Salt and water, important for health
Salt and water, important for health
Forty-six reasons why your body
needs water every day
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Without water, nothing lives.
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Comparative shortage of water first suppresses and eventually kills some aspects of the body.
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Water is the main source of energy – it is the ‘cash flow’ of the body.
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Water generates electrical and magnetic energy inside each and every cell of the body – it provides the power to live.
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Water is the bonding adhesive in the architectural design of the cell structure.
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Water prevents DNA damage and makes its repair mechanisms more efficient – less abnormal DNA is made.
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Water increases greatly the efficiency of the immune system in the bone marrow, where the immune system is formed (all its mechanisms) – including its efficiency against cancer.
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Water is the main solvent for all foods, vitamins, and minerals. It is used in the breakdown of food into smaller particles and their eventual metabolism and assimilation.
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Water energizes food, and food particles are then able to supply the body with this energy during digestion. This is why food without water has absolutely no energy value for the body.
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Water increases the body’s rate of absorption of essential substances in food.
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Water is used to transport all substances inside the body.
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Water increases the efficiency of red blood cells in collecting oxygen in the lungs.
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When water reaches a cell, it brings the cell oxygen and takes the waste gases to the lungs for disposal.
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Water clears toxic waste from different parts of the body and takes it to the liver and kidneys for disposal.
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Water is the main lubricant in the joint spaces and helps prevents arthritis and back pain.
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Water is used in the spinal discs to make them ‘shock-absorbing water cushions’.
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Water is the best lubricating laxative and prevents constipation.
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Water helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Water prevents clogging of arteries in the heart and the brain.
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Water is essential for the body’s cooling (sweat) and heating (electrical) systems.
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Water gives us power and electrical energy for all brain functions, most particularly thinking.
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Water is directly needed for the efficient manufacture of all neurotransmitters, including serotonin.
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Water is directly needed for the production of all hormones made by the brain, including melatonin.
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Water can help prevent attention deficit disorder in children and adults.
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Water increases efficiency at work; it expands your attention span.
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Water is a better pick-me-up than any other beverage in the world – and it has no side-effects.
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Water helps reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.
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Water restores normal sleep rhythms.
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Water helps reduce fatigue – it gives us the energy of youth.
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Water makes the skin smoother and helps decrease the effects of ageing.
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Water gives lustre and shine to the eyes.
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Water helps prevent glaucoma.
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Water normalizes the blood-manufacturing systems in the bone marrow – it helps prevent leukaemia and lymphoma.
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Water is absolutely vital for making the immune system more efficient in different regions to fight infections and cancer cells where they are formed.
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Water dilutes the blood and prevents it from clotting during circulation.
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Water decreases premenstrual pains and hot flushes.
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Water and heartbeats create the dilution and waves that keep things from sedimenting in the bloodstream.
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The human body has no stored water to draw on during dehydration. This is why you must drink regularly and throughout the day.
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Dehydration prevents sex hormone production – one of the primary causes of impotence and loss of libido.
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Drinking water separates the sensations of thirst and hunger.
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To lose weight, water is the best way to go – drink water on time and lose weight without much dieting. Also, you will not eat excessively when you feel hungry but are in fact only thirsty for water.
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Dehydration causes deposits of toxic sediments in the tissue spaces, joints, kidneys, liver, brain, and skin. Water will clear these deposits.
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Water reduces the incidence of morning sickness in pregnancy.
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Water integrates mind and body functions. It increases ability to realize goals and purpose.
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Water helps prevent the loss of memory as we age. It helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and Lou Gehrig’s disease (motor neurone disease).
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Water helps reverses addictive urges, including those for caffeine, alcohol and some drugs.
SALT
“Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt causing the potential for a myriad of health problems in your body.” – Dr Joseph Mercola10
“…all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean.”
