Hi everybody, my blogging is on hold as my family and I move to India. Flyin out today :)

The real excitement begins in India once I start trying to end my Dad's diabetes.

Stay tuned and wish us luck !

See the sick skinny artery in "A" and see it again in "B" after some time.
Wow ! Talk about preventing a heart attack or a "cardiovascular event" !!
Many of my readers may wonder and want to know where I am getting my ideas from. I am sharing a guru here who is inspiring my ideas, just a short video clip below.
The professor is such a Stud he is on stage with Deepak Chopra and decides to do his speech holding his small baby in his hands ! 
Later below, see him from 1990's talking about the same thing on Oprah. From what I am learning, the fact that we can beat diabetes, reverse heart disease etc. is not even considered "debatable" science any more. It is a proven fact.

THESE VIDEOS DON'T PLAY ON MOBILES.

I am reading from 7+ doctors of equal stature who all believe we can cure diabetes and heart disease. The CHALLENGE as always, is in the Execution. This is where I hope I can make the impact.
If you felt this blog post lacked depth feel free to Google "Dean Ornish" and you can spend hours learning his work. Unfortunately I cannot summarize his 32 years of work into this small post. It is awesome knowledge so I'd encourage you to try if you're thinking about learning more.

Reducing stress is a key part of life, for living happily and reducing the breakdown of your body. Not many of my friends have tried the spiritual journey but that's not the point of this post. The point is - are you stepping outside of your comfort zone (in your life)? Are you stepping out of your comfort zone of looking inwards ? Remember you only grow when you step out of your comfort zone.


I am not preaching you follow him. But are you spending any minutes a week towards inwards growth ? 


Sadhguru helped reduce my stress. Oh and here below is his photo from the conference :)
Now I can finally share some of his great words I heard.

Just saw this and though I would mention it to all people trying to lose weight.

FYI : My belief is that Exercise is not so important to lose weight; your diet is WAY MORE important. But it is important to exercise for an all-purpose general well being. Our human body is not made to be sedentary (over 3 million years of ancestry did not live this way) and ignoring exercise is not good for us. But if you want to lose weight, focus on your diet (eat smart, not eat less).

Just read about "rise in under 30 heart patients". Bad News. Are you exposed to heart attack risk even with no outward sign ? I see what the newspaper says but I feel it is providing outdated "pre-formatted" solutions to what is a life or death situation.
"Let's blame cholesterol, obesity, stress and smoking and call it a day" is what most articles say, like the one I read. Or "Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables". Hey most Indians are already eating that, or at least 4 servings a day; I am not sure by adding a 5'th serving will shift the trend when it's gotten so bad !
The key problem is that the first heart attack or stroke comes unannounced. People often get stents in heart surgeries, to open blockages. The heart attacks often don't come from these known blockages. They come from when inflammation and plaque are being built up in your arteries and a piece breaks off, going anywhere. This is how someone gets a sudden stroke or heart attack. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER YOU HAVE TO STOP THESE BREAKAGES OF PLAQUE & THE FORMATION OF PLAQUE IN YOUR ARTERIES. Unfortunately most newspaper articles don't talk much about this. 
 
If you wanna stop a heart attack here's what I say :

1. Improve you HDL/Total Cholesterol ratio and HDL/Triglyceride ratio. Take HDL supplements regularly. Buy a "Supplement Box" and make sure you take these. This reduces plaque formation.
2. Reduce your Homocysteine levels. Homocysteine causes ruptures in your artery which starts the plaque formation process. It is tested in a blood test. Get it below 7.
3. If you have high stress, start MEDITATION. Getting angry at people and life is something you can shift and it's proven. I do TM meditation, it's super easy and it costs Rs 3000 to learn. DO IT. Stress trumps all the good things you can do for your body.
4. Smoking. Yes it's bad. It will raise your chance of a heart attack by 60%. Reduce the harm if you can't quit. Buy an E-cigarette or chew the nicotine gum. Smoking causes Oxidative Stress on your system, a subject I will start covering when I open my new section on deep learning. 

Live Long and Prosper
Jr

I recently read a lot about the "Blood Type Diet" since my Brother in Law has been on it. He has lost weight and now weighs 89 kgs (height 5'10") and the dietician says he has plateaued and will not lose more weight. Sounds like he needs to lose a lot more. Ideal weight is 75 Kgs or less for him.
So here's what I found about about the Blood Type Diet :
"the philosophy of blood type is very obscure and lacking in science." from WebMd.
"significant lack of independent research" from healthline.
"Medical experts universally agree that the theory is nonsense" from WeightLossResources.


I am not so sure either. Cutting out food groups is never a good idea. I believe in the opposite that you should almost eat all food groups (meats can be excluded). 
I am recommending to him to focus on H = N/C and to eat low Glycemic Index Foods.

Do you have any input on the matter ? Have you tried the "Blood Group Diet"?