Benefits of Water

A very important factor for good health is the consumption of water. A healthy humanbeing needs 7 to 8 glasses of water a day. Only those people with certain heart problems or some other medical problems are restricted to have only 800 to 1000 ml of water a day.

According to science and research, our bodies are anywhere from 55% to 78% water. Our brain alone is 90% water. Hence some of our migraines and headaches are caused by the deprivation of water in our bodies.

The benefits of water are numerous. One of the most important benefits of water is the detoxification of our bodies.

Once I heard Dr. Deepak Chopra say that the skin of a person deprived of water is like a prune compared to the one who drinks the required amount of water, which is like a plum.

Most of the time, water helps in getting rid of cramps in our legs and toes. This has been my personal experience.

"Water is the driving force of all nature." - Leonardo da Vinci

Poem - Love

                       Love

Is love the longing for his touch

Or is it simply longing for his presence?

One seems insatiable want of the flesh,

While the other calm, yet mourns at his absence.

I wonder if they are the twin heads of one feeling

That changes from affection to desire

Though separated love causes intensity of suffering

Presence of love in itself brings warmth through its fire.

Age is just a number and no barrier for love

One is not aware when and how it creeps in

It may enter the soul as innocent as a dove

Or take your heart into a wild spin

Yet life devoid of love, with all its riches is poor

And life filled with love, in spite of poverty is rich. 

Anonymus

Contentment

Contentment

The key to being content is counting our blessings. If we start counting our blessings starting from roof over our heads, beds to sleep, food to survive..... we will feel that we have so much compared to the have-nots, that we will be truly grateful and that will bring happiness which is essential for good health. 

"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty" - Socrates

"We are not rich by what we possess but what we can do without." Immanuel Kant

"Happiness is not a goal--- Its a by-product of a life well lived."

Eleanor Roosevelt

Walking

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Walking is the best exercise. It is better than running, as

running eventually will harm your knees. Walking on the

other hand is the safest and most beneficial exercise that you

can get engaged in at any age.

"Now shall I walk? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.
by William Henry Davies

"There comes .......a longing never to travel again except on foot." by Wendell Berry

"But the beauty is in walking - - - we are betrayed by destinations." by Gwyn Thomas

"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beef/Chicken/Veal Patties

Ground Beef/Chicken/veal Patties

Ingtredients

Ground beef/veal/chicken – 1Kg

Onions – 2 finely chopped

Long Green chillies – 2 finely chopped or ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Garlic cloves 4 finely chopped

Ginger – 1” skinned and finely chopped

Egg – 1 beaten

Breadcrumbs – ¼ cup

Coriander – ½ cup finely chopped

Potato – 2 boiled and mashed

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Method:

• Fry onions in 2 tablespoons of oil till light brown in a medium pot
• Add ground meat and continue to cook for at least another 10 minutes
• Add the chilli, garlic ginger and coriander and cook for 5 minutes
• Switch off the stove and let it cool.
• Once warm enough to handle, mix the mashed potatoes and mix you’re your hand
• Make patties according to the size you want
• Dip each patty in egg and then breadcrumbs and pan fry in a non-stick pan with minimum oil till both sides are nice and brown.

Eat with some steamed vegetables, salad and healthy bread

Ground Beef/Veal with vegetables

Keema or Ground Beef/Veal with vegetables:

Ingredients:

Ground Beef/Veal – 500 gm

Onion – 1 finely chopped

Garlic/ginger paste – 1tbsp

Paprika – 1 tbsp

Salt – ½ teaspoon

Coriander – ½ cup finely chopped

Carrot – 1 grated

Peas – ½ cup

Juice of 2 lemons (juicy)

Tomato paste – 1 can

Method:

• Wear gloves and mix all ingredients with the ground beef with an exception of tomato paste and chopped coriander.
• Cook for 35 minutes stirring regularly
• Add tomato paste and cook for 5 more minutes
• Garnish with chopped coriander
• Eat with rice, Chapatti, nan or crusty bread

More Meat Dishes

Beef-Chicken/veal/ Chilly fry 

Ingredients

Stew beef/veal/chicken breast – 1 Kg

Onions – 3 cut thin elongated

Tomato paste – 1 can

Chili powder – ½ or 1 tablespoon

Grated ginger – 1 teaspoon

Oil - 2 or 3 tbs

Apple cider vinegar – 1 ½ tbs

Salt ¾ teaspoon

Cloves - 2

Cardamom - 2 with seeds taken out and crushed

Cinnamon powder - pinch

Method:

• Cut the meat or chicken into thin strips of about 2” long mix with apple cider vinegar and set aside
• In a pan fry the onions till light brown.
• Add tomato paste, salt, grated ginger and chili powder and fry for 5 minutes stirring constantly on medium heat.
• Add cloves, cardamom and cinnamon and fry for another 3 minutes
• Add the meat or chicken and cook till it is tender on minimum heat.
• Taste and add salt if needed. Eat with the vegetable rice, nan or brown pita bread.