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Dr. Sheety on the heart

Joy, I don't have your group in my address book, but this passed my desk and thought it might be worth a second look... would you send me that address, and I'll add it to post directly?

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You will find this chat extremely useful. Dr Devi Shetty is a leadingcardiologist and a devotee of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. A photo of Swami witha sthethescope around the neck adorns the hospital of Dr Shetty -Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore------------ --------- ---------*A chat with* *Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist)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 oil2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid liftsand avoid sitting for a longtime3. Quit smoking4. Control weight5. Control blood pressure and sugarQn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?Ans: NoQn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy persongets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone pastthe age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?Ans: YesQn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do yousuggest to de-stress?Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection ineverything in life.Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required tokeep a healthy heart?Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue andinjury to jointsQn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you todo so?Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patientQn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?Ans: Extremely rareQn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you areabove 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'senzyme 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 specifictest?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 tabletunder the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to acoronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the firsthour.Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and thatcaused due to gastric trouble?Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongstyoungsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks andserious heart problems.Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, edentary lifestyles,smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people aregenetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans andAmericans.Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?Ans: Yes.Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for thechild. Is it true?Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may nothave a software engineer as a child *Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have tostay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautionswould you recommend? **Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all theseirregularities. 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, modernanti-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 , Mcs , samosas, and even masala dosas.Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is thereason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians arevulnerable 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 offorwarded emails on this)?Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any descriptionunder the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary careunit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of thetime, the ambulance does not turn up.Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead toheart problems?Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase yourexercise 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 thehouse, work as a substitute for exercise?Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour andeven the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair andsitting 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 heartattacks 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 whencompared to day shift workers?Ans : No.Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the rightcombination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and gofor natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet toreduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heartattacks?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 smokeand, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in sixmonths recommended) .... *Send it to all your nearest and deares **t** ...which should bemany........ ..*---

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