Srinagar, Oct 03: Kashmir-based medico cum noted health columnist, Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo Friday said that adopting a healthy lifestyle is key for the prevention of ‘metabolic syndrome’.
Pertinently, Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of conditions including increased blood pressure, high blood sugar levels(insulin resistance), excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels — that occur together and thus increasing one’s risk for heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.
He said that the Metabolic Syndrome is increasingly common that needs attention by adoption of healthy lifestyle modifications to prevent the development of serious health problems.
He said that adopting unhealthy routines like eating poorly, exercising less, deprived sleep or leaning more heavily on substances such as alcohol, smoking and drug abuse including taking stress — could increase the potential risks of landing into serious health problems.
“Maintaining a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, taking less salt in diet, getting adequate sleep, avoiding smoking and alcohol consumption; monitoring blood sugar levels and keeping that under control; besides monitoring one’s cholesterol and triglyceride levels and keeping them under control are crucial hallmarks in prevention of metabolic syndrome”, he said.
He said that the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan is a healthy diet plan and adopting the same in one’s life could help people lower/prevent the high blood pressure, which is one of the important components of metabolic syndrome.
“People should also avoid unnecessary stress in their lives by following a good health routine as research has shown that the depression including stress could increase a person’s risk for developing serious health problems including heart diseases.”, he added.
