Kigundu......this is really an excellent and useful information covering alot of what we need to know and take individual actions for a healthy life.Milton
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 23, Issue 74 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 3:40 PM Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: Interview with Devi Shetty. A MUST READ. (Kiggundu Mukasa) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:39:10 +0300 From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Interview with Devi Shetty. A MUST READ. To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Begin forwarded message: > > > a superb mail......simple answers to everything we already >know........................and some we don’t know as well . > > > > > One of the best & most renowned Heart surgeons we have in India today. > > > > > > A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty (Heart Specialist), > Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . > The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. > > > Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart? > > Ans: > 1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil > 2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and > avoid sitting for a longtime > 3. Quit smoking > 4. Control weight > 5. Control blood pressure and sugar > > Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart? > > Ans: No > > Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person > gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective? > > Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the > age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups. > > Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary? > > Ans: Yes > > Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you > suggest to de-stress? > > > Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in > everything in life. > > Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to > keep a healthy heart? > > Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and > injury to joints > > Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do > so? > > Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient > > Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases? > > Ans: Extremely rare > > Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age > (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are > above 30 years of age? > > Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood. > > Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ? > > Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's > enzyme release for digestion gets confused. > > Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines? > > Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut. > > Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments? > > Ans: Yoga helps. > > Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart? > > Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil. > > Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive? > > Ans: All oils are bad . > > Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific > test? > > Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, > Treadmill test after an echo. > > Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack? > > Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under > the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary > care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour. > > Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that > caused due to gastric trouble? > > Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG. > > Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst > youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and > serious heart problems. > > Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents.. Also, sedentary > lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people > are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans > and Americans. > > Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 > and yet be perfectly healthy? > > Ans: Yes. > > Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the > child. Is it true? > > Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not > have a software engineer as a child > > Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to > stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions > would you recommend? > > Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these > irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock. > > Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short > / long term)? > > Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti- > hypertensive drugs are extremely safe. > > Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks? > > Ans : No. > > Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease? > > Ans : No. > > Qn: How would you define junk food? > > Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.. > > Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the > reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food? > > Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are > vulnerable for the most expensive disease. > > Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension? > > Ans : No. > > Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of > forwarded emails on this)? > > Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description > under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care > unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the > time, the ambulance does not turn up. > > Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to > heart problems? > > Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your > exercise capacity. > > Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, > does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the > house, work as a substitute for exercise? > > Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and > even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and > sitting helps a lot. > > Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar? > > Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart > attacks than non-diabetics. > > Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation? > > Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight. > > Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when > compared to day shift workers? > i > Ans : No. > > Qn: What are the modern anti- hypertensive drugs? > > Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right > combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go > for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to > reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles. > > Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart > attacks? > > Ans : No. > > Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women? > > Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45. > > Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition? > > Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke > and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six > months recommended) .. > > Send it to all your friends whom u care about ….. > > > > > > Sincerely, Kiggundu Mukasa SERVAL LTD. 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