| |APRIL 20198Consultants ReviewHeadquartered in Ahmedabad, Azkka Pharmaceuticals is one of India's leading pharmaceutical organization offering healthcare solutions to the medical fraternity and to the people in need of it, with its medicines & products of the highest standards.HEALTH FOR HEALTH FOR HEALTH FOR HAPPINESSHAPPINESSHAPPINESS:::ndians have become more affl uent, urban-ized and mechanized, since the previous decade. Hectic lifestyle and easy availabil-ity of convenience foods has led to irregu-lar meals and frequent snacking on ener-gy-dense fast foods and commercial fast foods rather than traditional home-cooked food. Overall, this nutritional transition has resulted in high consumption of calories, saturated fats, trans fatty acids (TFAs), simple sugars, salt, along with low intake of fi ber, monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).There is a signifi cant shift in epidemiology of disease in India from communicable to non-communicable. Ac-cording to the recent consensus, in India 22 percent of the adult population are obese, and deaths from complica-tions of diabetes and cardiovascular disease combined ac-count for 35 percent of total deaths. The World Economic Forum in its 2014 report stated, cardiovascular disease and diabetes contribute 50 percent loss in economic out-put for India from 2012-2030. This amounts to around 2.3 lakh crores and 17.6 million productive years lost.Contribution (Percent) of Each Disease to Lost Eco-nomic Output for India, 2012-2030 INTERHEART study conducted in 52 countries, showed diet modifi cation, ex-ercise and smoking cessation would lead to 80 percent risk for myocardial infarction. It becomes imperative that Indians adopt therapeutic lifestyle modifi cation, which in-cludes evidence-based diet modifi cations along with exer-cise and cessation of smoking.This article would lay emphasis on dietary fi ber and Omega 3 fatty acids, and the importance of antioxidants, minerals and vitamins would be dealt with subsequently. For decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, the dai-ly carbohydrate intake should be approximately 5060 percent of the total calorie intake. The primary source of complex carbohydrates in the diet should be cereals and millets. Complex carbohydrates should be preferred over Mukti Sadhan NathI
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