Today’s age is an age that just seems to be on the wrong footing: from the great mega-corporations selling thousands upon thousands of chemical products, to the ever increasing use of medications and surgery, to the disgusting junk food we have grown to adore. It is an age uncompromisingly attached to affluence, and no matter what happens, we will be fed and bred with products that harm us in alarming ways. It is thus not surprising that Nile Academy has absorbed this culture through its trendy and “modern” student body, but there always appears to be a capacity for change. On Monday, November 21, Dr. Mehmet Deger from McGill University made his down from Montreal to enlighten Nile Academy’s students on modern health issues plaguing the human body and how to ameliorate their harmful effects. Dr. Deger commenced his presentation with the omnipresent dogma that good health is the function of a balanced interface between our mental, spiritual, and physical aspects. He then elucidated that the human stomach was to in fact hold one-third water, one-third food, and the remaining third for pure air. For
water consumption, he advised drinking to a maximum of three cups when eating—one before, during, and after each meal. Secondly, in terms of air, he linked good deep-breathing and exercise to the reduction of stress, therefore emphasizing the necessity of clean, fresh air in our everyday lives. And most important of all, which wholly pertains to the circumstances of us all, Dr. Deger makes it almost a law that we eat in small quantities and chew very carefully!
Dr. Deger’s counseling was very assistive in reawakening us from the clutches of modern materialism, but he went even further to explain in what ways we could protect our holistic health from the environment. Perhaps two of the most vital points conveyed in his presentation were to use no more than a thumbnail amount of cleansing chemicals, lotions, or other products that are applied to our bodies; and to minimize our exposure to radiation, typically in relation to ourusage of earphones, computers, mobile cellphones, and wireless routers. In brief, Dr. Deger’s presentation served no other purpose but to contrast our “modern” lives with the one ordained by scientific research—and to, in such a sense, present us with avenues of alternatives to which we may better ascribe our existence!
