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Celebrating 25 years

Celebrating 25 Years

Saaol – our unique organization – will complete 25 years of its successful journey on 29th September 2020. This date incidentally falls on the “World Heart Day”. When Dr. Bimal Chhajer, our director and Founder resigned from the post of Assistant Professor at the AIIMS, New Delhi to start this clinic exactly 25 years from now, it was a journey to the unknown. His research at the AIIMS had wonderful results and he had taken up a larger goal to spread his findings to the masses and make it a successful tool to treat millions of heart patients. We have been largely successful with the help of our patients, supporters, and blessings of God.
We had a whole lot of plans to celebrate this silver Jubilee year but Covid-19 spoiled all our plans. But our motto and resolve to educate the masses on simple ways to avoid heart attacks will definitely speed up to cover the whole world in the coming years. We plan to lead a revolution towards a healthy heart.

Best Heartcare Center in Delhi & NCR

We are proud to share the news with you that Our Delhi Center has been chosen this year in the category of “National Healthcare Excellence Awards” following a survey by a group of Media organizations led by Praxis Media. We were Judged as the “ Best Heart Care center in Delhi and NCR” for the year. Please share this news with your friends and family – so that the word of mouth spreads to the masses. Heart care does not mean surgery and stents – it needs to be more patients centric and wholistic.
On 3rd September 2020, Dr. Bimal Chhajer was in Mumbai to inaugurate our third center in the Mumbai city at Charni Road. This center will cover a big area of the main Mumbai city (called “Town” by locals). Till now Patients had to travel to Juhu to consult our doctors/Dr. Chhajer – but it will become easy now. Our centers are now in seven different locations in and around Mumbai – Charni Road, Juhu, Borivali, Navi Mumbai (Vashi), Thane, Panvel, and Kalyan. Soon we shall be adding Virar and Ghatkopar making the total locations nine.

Inauguration OF SAAOL Heart Center, Charni Road

Inauguration OF SAAOL Heart Center, Charni Road (Mumbai)

We recently have added one more beautiful concept in heart care – that is on the duties of different people, whether it is the doctor or patient or Family. We believe that all three are equally responsible and the heart cannot be healthy without all working together. You can see the chart and download it from our website. This makes heart care simple and divides responsibility.
COVID -19 is going to stay for the next year or so. So, everyone will get some exposure whether you like it or not. No one will sit at home for two years – you need to decide when to allow the risk and start unlocking yourself. Heart patients, who were holding the treatment because of COVID are gradually coming out and reaching us. The flow of patients is almost 75% of the previous level. Whenever you come out – please take adequate precautions. God bless you all. Good wishes!

Dr. Bimal Chhajer's Talk

Saaol – Science and Art of Living - provides a wholistic but non-invasive heart care all across the world but mostly in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. With its 93 present branches, we are now spread all across India and our popularity is increasing at a high speed. Saaol advocates “Non-Invasive Medical Management” – which includes a few crucial games changing concepts. Our Medical management starts with the education of heart patients and their family explaining to them the facts about heart disease – what happens, how it happens, the mistakes they make, and the consequences that may come in the future. Using simple videos, pictures, chart our doctors, experts prepare the patients not to increase the blocks but to reverse the heart problem. We give them the logic behind actual heart care and give them confidence. This is just opposite to what the heart hospitals do – they instill panic and fear to force the heart patients to undergo their therapy – which are mostly money making operative procedures called Bypass Surgery or Angioplasty.

The second step is the training of Heart patients on lifestyle changes – diet, exercise, yoga, and Stress Management. We developed a special type of cooking called “Zero oil Cooking”, a complete diet model to reverse heart disease – creating taste and variety. Our treatment also has cooking classes for the caregivers – the family members of the heart patients. We explain to them what they are allowed to do and not on the exercise and physical activity side. We try to train their mind on how to reduce stress in their practical life to an optimum level. Yoga is also taught to them as a part of the therapy. The third step is providing a medical cover which includes medical tests to assess heart disease and monitor the improvement, Modern medicine (allopathic) to provide the patients with complete protection and symptom relief. We use all the possible medicines that any advanced cardiologist across the world can use to reduce Cholesterol/Triglycerides, Blood Pressure, and Blood Glucose. These reduce the risk of heart patients immediately and make them safe. We give them anti anginal, thinners, and medicines whichever is needed for them from the allopathic side. This completes our basic treatment.

The fourth of Saaol’s treatment is an advanced treatment called Natural Bypass(also called ECP/EECP in medical science) and Detoxification with EDTA. These are optional for advanced heart patients. Both of these therapies are completely scientific and evidence-based. The results of these therapies are unquestionable. Along with the above four steps, Saaol advocates Ayurveda/Herbal medicines, Homeopathy, Unani, and other alternative therapies to willing patients. We have gradually seen the acceptance of this type of therapy from heart patients, especially those who have suffered badly from the complications of Bypass surgery or Angioplasty. To my mind, the modern medical science hospitals are gradually losing ground as the number of heart patients across the country is increasing - by ignoring the first two steps that Saaol provides to heart patients – Education and Lifestyle training. They are the most important. In this issue of Saaol Times, we cover the concept of Allopathic medicine use by Saaol and other heart Hospitals. --Dr. Bimal Chhajer

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Food Chapter | Zero Oil Fried Rice

INGREDIENTS (PER SERVING)

Rice – 150 gm
Matar – 20 gm
Capsicum – 1 Medium
Tomato – 2 Medium
Onion – 1 Large
Lemon Juice – ½ Lemon
Hari Mirch – 3
Salt – According to taste
Hara Dhaniya – For garnishing
Black Pepper Powder – As per taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION

1. Soak rice for 15 minutes. Bring water to a boil in a pan. Then drain the water from the rice and add it to the boiling water. Add lemon juice to the water. Cook the rice till become soft.

