03/10/2025
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
*Question 1:* What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his or her heart?
*Answer:*
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 BP - Blood pressure and Sugar
*Question 2:* Can we convert fat into muscles?
*Answer:* It is a dangerous myth. Fat and muscles are made of two different tissues - fat is fat, ugly and harmful. Muscle is muscle. Fat can never be converted into a muscle.
*Question 3:* It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
*Answer:* This is called silent attack. That is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.
*Question 4:* Are heart diseases hereditary?
*Answer:* Yes
*Question 5:* What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
*Answer:* Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.
*Question 6:* Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
*Answer:* Walking is better than jogging, since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints.
*Question 7
*Question 8:* Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
*Answer:* Extremely rare.
*Question 9:* Does cholesterol accumulate 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?
*Answer:* Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.
*Question 10:* How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
*Answer:* You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.
*Question 11:* How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
*Answer:* Control diet, walk and eat walnu