Banana is not bad, misconception on diet.

One of the misconceptions on the diet issue is the good and bad of eating a banana

banana and health

just reduce the calories to compensate

for example eating rice  can raise your blood glucose more than the similar quantity of  banana

read the glycemic index

low carb diets

diabetic patients, please note the above discussion on eating the banana and kindly discuss with your diabetologist for yourself!

warm regards

chockalingam

family and work, a quote

a quote from Ra of infinitethoughts

" your work place can certainly find a replacement for you, but your family cannot"

hence spend enough time with your family

Warm Regards

Chockalingam

owning a car! then consider doing wheel balancing and alignment

do wheel alignment and balancing the wheels regularly especially if you have driven your old tyres for long

if uneven roads and roads with potholes are part of your day to day drive, then do them more often

please refer to this site

wheel alignment and balancing

Best Wishes

Chockalingam

modern traffic rule 1, obvious when you think but we don't think when one drives

when you drive a car

the time taken to your destination is not inversely related to your maximum speed

1. When there are more number of traffic signals en route to your destination

2. when the traffic is heavy



hence relax and do not rush and press on the pedal to reach your destination quickly

keep your speed steady or low

hope this helps

warm regards


Chockalingam

Negativity brings Negativity, how to choose what you input such as reading a newspaper or watching a good movie

open your favorite newspaper

         count the number of articles with negativity such as accidents or murder

        count the number of pages in that newspaper

       divide the no of negative articles per total number of pages

       this gives a value, you would be amazed on your finding of the favorite  newspaper



      now you understand why you want to go to sports page first, most of us do

     because even if one side loses, they most of the time highlight the side or the person who wins

    you feel happy

be positive and input positive things in life

   now you understand why Arnold or Rajini is liked to be watched by most as you want to end up positive or bring the good side to your life

hope this makes sense

Warm regards

Chockalingam

road traffic accidents not a menace but terrifying [if you understand the magnitude), the PIL in supreme court of India

"Over the last decade, a few thousand Indians have lost their lives as a consequence of terror attacks. An estimated 15,000 people die every year due to malaria. But 1.2 lakh Indians lose their lives each year on the roads. And 10 times that number is seriously injured."

this is the quote from the Hindustan Times under the article "this neglect is tragic"

the same article quotes as below

"Although India accounts for only 1% of registered motor vehicles on the globe, Indians account for 9% of deaths caused by traffic accidents worldwide. Thirteen Indians die every hour on the roads."

Terrifying eh!

if you are using Indian roads!!!!!

this is not new as the link below has published articles on traffic safety in India and around the world

traffic safety articles for reference

but what is important, who is going to take the accountability???

the road user,

the other road user rather than me,

lack of adequate infrastructure and road signs,

lack of technology in the vehicles used,

lack of education,

government or the law maker and enforcer


we all will have different views, but here is an attempt to get the government to act on by owning at least part of the responsibility


article in hindustan times

but do we as road user, simply wait for someone to enforce something on us

sooner we enforce ourselves, we are not going to see the light at the end of the tunnel

Hope this article kindles your thoughts on road safety

warm regards

chockalingam

 

helmet for the pillion rider

most of us agree that helmet use is good for us, if in doubt refer to this link which is evidence based

                              cohrane database review on helmet and safety

however We often see drivers of motorcycles  riding without helmet in a country like India

hence you might ask why bother with the pillion rider!

however this blog is for the sensible motorcyclists who do wear helmets

we do see quite a number of motorcyclists wearing helmet but the pillion riders do not wear

often the pillion riders happen to be the spouses or children of the motorcyclists or friend or a relative


the safety is the same whether you are driving or pillion riding a motorcycle

(please refer to this site if in doubt of the above statement

he following study done in Bangalore, India

                            incidence of head injuries in drivers vs pillion riders)

in fact treating lots of road traffic accident victims, the severity of the injury is worse with the pillion riders

may be this is because they do no anticipate as they do not face the direction of the travel, i. e.sitting side ways


please refer to this link which clearly spells out the need for the pillion riders to wear helmets


the following is the law in UK

                                   rules for motorcyclists including pillion riders


hope this helps

warm regards

chockalingam