# RKS: COMPENDIUM OF DIETS - A Diet Guide At Click Of Key
# RKS: COMPENDIUM OF DIETS
- A DIET GUIDE AT CLICK OF KEY
CAPTURING 150 DIETS
TABULATED ALPHABETICALLY
Dear Reader,
The word ‘diet’ is the 6th most googled nutrition word after ‘fitness’, ‘health’, ‘vitamin’, ‘calorie counter’ and ‘weight loss’. Concerns regarding weight loss remain the second most common googled questions.
CONCLUSION
Body weight can impact health markers like blood pressure and cholesterol, but making weight loss the end-all-be-all goal can never be an ultimate strategy. Everyone is aware that there are many non-obese people dying as well. Surprisingly, in a sample size of near 4,000 individuals analysed, 49% of those dying due to any cause were non-obese! [BMC Public Health 2021; 21: 50]
Fretting and fuming about being overweight per se has no relevance to enjoying a disease-free living. Instead ensure the following parameters are especially checked regularly (every 3 years if less than 35 years old, alternate year till age of 55, and every year thereafter in otherwise normal individuals):
- Lipid profile
- Vitamin B12, folic acid and D levels
- Homocysteine concentrations
- Liver function test
- Blood sugar various estimations
- C peptide
- Serum insulin
- Serum creatinine
- Serum magnesium
- Thyroid hormones
- Treadmill exercise / stress test
- Echocardiography of heart
- Sonography of abdomen and pelvis
- X-ray Chest
- DEXA scan (after reaching 60 years for males; after menopause for females)
Think Health First not Weight.
After all, Health is Wealth & … Obesity is NOT ALWAYS Ill-health.
DR R K SANGHAVI
Prophesied Enabler
Experience & Expertise: Clinician & Healthcare Industry Adviser
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