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HOW TO PREVENT HEART AILMENTS

Learn how to prevent heart diseases by adopting a healthier lifestyle and following the nutritional advice provided by Prof. S.H. Shafqat.

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HOW TO PREVENT HEART AILMENTS

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  1. HOW TO PREVENT HEART AILMENTS By PROF. S.H. SHAFQAT 1 1

  2. IN THE OPINION OF THE HOUSE ? • HEART DISEASES WERE VERY RARE BEFEORE THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN BECAUSE: • THE FOOD WAS GOOD AND IN PLENTY • THE WATER WAS CLEAN • THE HOUSING WAS BETTER • THERE WAS NO POLLUTION 2

  3. THREE MODES OF LEARNING • OBSERVATION – NEWTON – BEST – DIFFICULT • IMMITATION – BOOKS, LECTURES, ADVISE – EASY. • MISTAKE – A CHILD BURNING HIS HAND – TOUGH , BUT VERY EFFECTIVE 3

  4. LETS IMITATE ! • WE CAN ONLY IMITATE IF WE HAVE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE WANT TO IMITATE. THE DISEASE PATTERN AND THE RESPONSE OF THE POPULATION IN 1954. • P.I.B. COLONY HAD ITS OWN HOME GROWN FIRST DOCTOR 4

  5. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WERE RAMPANT LIKE TYPHOID, DYSENTRY, CHOLERA, TUBERCULOSIS ETC. • DYSENTRY: ALMOST PERMANENT • TYPHOID: 9 OUT 10 WOULD DIE • TUBERCULKOSIS: 2 TO 3 PATIENTS IN EVERY FAMILY • ONLY ONE PATIENT OF HEART ATTACK IN ONE YEAR IN MED. UNIT I C.H.K. 5

  6. RESPONSE • TYPHOID (ROYAL DISEASE) • TREATMENT BEFORE ANTIBIOTICS: WATER FROM BOILED GRAM OR WATER CURDLED MILK. • 21 DAYS WAS THE PERIOD OF FEVER • SURVIVING PATIENT REDUCED TO SKELETON 6

  7. ADVICE AFTER RECOVERY • NUTRITIOUS DIET • MILK AND BUTTER • FRUITS • WELL SOFTENED BEEF • ANSWER: ‘GUNJAISH NAHIN HAI’ (WE CANNOT AFFORD IT) 7

  8. MIDDLE CLASS LIFE STYLE IN THE 1950’S • WALKS TO WORK • NO STABLE JOB • MAXIMUM LUXURY: BICYCLE • TWO MEALS A DAY • VEGETABLE AND DAL: STAPLE • MEAT: WEEKLY 250 GM PER FAMILY • Yourself for ill or the chicken 8

  9. LOWER CLASS LIFE STYLE IN THE 1950’S • GETTING WORK FOR 15 DAYS IN A MONTH – ‘KARAM’ • ONE MEAL ON A LUCKY DAY • ‘BEJAR’ OR BOILED DAL AND NON-WHEAT BREAD • BRINGS WATER FROM MUNICIPAL TAP • CUTS FIRE WOOD FOR THE WIFE • MEAT ONLY ON ‘BAQRA EID’ IF LUCKY 9

  10. UPPER CLASS LIFE STYLE IN THE 1950’S • BREAKFAST – LUNCH – DINNER • EGGS, BUTTER • TWO TO THREE DISHES • MEAT ALMOST DAILY • PRIVATE TONGA • A COUPLE OF MUSLIMS HAD SECOND HAND CARS – CHILDREN NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE THE CAR 10

  11. WHO COULD AFFORD THIS LIFE STYLE ? COLLECTOR SAHIB, COMMISSIONER SAHIB, NAWAB SAHIB, RAI SAHIB, KHAN BAHADUR SAHIB THEY WERE THE ONES WHO HAD: • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE • DIABETES • HEART ATTACK 11

  12. THE DIET AND LIFE STYLE PREVENTED THESE DISEASES IN MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSESGOD CREATED MAN • TO WALK TO HIS WORK • STOP WORK, HAVING EARNED JUST ENOUGH TO SURVIVE • REST AFTER WORK • ADEQUATE SLEEP • WE DRIVE TO WORK • KEEP ON WORKING EVEN AFTER EARNING TO SURVIVE TEN LIVES. • DO NOT TAKE EVEN MINIMUM REST • DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SLEEP - ELECTRICITY 12

  13. RISK FACTORS • SMOKING • LACK OF SLEEP • MENTAL STRESS • OVER WEIGHT • SEDENTARY LIFE STYLE • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE • DIABETES • RAISED LIPIDS – ESPECIALLY BAD CHOLESTROL • FAMILY HISTORY • HIGH URIC ACID (MEAT) 13

