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LIFESTYLE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Early
disease detection and modern treatments are important
for good health, but they may be expensive and not
easily accessible. Evaluation, prevention and learning
how to manage your lifestyle... it’s the only way to
maximize life!
Our programs offer a dynamic combination of medical
expertise and comprehensive lifestyle management. Each
program is designed to tackle a common lifestyle illness
and manage common stress. The programs offer a
personalized and 360 degree approach, consisting of
routine examinations, lab tests, expert counselling and
regular follow-ups. Whether you are at home, or work or
travelling, you will have the full attention of
dedicated doctors and experts in nutrition, exercise,
stress management and integrated therapy. Combining
recent technology with holistic approach towards
wellness.
Each
program offers
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A
comprehensive clinical evaluation |
Follow-up
plan |
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A
series of lab tests and post-report analysis
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Diet
and physical exercise advice |
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A
personalized health action plan |
Stress
management training |
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Lifestyle
'prescriptions' and refills |
Other
integrated therapy |
Live Better, Feel Better
Like many people, you may want to change your diet and
lifestyle but don't know what to do, or how to do it.
We can
help
Lifestyle based on the principles of ancient wisdom works miracles
for healthy living. Lifestyle Changes alone can actually reverse the
effects of stress, that can otherwise prove disastrous. It has been well
declared in the ancient text, the Bhagavad-Gita that nobody can be stress
-free, but one should follow a lifestyle that teaches one to cope with
stress in the right manner, before it leads to drastic effects. Coping
with studies at school college, finding a suitable job, handling
competition and work pressure in the office, getting married bringing up
children, all generate stress. Even driving in heavy traffic or crossing
the road produces stress and increases the levels of adrenaline,
noradrenaline and steroids in our system. If we cope with stress and do
not fall victim to it, then we will remain healthy. We will suffer from
the cumulative ill effects of stress if we are not able to manage stress
on a day-to-day basis. The clinical manifestations of such negative stress
(what we call `distress’) are extreme fatigue, exhaustion, agitation,
hostility, irritability, anger, lust, greed and attachment, suppression,
repression, frustration, and depression, which in turn to palpitation,
high blood pressure, heart attack, hyperacidity, cancer, insomnia and so
on.
It has been well documented that our mental universe or thoughts
have a tremendous influence on our physical health, productivity,
creativity and potential. Instead of grumbling, protesting and agitating,
we have to realize that we cannot afford to throw away this extra energy.
We can harness this energy to generate zeal, determination, persistence,
enthusiasm, dynamism and perseverance, which may help us reach our goal in
a progressively productive manner as we climb mind may bring us more
opportunities, better solutions and better performance. Dependence on
alcohol, smoking, and anxiety-relieving drugs is not a solution.
Temporarily you may have a ‘chemical peak’ but as you get addicted to
these toxins, the initial calm is replaced by more fatigue, irritability,
anxiety, depression and perpetual grief. This ultimately leads to lack of
productivity or no productivity in any kind of business and you may become
a victim of diseases such as cancer, heart attack, high blood pressure,
diabetes, and stroke. External stressors in the modern world are many and
are significantly variable. Occasional acute stress such as an emergency
landing, an experience of hijacking, or a bomb blast by a terrorist,
produces jittery molecules in our system and these may be responsible for
a sudden heart attack,
stroke, palpitation, etc. Similarly small external stressors in our daily
routine such as traffic jams, misplaced documents, waiting in a doctor ’s
clinic or police station or railway station or at the customs and
immigration queue at a busy airport or in a bank or post office, may prove
a very stressful.
Internal stressors like domestic decisions, career decisions,
differences with one’s spouse or children and so on, can also have adverse
effects. Relaxation techniques like the ones prescribed in yoga can help
in with stress.
Laughter also has tremendous healing potential. Laughter is more
spontaneous and natural when we are comfortable with ourselves, others and
nature. It enhances the sense of social bonding and interconnectedness and
helps you in sharing moments of happiness with your fellow beings, which
in turn helps to manage the stress of day- to- day life.
Usually our experience in the world is an experience of our
boundaries or limitations. Astronauts report that when looking back on
earth from outer space, they experience a new awareness, a strangely
mystical experience of altered consciousness. It only demonstrates that
the view of the world we live in is dictated by how we have been
conditioned to perceive the outer world and how we also perceive our inner
world. If we change our perceptions we change the world around us too. We
should also learn to live in the present. We should know that we are the
expression of our own perceptions, our own thoughts, our own deeds,
interpretations, experiences and choices. If we choose a perfect lifestyle
we are going to be perfectly
healthy beings.
Such a lifestyle will help us live a longer, better and happier
life.
10 Tips For Preventing Heart
Disease
Cardiovascular
Disease (CVD) is the most common interference with healthy aging and long
life in the modern world. Here are a number of proactive ideas and tips to
help you prevent the problems associated with heart disease. The triad of
primary risk factors is smoking (nicotine addiction), high blood pressure,
and high cholesterol. Even if your parents had high cholesterol or early
heart disease, you can override, or at least delay, these influences with
a proactive, healthy lifestyle.
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Maintain your ideal weight
as closely as possible. If you smoke, do everything in your power to
stop.
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Minimize your intake of
saturated animal fats, especially excessive dairy
products, as they seem to raise cholesterol more than other foods. Also
avoid hydrogenated oils that clog and stress the cardiovascular system.
All of these fats increase both total cholesterol and the harmful form
of cholesterol (LDL), especially when oxidized.
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Minimize your intake of
high-calorie, low-nutrient foods like baked goods, chips,
boxed sugared cereals, and other processed foods, as well as the salty
snacks from chips to cured meats. These foods contribute to obesity, a
leading risk factor for CVD. Avoiding chemical exposure as much as
possible will lessen the irritation of the blood vessels, believed to be
the main starting point of plaque formation and arteriosclerosis of
blood vessels, the beginning of cardiovascular disease.
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Exercise regularly with a
balanced program that includes stretching
for flexibility, aerobics for endurance, and weight training for
strength. This can help to lower body weight, blood pressure, and
cholesterol. Exercise also lowers your harmful cholesterol (LDL) and
raises your good cholesterol (HDL). And exercise makes your body, mind,
and heart happy.
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Eat more high-fiber,
high-nutrient, lower-calorie foods, such as vegetables, whole
grains, legumes, and fruits. This diet can help you live longer.
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Get good-quality oils by
eating nuts and seeds (ideally raw, unsalted, and
organic), such as almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds,
as well as omega-3 oily fishes that include salmon and sardines (good
with green salads). Use olive oil as your main vegetable and cooking
oil.
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Nutritional
supplements
to consider for protection against cardiovascular disease includes
vitamins C and E (despite recent controversies), omega-3 fatty acids,
and the B vitamins (especially B-6, B-12, B-3, and Folic Acid) to
maintain normal cholesterol metabolism and minimize homocysteine levels.
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Special
nutrients
that can be helpful in preventing and treating early disease include
L-carnitine, Co-enzyme Q-10, Chromium, and higher levels of Niacin,
mainly as the non-flushing (but not time-released) inositol
hexanicotinate.
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Learn to manage your
stress, let
go of anger and frustrations, and communicate your feelings in a safe
and non-aggressive way. Practice forgiveness and moving forward in life,
still being aware of what you have learned from your life experiences
(to avoid repeating mistakes in behavior).
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Develop close personal
relationships that you can count on for
support. Continue to expand your ability to give and receive in your
friendships/loveships.
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