Today is World Heart Day!

[Guest guest]

Sai Ram. Today is World Heart Day! Changing life

styles like too much sugar, highly refined foods, too

much salt and too little fiber, too much stress and

lack of physical exercise have increased the risk of

heart problems to a majority of people. Now a days,

even people of just 25 years age are getting heart

attacks! And women, who were earlier considered

protectd are also getting affected! Stress comes from

several factors, including too much competition in

education, lack of parental and sibling support (now a

days, small family is the norm and children don't have

enough siblings to play with!), too much stress from

career aspirations....

 

Food contributes a lot to the body's stress. Unrefined

foods have become unfashionable and the food served in

eateries or available in supermarket shelves is

certainly not what is good for the body. Modern food

lacks roughage and fiber. It also contains too much

sugar (which causes the triglyceride and cholesterol

problems) and too much salt (which causes

hypertension, one of the leading risk factors for

heart health). Thus hypertension, diabetes and other

life-style diseases like heart disease also set in.

 

Genetic factors also play an important part and

Indians are genetically at much higher risk compared

to other ethnic groups.

 

Apart from all the above, lack of love and anger (OK,

they are two sides of the same coin, isn't it? How can

we be angry at some one whom we love?) play a major

role in heart problems. People who are lonely are

found to be much more at risk than people who are in

good relationship.

 

Though modern medical advnaces help heart patients

lead a better life through medical and surgical

intervention, all health professionals including the

heart doctors and surgeons are united in advising that

prevention of the problem is better than trying to

cure it. Life style clinics are available in almost

all metros and all media (print and electronic) carry

enough information and case studies to convince all of

us to change before it is too late!

 

In conclusion, all of us should actively look at our

present life style, identify the risk factors and work

to eliminate those so that we have excellent heart

health. Simultaneously, taking up positive life style

changes such as aerobic exercise like walking,

swimming, running etc., yoga, dancing, and destressing

through arts (music, poetry, painting...) and taking

help of Reiki, Armatheapy etc., will improve our

chances of living into a ripe old age with a healthy,

loving heart.

 

With best wishes,

 

Swamy

 

 

 

in search of truth and with prayers to Govinda to help reach that goal in this

life itself, and with best wishes to you that your goals may be reached,

 

yours sincerely,