Dr. Nishith Chandra
Are heart disease and obesity related? Obesity is a condition in which you have a lot of excess body fat. Mild obesity is body weight 20% to 40% more than your ideal body weight. Moderate obesity is weight 40% to 100% more than ideal. Severe, or morbid, obesity is weight more than 100% of ideal. Ideal body weight varies with […]
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Why is salt important? Salt (sodium chloride, or NaCl), along with potassium, is very important in helping your body maintain normal cell function and a proper fluid balance. Salt allows your body to take in fresh fluids, eliminate fluid waste through your urine, and still stay in fluid balance. Fluid balance is important for many body functions, including maintaining blood […]
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Diet for Losing weight Diets for losing weight involve controlling the amount and types of food you eat. This most often means eating fewer calories and avoiding fatty foods or empty-calorie foods. Losing weight requires a change in behavior that almost always involves: a better understanding of your own health healthy eating habits a plan for rewards for following your […]
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For a healthy diet you need to eat a wide variety of foods in moderate-sized portions that give your body the nutrients and energy it needs. You also need to limit foods in your diet that can be harmful to your body. The Foods to Limit Some foods contain very little nutritional value or have ingredients that can cause disease. […]
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The signs and symptoms of heart disease start before the recognizable stabbing chest pain that many would expect with a heart attack. In fact, many patients have signs that something is wrong with their heart for weeks or even months before they actually have a cardiac event, and doctors warn that sometimes those signs may be subtle “The more risk […]
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