– John F Kennedy
The claim that ‘salt can kill you’ is a sterling example of telling the public only what is necessary to harm them. What salt are we talking about? There are hundreds of salts in nature. Vitamin C in its ascorbate form is a salt. Your blood is made up of water and salt. So is your semen. Common table salt, however, is a poison, refined from nature’s storehouse to remove all elements but sodium chloride. Some say we ended up with this particular compound due to industry’s colossal use of it. Whatever the reason, table salt is not real ‘salt’ and its dangers are well touted:
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It destabilises blood pressure
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Can cause cellulite, kidney stones and rheumatism
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Upsets your fluid balance
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Acts as a diuretic (expels water from cells)
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Thereby a cell-toxin
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Contains the endocrine disrupters, fluoride and iodine
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Contains fillers such as calcium carbonate and aluminium hydroxide, the latter aluminium implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease
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New studies about breast cancer
Two new studies done by researchers in France and the United States connect the dots between the number of moles women have and their risk for developing breast cancer.Mole
Published last week in PLOS Medicine, the large studies — one by researchers at France’s Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and the other by scientists at Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School — both posed the question of whether there was a connection and both found there was.
The French study — which used a cohort of about 89,000 women teachers studied over 18 years — found that premenopausal women with “many” moles were 34 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than those with none. The US study — which includes a cohort of about 74,000 women nurses studied over 20 years — found that women with 15 or more moles were 35 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than those women without moles.
That corresponds to about an 8 percent risk of developing breast cancer for those women without moles and an 11 percent risk for those with 15 or more moles.
In another illustration of the power of 23andMe’s database our researchers were able to very quickly look at our own data to see if we could find the same association between the number of moles and risk for breast cancer. We did. As with the two recent studies, our data also showed that the more moles a woman had, the higher their risk for breast cancer.”
So why look at moles when studying breast cancer?
Moles are typically associated with the risk for skin cancer, but researchers decided to look at their possible connection to breast cancer because the production of moles is associated with higher levels of estrogen and progesterone. Those two hormones may also be associated with the development of breast cancer. Several studies have found a hormonal influence on whether women develop breast cancer. And, as the editors of the study noted, women who don’t have children or have the late in life, are at “a higher breast cancer risk than women who have several children when they are young because pregnancy alters sex hormone levels.”
So researchers thought that the number of moles may help be a predictor for breast cancer risk. The data seem to indicate that is true.
Both studies are illustrative of the power of being able to look at seemingly unrelated traits to learn more about the underlying biology of disease.
Spices that boost testosterone
1. TURMERIC
Turmeric is a yellow spice powder, most commonly used in curry.
It has been cited to be one of the world’s most healthiest foods, as it’s extremely high in bio-active antioxidants which provide the human body with a huge list of health benefits.
But the thing that most people fail to realize, is that turmeric is also a potent testosterone booster.
Turmeric has gained some big time reputation among women who use it successfully as an aid to beat breast cancer. It helps as it’s an extremely anti-estrogenic substance.
Even The Journal of Applied Bio medicine cites that turmeric could be very effective against moobs (man boobs). And of course turmeric should help as man breasts are caused by male estrogen imbalance.
But here’s where things start to get even more interesting:
1. A not even so high dose of curcumin, a principal bio-active compound in turmeric, has been shown to significantly increase serum testosterone levels in male wistar rats.Reports The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Obviously we are not rats, and rat studies are never the same as human equivalents, but still it’s worth to notice that male wistar rats share almost identical reproductive systems as us humans do.
A closer look into that study mentioned above shows that the rats fed with curcumin noticed a statistically significant 257% increase in serum testosterone levels. Also their sperm quality, motility, and quantity increased.
2. Then there’s this human study that found out the cardio protective effects of turmeric, as the researchers found out that a small dose of 500mg/day, increased HDL cholesterol by 29% (this is the “good” cholesterol that according to science, protects our heart and is the principal precursor of testosterone).
3. Also this animal study found out that curcumin (again the main ingredient in turmeric) is highly anabolic, which is awesome (yet again, animal study. But still a hugely positive sign).
4. Not to mention that the researchers at Hubei University of Medicine in China found out in their in-vitro study that turmeric truly is anti-estrogenic. Obviously everything anti-estrogenic will be beneficial for testosterone levels.