  14. WHAT TO DO • LIVE THE LIFE OF PRE-PAKISTAN MIDDLE CLASS – TALL ORDER • GOD CREATED TWO CATEGORIES OF FOODS • STATIONARY: PLANTS-EASY TO COLLECT • MOBILE: ANIMALS – DIFFICULT TO CATCH THE WISDOM: • STAPLE FOOD: EASY TO COLLECT • OCCASIONAL FOOD: DIFFICULT TO CATCH 14

  15. NUTRITIONAL ADVICE - I • LIVE ON VEGETABLES AND DAL • WHITE OF EGG – GOOD SOURCE OF PURE PROTIENS • TWO OUNCES OF ANIMAL FOOD DAILY i.e. 14 TIMES OF PRE-PAKISTAN MIDDLE CLASS CONSUMPTION • BREAD: CHOLESTROL FREEE BUT PUTS ON WEIGHT (IF WEIGHT IS A PROBLEM 3 oz/day) • SUGAR: NO • WHOLE MILK AND BUTTER: NO • FOR CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT TAKE CALCIUM TABLETS 15

  16. NUTRITIONAL ADVICE - II • FRUITS • EXCESS FRUITS WILL INCREASE WEIGHT AND RAISE TRIGLYCERIDES • 4 OZ/DAY IF NO TRIGLYCERIDE PROBLEM FOR DIABETES • BANANA AND MANGO ½ PER DAY 16

  17. EXERCISE AND RELAXATION ! • WALK AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR WHILE EMPTY STOMACH EVERY DAY • SLEEP 8 HOURS IN 24 HOURS • SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY • HAVE A RELAXING HOBBY • DON’T SMOKE • AVOID STRESS: THE NATURE OF STRESS ? 17

  18. PROPHET’S HADITH THE PROPHET (PBUH) HAS SAID:- THREE THINGS DESTROY A PERSON • AVARICE (HIRS) • JEALOUSY (HASAD) • EXTRAVAGANCE (ISRAF) 18

  19. SOME FADS • Gram (Chana) Considered Weight Reducer Highest Calories content of all cereals 369 per 100g wheat 341 JAMUN • Blood Sugar Reducer Calories content 62-Mango 74 19

  20. GRAPE FRUIT • Weight Reducer 44 Calories per 100g Kinoo 36 Calories DOODH PATTI • Adding Tea Leaf to milk will make it fat free

  21. WATER • Water Wisdom behind consuming plenty of water PRE PAKISTAN ERA • No Electric – Sleep on rooftop First Duty – Cut Fire Wood Carried water from municipal tap or well Went to office or school on foot in scorching heat Studied under a lantern 20

  22. WATER (Contd) All this produced profuse sweating Water loss about 10 to 20 glasses per day in sweat Nothing is left for kidneys Thus required replacement of water lost in sweat

  23. CONTEMPORARY • Affluent Class Home Car office A/C For majority the only exercise is roaming in A/C super market No loss of water Kidneys of warm climate inhabitant programmed to conserve water 21

  24. CONTEMPORARY Black population in USA needs diuretic for B.P control even non affluent class has electric, gas transport. Does no physical exercise Does not sweat profusely

  25. RESULT • When we loose little water and take as much or more water as in Pre – Pakistan Era – Availability of Fridge Kidneys are programmed to conserve water Water Retention Raised B.P. Pulmonary Congestion – short of breath 22 CIRCULATION 2006.114.1202-1215 LANCET 2005.365.28

  26. MILK • Entire mammal species Consumed by young ones from own species Puppy from Dog foal from mare Baby from human mother man is the only mammal whose adult takes milk that too From other species like cow buffalo etc 23

  27. MILK • Background of adult milk consumption Pre Pakistan Infectious Disease Like T.B., Typhoid, Pneumonia and Cholera very common Average nutrition very poor Save the bread earner – Husband/Father/Brother One glass of milk in those days was an attempt towards better nutrition and consequent protection from infectious disease U.K. 50’s & 60’s DRINKA PINTA MILKA DAY- TB, RF as Common as Here (Rickets) NOW DRINK BLACK TEA AND COFEE 24

  28. Presently Infectious disease are not a Problem – Obesity very common Metabolic syndrome 25% in Lyari Milk will add to obesity raise cholesterol and sugar level Calcium supplement 1600mg – 1.5L of skimmed milk Rs.105/= Calcium Tablet 1600mg Rs.6/= No justification for milk consumption as calcium supplements 25

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