NECHA BULLETIN_JULY 2020

NECHA BULLETIN NORTH EASTERN COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NECHA) BHOLA BABA PATH, HOUSE NO. 2, SIX MILE, GUWAHATI - 781022, ASSAM VOL. I, NO. III JULY, 2020 Director's message CURATIVE HEALTH In the N.E. Region of India, most of the PREVENTIVE HEALTH people in the villages are hardworking. People in the villages cultivate and produce their own rice, vegetables, and other essential commodities for their families. Habits of drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco products are unhealthy. Such people cannot relish their food fully and suffer from various ailments. Most of the youth do not chew tobacco or habit of drinking. They concentrate their attention on their study or employment. They relish and enjoy their food fully. There are some people who imitate the others especially in their food and drinking habits. It is our wish and prayer that the youth of present day do not imitate the drinking, chewing and such other habits of others. Please be on your creative thinking and responsible for building up your own future. Give attention to exercises, body building, disciplining your minds and sound spirituality. Please become leaders and guide your younger brothers and sisters so that they will follow you and become leaders of your communities. PROMOTION OF HEALTH PLEASE TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE

NECHA BULLETIN HEALTH NECHA's idea of Promotion of Health or Community Health and Community Health is the total well-being of the whole Organising, has caught the eyes of many person, physically, mentally, socially, Parish Priests, Pastors and Leaders. It is culturally, economically and spiritually and time to enable people to elect/select not mere absence of sickness (World Health many leaders in each village to keep up Organisation). contacts, exchange of news, guidance and stronger relationship among the PROMOTION OF HEALTH OR Parish Priests, Catechists and the People. COMMUNITY HEALTH The Parish Priest can directly monitor all the village programmes. Promotion of Health or Community Health is a process in which people are made aware The village leaders are able to of their real needs, rights and duties. communicate news and guidance from Through community health and community the Parish Priests, Parish leaders to the organizing, people are enabled to families and people. This way people elect/select their leaders from their become leaders and responsible for their community, discuss their problems, make health and related problems. their own decisions, implement and solve problems. ENJOY YOUR FOOD Through the enabling process we make the Eat what your body needs and not the people responsible for their Health and mind. development. \"Health of the people, for the people and by the people\" is the \"Let your food be your medicine and democratic expression. This is our \"precious your medicine be your food.\" (Susruta pastoral duty\" and pastoral work entrusted Samhita) to all of us by the Church (Mt. 28:19/ Mk. 16:15). Your body needs a balanced diet. MULTIPLY HANDS INGREDIENTS OF BALANCED DIET We are in a time of \"locked down.\" It is 1. Carbohydrate (Starch) ideal and practical to multiply our hands 2. Protein (kind of organic compound) especially during this emergency period for 3. Fat (oil) efficiency. 4. Vegetable Fibre 5. Vitamins 6. Water 7. Minerals (Salt)

NECHA BULLETIN SOURCE OF BALANCED DIET FOOD OF THE NORTH EAST 1. Carbohydrate : Rice, Wheat, Corn, 'Khar' of Assam \"Eromba\" of Potatoes, Tubers, Tapioca, Yam etc. Manipur 2. Protein : Meat, Egg, Milk, Cheese, Pulses, Beans, Nuts, Fish, Dal etc. 3. Fat (oil) : Cooking oil, Animal and Birds fat, Vegetable oils. 4. Vegetables : All sorts of vegetables, chilly, spicy leaves etc. 5. Vitamins : Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts etc. 6. Pure spring water, well water. 7. Minerals (salt). CARBOHYDRATES PROTEIN Pork with Bamboo 'Pehak' of FAT (OIL) Shoot of Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh VEGETABLES VITAMINS 'Doh-Khlieh' of 'Mosdeng Serma' PURE SPIRNG WATER Meghalaya of Tripura MINERALS 'Bai' of Mizoram

NECHA BULLETIN HOW TO BALANCE THE DIET STRONG MESSAGE Include at least one item each from the Reduce slowly and stop completely above list (sources of balanced diet) for consuming alcohol, tobacco, beedi, making a balanced meal. For example; cigrate, kaini, talap etc. All these are Rice + Beans + Dal + Cooking oil + injurious to health. Eat balanced diet and Leafy vegetables + Fruits + Water + increase your immune power. You will Salt. have the power to resist all kinds of sicknesses. You will save money instead HOW TO EAT AND RELISH THE FOOD of spending for doctors and pharmacies. Serve the food. One by one each item The older generation of people may be put in the mouth and relish the taste. in the habit of strong drinks, chewing Allow the mind to affirm that it is good tobaco, talap. kaini. etc. It means their and tasty. Only after the affirmation of taste nerves are affected and not able to the mind about each item, start eating. enjoy their food fully. When people You are physically and mentally enjoy drinks, smoking and so on they are prepared to enjoy your meal. There will doing harm to themselves. be proper digestion and full nourishment absorbed for the health. For example, such people plant good and tasty vegetables and paddy in their HINDRANCE TO RELISHING FOOD field. When they eat they cannot enjoy the real taste, so they have to go for Food is relished when all the taste nerves strong drinks, hot chillies and so on for in the mouth are active. Taste nerves stimulation. endings are on the tongue, under the tongue, side of the mouth muscles, on the Those who do not have their own creative throat and roof of the mouth. When the ideas, go for imitation. Most of our food touches the taste nerve endings, we younger generation or the youth both understand, feel and relish the food. boys and girls imitate the (bad) habits of others like drinking, smoking and other Taste nerves become blunt or less active evil tendencies. I wish you do not imitate due to consumption of strong drinks like such habits. alcohol, too much coffee/tea, smoking beedi, cigarette, chewing tobacco, talap I wish our youth enjoy their food so that etc. they build up good immune power. Good immune power can resist all kinds of sicknesses even Corona and Cancer.

NECHA BULLETIN Healthy youth means healthy families, HOW TO INCREASE IMMUNE POWER healthy society and healthy nation. Corona easily attack those who have weak 1. Balanced Diet (pesticide free immune system. food) IMMUNITY AND IMMUNE POWER 2. Timely food 3. Drink at least ten glasses of water 'Immunity' is the ability to resist infections. 'Immune' means natural resistance to daily. infections. 4. Eat plenty of fruits, leafy A healthy person is able to resist infections vegetables and sprouts and sicknesses. A person with poor immune 5. One tea spoon of Arishtam after power easily get sick. To increase and to keep up the immune power, we need to supper eat balanced diet. It is not the quantity but 6. Few drops of natural lemon juice. quality of food that is needed. 7. Positive thinking. No negative People use too much fertilizers and thinking pesticides for vegetable and paddy 8. Heart full of love cultivation. Consumption of such food 9. Sun light products reduces the immune power. 10. Sufficient rest Drinking alcohol, smocking, chewing 11. Exercise tobacco, kaini, talap, adulterated food 12. Self control and so on reduce the immune power. If 13. Friends to joke and laugh. there is no sufficient sleep, no rest, less water intake, too many medicines eaten,  NECHA Bulletin is for the health too much tensions and worries can affect education of the people, especially the immune power. Strengthening of the youth. immune system is the best medicine against ailments and infections.  We wish to circulate the Bulletin to all the villages in the North Eastern VITAMIN C States.  You may give us the WhatsApp No. or Email ID of your people. Fr. K. C. George Director, NECHA Bhola Baba Path, House No. 2 Six Mile, Khanapara Guwahati - 781022, Assam. Mobile: 9678224827 (0) 8974008332 (P) Email: [email protected] Website: nechaindia.org Private Circulation only