Comments on: ‘If you can walk, don’t run…’

By: GN Rao

GN Rao — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:35:35 +0000

All these Doctors conduct studies from time to time for publicity/phd thesis. Quite often contradicting earlier findings/advise. Live at your own pace and comfort level, as you are doing!

By: Shah

Shah — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:01:14 +0000

Superb piece of penning ... Especially '' how quick in delete'' and the ''ultimate carnivore, claiming that even chickens belong to vegetable family'' made me laugh at once.

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:59:14 +0000

I love reading your articles. Pl take care of your health as I would want to keep reading your articles for a few more decades (you see I am in my late thirties)

By: sh.jamil

sh.jamil — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:49:31 +0000

Mr.Irfan i am your agemate so to say.Your today’s column was a bit of relief for me.I wish you all the best.

By: aslam minhas

aslam minhas — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:38:22 +0000

Well, well Mr. Husain: I read you regularly and for a change read me: I jog 2 km every other day and do the gym. I am a dal-, vegetable- and chicken- man. Meat occasionally, noons only. Curd to start the day and at evening after the (early) meals. I do a bit of gardening growing the vegetables and I eat the fruit of my labor. My heart rate is 48 and BP 120/80. I am into my 71st and I still get the second looks! How about that? Affectionately yours.

By: BRR

BRR — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:17:54 +0000

Everything in moderation goes a long way.

By: Marvin (Edmonton, Canada)

Marvin (Edmonton, Canada) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:36:35 +0000

It is better to walk before dinner to clear up blood sugar from the system. After dinner, stomach needs blood to begin digestion of foods. If you walk after dinner, stomach will have less blood for digestion and ingested food and sugar will start utilizing leaving you hungry in early morning and if you don’t replenish early in morning, reserve (glycogen) will start utilizing and also muscle protein will be converted into body’s need. This is not good for metabolism. If you want to walk after dinner, walk slowly and for short distance for pleasure. No No to brisk walk for long time.

By: Parvez

Parvez — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:31:06 +0000

Great stuff and truly no place like Sri Lanka to sit back and reflect………beautiful country, beautiful people.
On living and eating healthy : people are slowly realising that all that Americana sold to the world – the Big Mac with fries and a Coke and junk on the TV wasn’t good. Well everything in life is cyclical in nature and things are slowly going from West to East. Hopefully we manage to get a balance. Let’s wait and see,

By: Sumit

Sumit — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 11:52:37 +0000

The Chinese guru of Mr Hussain’s is dead wrong. Any achievement in life requires exactly the opposite approach! I have read the discussion Mr Hussain is talking about – that physically fit people do not live longer than unfit people. True indeed, but physically fit people live better.

South Asians do not believe in fitness. They ascribe their poor performance in international sports events other than cricket to poor genes etc etc. Rather, our poor performance in athletics comes from watching too much cricket while lying down on the bed. I have a daughter who has done the marathon
in 3 hrs 30 min and has qualified for the Boston marathon. This time – I was surprised to find this myself – is much better than the Pakistani national record for women! At the age of 60 myself, I ran in a local 5 K yesterday. There were several hundred men in the race. There are probably a thousand Indians and Bangladeshis in our town – I did not see any in the race.

By: rich

rich — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:42:46 +0000

i am reading ur column after a very long time, i think after almost 3/4 years i always enjoyed ur articles
but now i am sad, i just started a bit of excercising (walk/jog) for last 10 days , now i am in 2 minds what shoulsd i do today late eve should i jog or just lie down and watch tv or surf the net which i love doing(the resting part)
i always followed the advice why sit when u can sleep ect ect till i was diagonised with a bit of bad choloestrol hence the daily torture for the last 10 days
now i think i will just take it easy and leave everything to god

Richie