40s, Health, Lifestyle Diseases, Uncertainty at 60

In 40s and 50s the concentration shifts towards health looking at the report card, yup the blood test report card. The good ones are below the boundary line and bad ones are above the boundary line. Does these number pop-up suddenly ? No ways, they have been building all throughout our life. I never looked the parameters when crossed 35. That would have raised alarms.

When the numbers cross the boundary line, it's so much pressure to bring them back to normal and talk to anybody on earth, its painstakingly longer than expected. 

So here are the pointers from an experienced person

• Workout, Exercise regularly right from the beginning as early as 20s.
• Inculcate habits that push you to be physically active.
• Enjoy food. Every one enjoy the junk, but my point is enjoy the healthy ones as well.
• Start monitoring your blood parameters and signs by your body.
• Alcohol / Cigarette consumption worsens the conditions 

Diabetes will cause a big. That's the start of all the problems. When body doesn't produce enough insulin, sugar starts getting into blood and its circulates throughout the body and heart. Now the veins, in which blood flows, start accumulating the stains of this sugar on the walls and impacts the blood flow slowly, year after year. 

The deep fried food, alcohol damages the liver. 

When this accumulation itself takes years, the cure will also be as long. Then starts increase in blood pressure, fatigue and other diseases. Then the pressure to maintain diet, exercise builds rapidly. 

Its like Bangalore city, every where traffic. 

All of a sudden one starts thinking why is it happening to me? The answer is - because you ignored taking care of body right from the beginning.

When a parent teaches to study regularly for the year end exam, why doesn't the same parent implies the same to his/her health? Well, teach the kid also about health, not only prepare for exam but also take care of health.

The long term impact ? One starts taking diabetes medicine at 45, bp medicine will be introduced in my prescription by 48-50, then cholesterol control tablets by 52, heart surgery by 55 and bedridden by 60. So by 60, one will be consuming 8 to 10 tablets daily instead of food. 

All the best !