An ounce of prevention

Mahatma Gandhi once said: “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”.

While I agree with this quote, many of us are still in poor health because of a hectic and imbalanced life as we work hard to make money while overlooking our wellness.

Once a silent disease strikes, we end up using our savings to pay for medical bills instead.

Approaching World Health Day, which falls on April 7 every year, we can review how we have invested in our health — the real wealth.

Do we eat a balanced diet? Do we regularly work out? Do we go to bed before 11pm?

I guess I have bad habits to break to get back on the road to good health, otherwise, I would have to pay a price for the neglect.

Mahatma Gandhi stressed this in the introduction to A Guide To Health, translated from Hindi by A Rama Iyer, M.A. and published by S Ganesan in 1921.

Gandhi…