NOTE: Some report that turmeric won’t absorb into the body that well. However this research from India provides us with some relief, as the researchers found out that piperine (the principal ingredient in peppers) increases the absorption of turmeric by 2000%. Yes that’s right. You can make your turmeric 20 times more effective by consuming some pepper at the same time.
2. GINGER
Ginger is a hot spice, which is quite easy to get in organic powder form. Powdered ginger is easy to mix with water and gulp down. I do this almost daily and it has became one of the usual T boosting habits for me.
Here’s why:
Countless of animal studies done in-vitro and ex-vitro have provided us with the information that shows how ginger boosts testosterone levels in all sorts of male animals.
Of course those are animal studies and we are humans…
…That’s why there is also this human study that found out the T boosting benefits of ginger.
In the University of Tikrit, Iran. The researchers had 75 married men aged between 19-45 to go trough a trial with ginger, to see how it would impact their hormones.
The study doesn’t reveal how much ginger those men received, but it says that the trial lasted for 3 months…
…After those 3 months the researchers found out the following results:
a) The toxic free radical malondialdehyde in their subjects blood decreased significantly.
b) The protective antioxidant glutathione increased (this is beneficial as glutathione protects our T producing leydig cells from free radicals)
c) Testosterone levels rose by a nice 17,7%
d) Luteinizing hormone levels rose by a staggering 43,2% (this is awesome because LH is the hormone that triggers testosterone production in the leydig cells).
The researchers were not entirely sure why the men had such amazing improvements, and the research doesn’t show how much ginger were administered to those men.
However that doesn’t worry me a bit. At least I’ll be eating tons of ginger because of the study, and I believe that you should too.
3. CAYENNE PEPPER AND OTHER HOT CHILI’S
Cayenne pepper and hot chili’s are well known for their circulatory benefits. That’s why men with erectile dysfunction should definitely consume a ton of them.
However the latest rat research done in the University of Uludag in Turkey, has shown us that capsaicin (the compund that makes all chili’s hot) could also be a very potent testosterone booster.
This happens to be true, at least in the rats fed with low calorie diet (calorie deficit is notorious for driving down testosterone).
The mechanism is extremely complicated, but in human words, capsaicin has shown to decrease the testosterone lowering effects of grhelin (the hunger hormone) in the leydig cells. The mechanism of action is exactly the same as it is in humans.
Not only did capsaicin help to prevent the testosterone lowering effects of calorie deficit, it also was able to increase testosterone levels, despite the low calorie diet.
So at least according to this rat study, hot chili’s do have the potential to boost and preserve testosterone, during a diet.
NOTE: Most chili’s are also very high in vitamin A, which is a vitamin that boost testosterone levels.
4. NUTMEG
Nutmeg is a spice herb that has plenty of stories about its aphrodisiac testosterone boosting benefits.
Unfortunately there isn’t any human research ever concluded on the subject.
However I managed to find one study done on male wistar rats (again these fellows have extremely similar reproductive systems as humans, and that’s why they’re always used in these trials).
In this study the researchers fed rats with a nutmeg extract diluted in alcohol (kind of like a nutmeg tincture).
They found out that the tincture did increase the mating activity of these rats significantly. The extract also increased their mating performance and mounting ability. Also the periods between ejaculations and new mating session decreased significantly (all signs of increased testosterone levels).
But the truth is that it’s another animal study, but without further proof, I see the study as a valid example to take under consideration.
With that study in mind and the fact that nutmeg has plenty of stories and positive reviews about it’s aphrodisiac effects, I think we can conclude that this spice should have positive benefits on testosterone levels even in humans (in a way or another).
5. BASIL
Basil, or tulsi as it’s called in India. Is a herb that has a wide usage as a aphrodisiac, and it has some evidence of being able to boost testosterone…
…The reason why I say that there’s “some evidence” is that basil has yet to be tested on humans.
