First BP should be checked at age three

 As per American Academy of Pediatrics of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program 2004 all high risk children aged 3 years or older should have their blood pressure measured at least once at every health acre visit.

As the childhood obesity rate has increased, so has the prevalence of high blood pressure in children and teenagers, said Padma Shri and Dr. B C Roy national Awardee Dr. K K Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India.

The prevalence of hypertension among US children and adolescents ranges from 1% to 5%. The prevalence of hypertension among obese children is 11%.

Dr. Aggarwal further added that in the forthcoming 20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized from 23^rdto 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, there will be special provision for consultations available to the obese children by doctors from all pathies.

Facts about obesity in children

1.     Natural fast food is good for the health

2.     Examples of fast food are milk, dry fruits and fruits,

3.     Artificial fast food or junk food is bad for the health

4.     Junk food contains refined bad fats and transfats

5.     Trans fats reduces the amount of good cholesterol and raised the levels of bad cholesterol in the body

6.     Soft drinks if taken more than one drink a day are harmful to the health

7.     Sweets contain more than 30% sugar and are harmful to the body

8.     One should avoid white sugar, white maida and white rice

9.     Jaggery is better than sugar

10.     All girls should eat jiggery and white gram once a week

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.” 

MTNL Perfect Health Mela to have special arrangements for NOIDA residents

 MTNL Perfect Health Mela is being organized by Heart Care Foundation of India from 23 to 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India and will have special facilities for people from NCR and Noida.

Addressing the press conference Padma Shri and Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that the Mela will be a perfect health picnic spot for public at large as public can get aware on all aspects of health, get their health check-up done, participate in competitions and simultaneously entertain themselves through various infotainment modules.  

The Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India in association with various Departments of Central Government and the Government of NCT of Delhi, LIC, Central Bank of India, Coca Cola, various hospitals, NGOs and PSUs.

There will be a round the clock workshops on various subject which include disaster management, family health, women health, communication skills, leadership qualities, etc.  There will also be special educational programmes on how to cook healthy food, how to find adulteration of food at home, decoding the myths behind magic and miracles, safe sanitation and all about prevention of lifestyle disorder. 

Co-addressing the press conference Mr. Sandeep Marwaha, CMD, Marwaha Studio said that individuals with higher levels of recreational physical activity carry a lower risk of developing high blood pressure over the long term.  Mr. Marwaha said that people from all sections of the society should walk, walk and walk.  He further added that walking should not be just for the purpose of walking but it should be in the form of recreational exercise. 

Following health messages were released:
1. Smoking is a disease and needs treatment under medical guidance.
2. Obesity is a disease and cannot be self-treated.
3. Any weight gain of more than 5 kg after the age of 18 in women and 20 in men is overweight or obesity.
4. Vegetables grown as creepers are natural diuretics.  They can increase urine formation and secretion.  
5. Any vegetable food item which is bitter and green reduces weight and lowers blood sugar.  
6. The combination of white rice, white meda and white sugar are harmful to the body.
7. Dark chocolate, black coffee and black tea is good for health provided that milk and sugar are not added in them.
8. Any eatables which has ore than 10% of sugar is harmful to the body and should be taken in limited quantity.
9. If God wanted us to eat mangoes in winter, he would not have grown mangoes in summer.
10. If God wanted us to consume coconut everyday in non-costal areas, he would have grown them in costal areas.
11. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
12. . Never ignore early morning chest pain as heart attacks are more common in morning time.
 13. Remember a person can be revived within ten minutes of death

Perfect Health Mela to have special arrangements for Haryana Residents

Heart Care Foundation of India is organising the 20th MTNL Perfect Health Mela from October 23 to 27, 2013 at Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. The Mela will be a mix of exhibitions, competitions, infotainment and workshops under one roof incorporating all pathies and for people from all walks of life.

The Marwadi Yuva Manch will be organising a special campaign for people with special needs at the Mela and will provide free Baisakhis (crutches). The campaign will be held during 23rd to 27th October, 2013 at the Mela venue.

On 26th October, Saturday, a special festival ‘Anmol’ for children with special needs will be held from 8 am to 12 noon. A workshop on Family health and climate change will be organised on 25^th October, 2013 for women.

Addressing a press conference here, Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that there will be special provisions for people from Haryana at the Mela venue. He said that Mela will be a perfect picnic spot for people and yet an opportunity to learn health sutras.

