Recently there was a programme on an American internet radio station about how humans were less developed than animals. Examples cited included the fact that all the animals moved to higher ground before the tsunami struck. Several other examples were given and it reinforced my view that animals are infinitely superior in all respects to human beings as far as knowing themselves and their environment.
The programme also highlighted how much we have to learn from animals. For instance, when the super-fast train was being built in Japan, there was a sonic boom when the train emerged from a tunnel at the high speed. This was solved by watching how a kingfisher enters the water with its specially formed beak and it moves effortlessly from one medium into another! The front of the train was designed to be like the beak of a kingfisher.
I have been a strong believer in the philosophy that my body tells me exactly what I should eat or drink. As a result I have never been a pill popper AND I have not been seriously ill for many a decade. In my 23+ years in Finland I never missed a day at work.
People find it hard to believe my very simplistic theories. Usually, when I draw their attention to facts when they are published later, they forget that I had told them the reasons well before scientific evidence had proven something.
I must go back in time when I was a heavy smoker, consuming nothing less than 80 Charminars a day, drinking several bottles of beer and finishing the day with a bottle of rum. This was also a time when I drank about a dozen cups of coffee per day!
Even with this I had never been drunk. I lived and worked hard, usually a grueling 20 hour day.
I also had an unbelievable memory where I could recall facts instantly. My ability to scan a letter and pick out errors was uncanny. My secretaries were astounded by how I glanced down a sheet and faster than they came in they were out of my office with a pageful of corrections on the sheet.
Then, one day I walked into my office in Bangalore and could not find an important paper, I realised my memory was failing. My body immediately told me to lay off alcohol.
Within 24 hours I had given up not only alcohol, but also coffee and cigarettes, as the consumption of one to the other was interlinked.
People were astounded how I had such enormous will power - but it was not me doing the choosing, but my body.
It has taken close to 25 years to rebuild the small portion of my brain that was damaged. Although it was a small partr, it was quite a considerable portion.
My alma mater web sites and my blogging were part of a long term programme which helped me rebuild my damaged brain.
When I quit all the "harmful" parts of my intake, I went on to consuming water for several months. Then my body told me to take to tea.
From then onwards I have been consuming anywhere between 5 to 8 cups of tea per day. The effect on my entire body as well as my brain has been so invigorating. If I told anyone that my tea intake was being controlled by my "intuitive" need, I would be laughed out of the room.
Today, when I read this article on BBC Tea 'healthier' drink than water, I knew my body was the one which had been right all the while.
I quote a couple of passages from this article:
Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers.....
....Experts believe flavonoids are the key ingredient in tea that promote health.....
....These polyphenol antioxidants are found in many foods and plants, including tea leaves, and have been shown to help prevent cell damage....
...Other health benefits seen included protection against tooth plaque and potentially tooth decay, plus bone strengthening.....
Besides tea, I also consume about 5 to 7 litres of water per day, as my body demands that.
It is my contention that tea not only prevents cell damage, but it helps restore damaged cells, although that is a painfully slow process and needs much outside stimuli to repair the cells to its original form. Maybe this will be discovered in 10 years!
That is how my brain cells have been regenerated!
So I say, learn to listen to your body!
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