Still there’s 2 things that we should take under consideration as these hint that there may be some testosterone boosting benefits after all in basil (although I’m always skeptical when it comes down to new stuff).
a) Basil contains quite a nice dose of the flavonoid called apigening, which has been scientifically proven to increase testosterone levels (the same flavonoid is also present in parsley).
b) There’s this wild study done with rabbits, that found out something extremely weird. As holy basil was able to increase the testosterone levels of those male rabbits by so much that the reference ranges weren’t enough. Yes that’s correct. The research lab was able to test serum testosterone levels all the way up to 1500 ng/dl, but the rabbit’s had even higher concentrations of testosterone after consuming some basil leafs.
Although we have to remember that there’s a huge possibility that the spice won’t do a thing for humans, the increase in rabbits is still so huge that I’m definitely going to test basil (tulsi) out in the near future.
6. CARDAMOM
Cardamom is also one of the spices that lacks scientific validation when it comes down to testosterone.
However there’s something that I know about cardamom that basically in all the laws of common sense should make it a potent testosterone booster.
Here’s why:
a) Cardamom is loaded with lipids and antioxidants that are known to boost testosterone levels.
b) Cardamom is rich in α-terpinyl acetate which is a hormone regulator (in men α-terpinyl has been shown to increase testosterone and reduce estrogen).
c) Cardmamom is rich in hormone regulating enzymes (most of which in males will increase serum testosterone levels).
d) Cardamom is known to induce glutathione (antioxidant that protects our testosterone producing leydig cells from oxidative damage).
e) Cardamom has been scientifically proven to reduce oxidative stress (excessive oxidative stress will cause low testosterone).
All those points taken in consideration, I strongly believe that cardamom will increase testosterone levels in humans.
As you can see there is few spices scientifically proven to boost testosterone levels in humans. Then there’s even more spices that increase serum testosterone in animals, but are yet to be tested with humans. Those are the ones that I’m going to test personally in the near future, and if you’re not skeptical, you should too.
NOTE: Coffee and tap water lower testosterone levels. Google it.
NOTE: During the research I also stumbled upon a spice called dark clove. It has few studies that show it to increase testosterone levels, but higher doses seem to damage the testicles, for that reason I decided to leave it out of this post completely. Also few “spices” like onion powder, garlic powder should, and cinnamon (due to its blood glucose lowering effects) should by the laws of common sense, boost testosterone levels too.
Capitalist mind but a liberal heart, a leader living within his means
Investor’s Business Daily Indian entrepreneur N.R. Narayana Murthy, 54, has always sought the same results. It’s his methods that have changed drastically over the years. As a young man, Murthy saw communism as the answer to his country’s poverty and despair. Working in France in the 1970s, he embraced that country’s leftist movement.
“In those days – the halcyon days of socialism – it was very easy to be swayed by what was happening,” he said in a recent interview. Then Murthy began to have his doubts. While taking a train through communist Bulgaria, Murthy was seized by police on bogus espionage charges. He spent three days in a cell with no bed, food or water. His captors released him on the grounds that his native India was a “friendly country.”
“Who needs enemies when you have friends like that?” he asked himself. “For me that was the last nail in the coffin as far as socialism is concerned. I realized that’s really not how you make a society better.” He never lost his social conscience, though. Once back in India, he sought waysto improve the lot of his countrymen.
He started thinking about what was important to him and came up with four guiding principles. First, the only way to end poverty is by creating more wealth, he says. “Second, just as there are only a few good surgeons or a few good professors, there are only a few who can lead the creation of wealth,” Murthy said. Third, human beings need an incentive to create wealth. “Some people may want more money.
Some people may want more recognition. Some people may want more power,” he said. “They all need some incentive.” Finally, it’s not the job of the government to create wealth, he says. Instead,it’s government’s role to foster an environment in which business leaders can create wealth. In 1981, Murthy put his principles into action. At age 35, he quit his job as asoftware engineer, and with six partners helped start Infosys Technologies Ltd. in Bangalore, India, where it is still based.
