There might be other reasons why heart-attack among native-Assamese is more. kharkhowa is another "code name" for the native-Assamese, the people of old Ahom kingdom. Most native-Assamese I knew of survived heart-attack (or who died of heart-attack) seem to be dark-skinned small body-frame.
>From my memory hole, small body-frame Dravidrian tribes have genetic-pattern causing heart attack. And Dravidrian tribes immigrated during 5 to 7 centuries, according to some Kamrupi tales. If Ahom people also dies of heart-attack they probably are Syme origin not Thai origin. Kamrupi people do not call themselves kharkhowa. A big % of Kamrupi people dies of cerebro-vascular accident. Kamrupi people has genetic-patter predicting cerebro-vascular accident. In a body (say my body) what % comes from what race these days easy to predict. Like Carobn-14 dating (enabling the prediction of age dating back to 50 thousand years accurately) genetic-pattern analysis can give estimates dating back to 12 thousand years telling what % comes from what major race. Regards, Rabin --- "kamal deka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A big belly is a death-knell or you can also call it a killer belly.If you are an Indian male and your waist-line measures over 35 inches,you are almost certain to get diabetes or heart disease within next 15 to 20 years. Although,heart disease declined 60% in the US,it has escalated 300% in India.Indian men, no matter where they live,have one of the highest rate of heart disease in the world.While 60% attacks amongst Americans occur after the age 55,over half of all heart attacks among Indian men strike under the age of 55 and 25% under the age of 40. Indians have a genetic predisposition and hence we have a national or country history of heart disease.The key to losing the jelly belly is combination of physical exercise and nutrition. So, kharkhowa raiz, please pick up a measuring tape and wrap it up around your waist at navel level. KJ Deka