Co-addressing the press conference, Mr. Kamal Agiwal, Mr. Pawan Gupta and Mr.Sanjiv Marwadi Yuva Manch said that Faridabad schools with children with special needs will also be participating in the event.

The Mela will be open to general public from 23rd to 27th October, 2013 with no entry fee. Following health sutras were released in the press conference:

1.    Formula of 80: To live > 80 years without lifestyle diseases, keep your abdominal circumference, lower blood pressure, LDL (bad) cholesterol, pulse rate and fasting sugar all below 80. Walk 80 minutes per day with a speed of 80 steps per minute. Do not smoke to avoid paying a hospital bill of Rs. 80 thousand. Do not drink, if you drink, do not drink more than 80 ml a day or 80 gm a week.

2.    Formula of 10 (CPR-10): To revive a dead person after sudden cardiac arrest, within 10 minutes of  cardiac arrest (earlier the better) for the next 'at least' 10 minutes compress the center of the chest, continuously and effectively, with a speed of 10 x 10 (100) per minute.

3.    To prevent vitamin D deficiency, expose 40% of your body to the sunlight for  40 minutes 40 days a year.

4.    Foods of plant in origin contain no cholesterol.

5.    Non-permissible colours in sweets can harm the body.

6.    Vegetables and fruits which are cheapest in the morning time are locally
      grown and season and are health friendly.

7.    Avoid white sugar, white maida and white rice.

8.    Avoid eating extra salt in diet.

9.    Hepatitis B vaccination prevents liver cancer.

10. Even adults need vaccination like hepatitis B, typhoid, pneumonia and flu.

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National Commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1^st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – “Within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10 minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”

The Vedic meaning of Mahamritunjaya Mantra and the Gayatri Mantra

Any activity should always engage the 3 H model of Heart, the Head, and the Hand. The same has been advocated by the western scholars of today. The concept involves that while doing any work one should ask the head for choices and then refer these choices to the heart to chose one and finally to order the hands to do the action.

Deepak Chopra in his blood seven spiritual laws of success also talks about them in great details. He writes that conscious based decisions are the best decisions. Before taking any decision he recommends asking the body for the signals of comfort or discomfort and if the signals of discomforts comes one should not indulge into that action.

All the above concepts come from our ancient Vedic knowledge. The two main mantras of our times are the Mahamritunjaya mantra and the Gayatri Mantra.

The Mahamritunjaya mantra from the Rig-Veda and needs initiation for attaining any Siddhi. This is the greatest reliever from all evils and reads as under: Aum Trayambakam Yajamahe, Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam; Urva Rukamiva Bandhanan, Mrityor Mokshiye Mamritat. It means we worship Shiva - The Three-Eyed Lord; who is fragrant and nourishes all beings; May he protect us (bandhanana) from all big (urva) diseases (aarookam). May he liberate us (mokshiye) from death (mrityor), For the sake of immortality (mamritat, amrit); as the cucumber is automatically liberated, from its bondage from the creeper when it fully ripens.

The meaning of the manta is the importance of the third eye and the benefits of its opening. The two eyes are at the level of the physical body. The third eye means the eyes of the mind and the eyes of the soul. It also indicates that in difficulty one should look inward from the eyes of the mind and ask for the choices. Like the cucumber, one should chose the good ones and drop the bad choices. (ji acha lage use upna lo jo bura lage use jane do).

The manta for the conscious based decision comes from Gyatri mantra. The same reads as Om Bhur Buvaha Suvaha  Thath Savithur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayath. It means we  meditate on the glory of the Creator; who has created the Universe; who is worthy of Worship; who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light; who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance; may He enlighten our Intellect.

It talks about the importance of conscious based decisions and its directions to the intellect to choose the right and not the convenient actions.

The Gayatri is the Vedic prayer to illuminate the intellect. Gayatri is considered as Vedasara --"the essence of the Vedas." Veda means knowledge, and this prayer fosters and sharpens the knowledge-yielding faculty. As a matter of fact, the four mahavakyas or 'core-declarations' enshrined in the four Vedas are implied in this Gayatri mantra.