No one in his family had been an entrepreneur. His father was a schoolteacher, and Murthy was one of eight children. But Murthy went his own way, and helped supply part of the $1,000 in start-up funds for Infosys from his wife’s savings. Murthy wanted his company to use India’s highly trained work force to deliver technology services worldwide. But Infosys had plenty of hurdles early on.
For one, India’s government kept businesses on a tight leash. “The velocity of decision-making was very, very slow in India,” Murthy said. “The government controlled everything. Somebody in Delhi, which is about 1,500 miles from Bangalore, decided if we should have a computer at all and what kindof computer it should be.”
Raising funds for expansion through an initial public offering was not an option because a government officer would set IPO prices. “He would invariably not give you a premium at all, because he would always look at the past and give you a very small fraction of your past performance,” Murthy said. “But capital markets are all about the future.” Then reforms in 1991 revolutionized India’s business climate. Government decisions were decentralized. Companies and investment banks could price their own IPOs. That made selling equity a practical avenue for growth, Murthy says.
But reforms brought potential pitfalls. The government granted more freedom to large foreign companies setting up shop in India. IBM Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and others swooped in, ready to hire the country’s best and brightest. Many Indian firms sought state protection from the onslaught. Not Infosys. Murthy looked for solutions to keep his company vibrant. “Rather than try and chase (foreign competitors) out, we looked at what we could do to attract and retain people,” Murthy said. Infosys succeeded at that task.
By putting stock incentives and other perks foremployees in place, the company emerged as one of the most attractive places for tech workers in India. Murthy realized his dream of generating wealth on a grand scale. Sales rocketedfrom $10 million in 1994 to more than $250 million over the past four quarters. Infosys had its IPO in 1993.
Last year Infosys became the first Indian company to trade its shares on an American exchange – the Nasdaq. Investors have pushedits market value above $20 billion. Murthy, who is chairman and chief executive, makes sure he spreads the wealth. Scores of Infosys workers are now millionaires. Along the way, Murthy made some tough calls.
In 1995, Infosys lost its biggest customer, General Electric Co. Rival Satyam Computer Services Ltd. put in a lower bid for the contract. Murthy now realizes he was right not to chase GE at the expense of profits. “A lot of people were ready to use GE as a loss leader,” he said. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, Murthy embarked on a campaign of “derisking”his company. GE had accounted for more than 25% of sales, he says.
He never wanted to be that vulnerable again. “Today we don’t want a customer to contribute more than 10%,” he said. Murthy applied the same tactic when the company was tackling the Year 2000 problem. Infosys made a lot of money helping businesses prepare computers for 2000, but Murthy was careful to keep Y2K revenue below 25% of sales. It peaked around 23%, he says. Murthy strives to keep contracts predictable, sustainable and profitable. That means his sales team knows exactly where money is coming from at least a year ahead of time. Infosys even keeps a risk mitigation officer on staff.
Murthy believes most of a company’s problems can be solved internally. Ultimately, Murthy says, a company is judged by its speed, its imagination and the excellence of its execution. “Most of the corporations of the world start blaming the marketplace, competitors or the government when they fail,” he said. ”
At Infosys we always say that solutions lie within us.” In the tech services business, Infosys is constantly in danger of being ambushed by fast-evolving trends. That’s why Murthy doesn’t stay too attached to any source of business. He just moves quickly to get in front of the next trend. With Y2K behind it, Infosys now helps businesses tap into electronic commerce. “Technology comes, technology goes.
We have no control over that,” he added. “The only things we have control over are our actions.” Though Infosys broke ground for Indian companies by joining the Nasdaq, Murthy doesn’t believe equity funding is key to a business’ success. “Look at the days when Microsoft was founded. I don’t think they had millions of dollars,” he said. “You need an idea that brings a difference to the marketplace.”
Even as one of India’s richest men, Murthy stays true to a worker’s lifestyle. He has a modest home in a middle-class neighborhood. He doesn’t keep servants and does much of the housework. He says he has a capitalist mind but a liberal heart. To Murthy, that’s no contradiction. “I call myself a compassionate capitalist,” he said. “You need to make money, but you have to make a difference to society.”
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