RUFIL highlights importance of maintaining heart health on ‘World Heart Day’

Jaipur, September 29, 2019: RUFIL today organised a session on ‘Heart Health’ for students at Rajkiya Balika Ucch Madyam Vidyalaya in C-Scheme, Jaipur. The session was held by dietician SurbhiPareek, Consultant Dietician & Nutritionist, SantokbaDurlabhji Memorial Hospital and Director, Nutrisaga for ‘World Heart Day which is on 29^th September. The session focused on how to maintain the heart’s health, measures women can take to do it and how to avoid cardiovascular diseases. The dietician also gave tips on how people should maintain their diets to prevent heart diseases.

Students were explained about the functioning of the heart and why it is essential to keep the heart healthy. The nutritionist, SurbhiPareek, informed the students and faculty at the school about the measures they should take to prevent heart diseases and how to keep their heart healthy to avoid problems in the future.

SurbhiPareek, Consultant Dietician & Nutritionist, SantokbaDurlabhji Memorial Hospital and Director, Nutrisaga, said, “A healthy diet and lifestyle are best weapons to fight cardiovascular diseases. Some tips to keep your heart healthy are eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, use whole grains, instead of refined flours, and limiting consumption of red meat. Instead of red meat, people can use fish, chicken, pulses and legumes as primary protein sources. Moreover, people should avoid trans-fat in routine diets along with processed foods and junk food. Milk and milk productsare really helpful in keeping your heart healthy. Milk products, even the ones with high fat level, are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases. Apart from controlling diet, physical activity is also important; people should spare at least 40 minutes for exercise or outdoor games minimum 6 days a week.”

Heart Diseases are the cause for higher number of deaths in women than any other disease, including cancer. 1 out of 4 women in the world die of heart failure and according to Harvard, 425,000 women suffer from a stroke every year, which is 55,000 more than men. Symptoms for heart diseases in women are much milder compared to men, symptoms in women can vary from jaw pain to abnormal sweating to mild pain in chest. Factors like menopause, and change in hormones affect women’s heart health.

Abhishek Joshi, MD, RUFIL, said, “RUFIL is pleased to be organising this session to bring awareness about the heart’s health, why it is important to take care of the heart and how it can be done.  Milk plays an important role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Women too are at risk of getting heart diseases, and the girls at this school are being informed here today on how to prevent such things. People can consume different types milk products such as drinking-milk, yogurt, cheese etcto prevent risk of heart diseases.”

Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)