( this is not needed for those in active jobs which are few in number), flexibility, and strength. Flexibility can mean yoga or any stretching routine. Strength can mean calisthenics using body weight. No gym required, in fact exercising with machines is not really necessary, or even recommended. 

And,  Have faith, in God and in yourself. 

 Have a purpose which makes you get up every day in the morning looking forward to the day, and connect with people. 

 Be mentally active also, learn something new every day. The brain atrophies otherwise. 

What else can one do,? 

And then leave the rest in the hands of God, don't worry about missed opportunities in the past, don't fantasize about the future. 

That's it. The recipe to a healthy life, in a nutshell.