In todays Weekend Nation - Professor Emeritus, Henry Fraser, an outstanding Barbadian physician - issued a timely and most welcome reminder exhorting Bajans to keep active, move in any way they like. Walk, play a game, or whatever you like, but move. So there you have it my fellow Bajans - do something before something do you. That is if you want to live a long and healthy life. But movement is not enough. Healthy eating is also a must. More fibre, fish, fruits and vegetables. Less sugar, salt and fat. I would expand on what the Professor has said. I would say eat as much organic food as possible and stop polluting the body by ingesting poisons whether they be foods sprayed with poisonous pesticides, herbicides, etc., or animals injected with excessive amounts of antibiotics and hormones. Since the body is the temple of the soul it is essential to keep it clean and healthy. If the body is clean and healthy it is easier to contemplate on the wonders of creation and become receptive to the Cosmic vibes that permeate all of creation. The goodly Professor also said two thirds of Bajan women were described as pleasingly plump. I would call a spade a spade and describe them as clinically obese. According to statistics, life expectancy of obese women is a mere sixty-six years - thirteen years shy of the national life expectancy. Professor Fraser went on to say that a belief in God is also part of the recipe for a long happy life. I respectfully qualify that by saying mere belief is not enough. We need to put belief into practice. We need to love and respect the rest of Gods creation. We need to exhibit divine qualities - love, truth and peace. We need to love and care for our friends in the animal kingdom - our dogs and other domestic animals. These are sentient beings with the same life force coursing through their bodies as members of the human kingdom. We need to respect and protect our environment - it is gift of the Creator. If we truly love our creator we would do all of these things. Finally, what I found to be interesting is Professor Frasers suggestion that marriage promoted longevity in men. Maybe, he is right there. It certainly does not appear to be a factor in female centenarians. A substantial number of them never married.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:12:44 +0000
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