Self-Sabotage Is the Worst Sabotage—How to Stick To Your Diet and Not Fall off the Wagon.

Just as the Indian Constitution lays out the directive principles of state policy, the values and codes that provide direction to the body politic, there are some fundamental principles that should govern the human body’s dietary programme too. If you follow these directives of dietary policy carefully, they provide a blueprint that will guide you towards health and well-being.

part I of this book has detailed the relevant scientific information that you need to know. To quickly recap, part I includes:

1. It’s not your fault. The ecosystem outside changed our insides.

2. The realization that consistent poor eating habits are making people unhealthy, unhappy or simply out of shape!

3. The awareness that optimum gut function is integral to maintaining healthy functions in your body.

4. The understanding that, when gluten and glucose in your diet combine with actions in the gut and create intestinal permeability (a leaky gut), this creates central obesity or girth—this is the 4 G effect that is responsible for inflammation, ill health, disorder and disease.

5. The knowledge that your very own, personal brahmastra to heal the gut and begin the journey to better health is what, when and how you choose to eat.

Centenarian Secrets - ‘Oh Lord, let me die young, as late as possible’ —a Greek prayer.

before we get to the principles underpinning dietary policy, let’s take a look at the longest-lived communities in the world: the centenarians of okinawa in Japan, the hunza people of North-west pakistan, the sardinians and Ikarias of the Mediterranean, the Vilcabambans of south america and the abkhazians of the Caucasus.

Ikaria in Greece is called the island of long life, the hunza valley in north pakistan has been considered the original shangri la, and the longevity of residents of Vilcabamba in Ecuador and of abkhazia in southern russia is legendary. Incidence of diseases such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and diabetes are virtually nil, as are cases of arthritis, alzheimer’s or cancer.

To be continued....