Choosing the right decision from the consciousness was later defined by Buddha. He taught that before any action ask yourself the following four questions and if the answer to any of the question is no, not to indulge in that actions. These four questions are: is it the truth, is it necessary, will the actions bring happiness to you and to the others.

On 8th Navratri Enjoy A Purified Mind

Navratri is the detoxification of body, mind and soul. The nine days purification process is observed twice in a year, at the start of summer and winter. Chaitra Navratri is observed at the start of the summer for preparing the body to tolerate summer.

Body detoxification involves special Navratri diet principles of eating less, once a day with no cereals. In Navratri diet, flour is replaced with Kuttu (winter) or Singhara (summer) flour; pulses with amaranth or Rajgiri and Rice with Samak rice.

Mental and soul detoxification involves practicing Yoga Sadhna as described in nine forms of Durga, one worshipped each day.

·        Maha Gauri is worshipped on the Eight Day of Navratri.

·        SHE looks as white as moon and jasmine. White means purity of mind.

·        She has three Eyes and four hands. SHE is dressed in a white sari.

·        SHE holds a drum and a trident and is often depicted riding a bull (control over the desires)

·        Her above left hand is in fearless pose and she holds ‘Trishul’ in her lower left hand.

·        Her above right hand has tambourine and lower right hand is in blessing Mudra.

Spiritual message on the 8th Navratri: By the 8th day of spiritual; detoxification once gets purity of mind.

Soul is the biggest pharmacy in the world – Dr KK Aggarwal

On the occasion of World Mental Health Day in a function organized by Delhi Medical Association, Padma Shri and Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that the very fact that our body has a receptor for each and every drug means the human body is the biggest pharmacy in the World and has the capacity to produce each and every drug.  Obviously God never created these receptors for Pharma Company to invent drug molecule.

 Dr Aggarwal said that in the forthcoming 20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized from 23^rd to 27^th October, 2013 at Constitution Club of India will have special classes and counseling sessions on mental health.

 Dr Aggarwal said that the spiritual medicine should be part and parcel of MBBS curricular and it involves teaching on how to shift from sympathetic to para sympathetic state of mind. Sympathetic state of mind leads to diseases and para sympathetic state to a healing mode. Most of the mind, body and spiritual techniques are based on this principal. 

Dr Aggarwal said that beta blockers are one drug which are known to reduce cardiac mortality and again shifts one to para sympathetic mode artificially.  Talking about Yoga, Dr Aggarwal said that it is a natural beta blocker. 

One should have a dialogue with ones soul everyday.  The same can be done by meditation or by adapting to slower and deeper breathing with a rate of 4 to 5 per minute for the next 20 minutes.  

The simplest spiritual prescription is to chant OM or AUM which medically produces a pain killer and tranquilizer at the same time.  

Dr Aggarwal said that stress is the reaction of the body and the mind to the interpretation of a known situation.  Spiritual counseling, therefore, involves changing interpretation.

About HCFI : The only National Not for profit NGO, on whose mega community health education events, Govt. of India has released two National commemorative stamps and one cancellation stamp, and who has conducted one to one training on” Hands only CPR” of 63425 people since 1^st November 2012.

The CPR 10 Mantra is – “within 10 minutes of death, earlier the better; at least for the next 10minutes, longer the better; compress the centre of the chest of the dead person continuously and effectively with a speed of 10x10 i.e. 100 per minute.”

Spiritual message on the 7th Navratri

By the time chanting of Bija mantras LAM, VAM, RAM, YAM, HAM and AUM is over, the inner darkness too is over.

Navratri is the detoxification of body, mind and soul. Body detoxification involves Navratri diet containing eating less devoid of cereals.  In Navratri diet, flour is replaced with Kuttu or Singhara flour; pulses with amaranth or Rajgiri and Rice with Samak rice.

Mental and soul detoxification involves practicing Yoga Sadhna as described in nine forms of respective Durga.

·        Kalaratri is worshipped on the Seventh Day of Navratri.

·        She is dark and black like night.

·        Her hair are unlocked

·        SHE has three eyes and four hands.

·        She holds a sharp Sword in her right hand and blesses her devotees with her lower hand.

·        HER vahana is a donkey, destroyer of darkness and ignorance (or shava).

·        She spills out fire from her nostrils.

·        She has on necklaces shining like lightening.

·        In Yoga Shastra, SHE represents the Sasahara Chakra