2. Drain off the rice to a strainer.
3. Now put the kadhai on flame. Add jeera and whole masala (black pepper, cinnamon, green cardamom, black cardamom, tejpatta). Saute till you get an aroma.
4. Add chopped onion and sauté it till become soft.
5. Add salt, ginger and green chillies in it and again sauté it.
6. Add all chopped vegetables. You can add any of the vegetables. Sauté it for 2 minutes.
7. At last, add rice and mix all the ingredients for 2 minutes.
8. Garnish Zero Oil Fried Rice with spring onions and coriander leaves.

Calories in 100 gm Cooked Zero Oil Fried Rice: 167 kcl
Calories in 100 gm Cooked Fried Rice with Oil: 257 kcl

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Introduction

Modern Medical Science (more popularly called Allopathic medical science) uses mostly three kinds of treatments to treat Coronary heart disease or disease of the blockages – Allopathic medicines, Bypass Surgery and Angioplasty/Stents. Saaol does not support the last two as it disturbs the most complicated nature’s gift – our body. They have complications and they do not address the reason of the blockages. But Saaol uses the Allopathic medical management freely. Though these medicines do not cure the disease, they give much wanted relief to the patients and in many cases reduce the risk of heart attacks with immediate effect.


Allopathic Treatment of Heart Disease

Heart disease keeps on growing because of reasons known to us. People come to know about them only in the last stage when they develop symptoms and when the blocks exceed 70-80%. Not only the patients have Chest pain or breathlessness but they suddenly become vulnerable to heart attacks. Only at this stage they report to us. Heart attacks happen because the blocks are not stopped from growing – and if all the causes of heart disease are taken care of – 98% of the heart attacks can be prevented.

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But most Heart Hospitals take Heart disease as an opportunity and force the patients to undertake Bypass Surgery or Angioplasty - threatening them of an impending heart attack. Both these treatments have their side effects and risk of a very early reblockage. Plus the patients need to carry on with lifelong allopathic medicines. Despite this the heart patients do not come to know what exact lifestyle they should have in order to prevent the heart disease. In Saaol (Science and Art of Living) we have a completely different outlook. We educate the patients who come to us on details of Heart and causes of heart disease. We train them how to cook "Zero Oil"; do more physical activity, walk; Stress management and other necessary steps to Prevent and Reverse heart disease. We also prescribe them Allopathic medicines depending on their stage of heart disease, to control their angina, and to control their Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Cholesterol and Triglycerides. These protect them from heart attacks and allow them to carry on with their normal working life. For the advanced patients, high risk patients we also have Natural Bypass and Saaol Detoxification therapy.

Allopathic Medicines prescribed for the heart patients

Saaol includes the use of Allopathic medicines in its treatment. These medicines have an advantage that they can work instantly to reduce Angina (pain, heaviness, breathlessness on exertion). They can reduce blood pressure, sugar with immediate effect. We need to get the patients back to normal life as soon as possible - so we prescribe those medicines but the patients are instructed to adopt a lifestyle which will help them to prevent and reverse the disease. As the results come we try to reduce the medicines - and all our successful patients gradually find their medicines being withdrawn. Some medicines have to be continued for a long time. The heart medicines can be roughly categorized into the following groups. All the cardiologists in the whole of the world have to prescribe the following - only the trade names keep on changing. All these medicines work for 8 hours or 12 hours or 24 hours depending on the time Kidney takes to throw it out of the body. Thus they have to be taken thrice a day, twice a day or once in a day. So, they must be repeated everyday. None of these drugs cure heart disease. So, they are prescribed for years.

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1. Dilators/Anti Anginals
2. Thinners
3. Beta Blockers
4. Calcium Channel Blockers
5. ACE Inhibitors
6. Cholesterol Lowering drugs
7. Triglycerides lowering drugs
8. Drugs used for low pumping power of heart.

Dilators/Anti Anginals

Sorbitrate is the most popular medicine of this group. The action is to increase the blood supply of the heart muscles and relieve chest pain/Angina. Most of them make the tubes wider and are broadly categorized as Dilators. As soon as they reach the blood the action starts. Sorbitrate, when taken below the tongue, reach blood in less than 1 minute. Other medicines are taken orally and take about 30 minutes to one hour for action. Four groups of these drugs are popular: Nitrates, Trimetazines, Nikorandil and Ranolazine. Saaol has medicines of all these four categories. A new drug called Ivabradine is now also used to reduce Angina.

Blood thinners

Most popular of this group is Ecosprin or Disprin. They make the blood thinner/less viscous and prevent it from clotting. They may help in preventing clot formation and heart attacks - but not definitely. But this is the most widely prescribed drug for heart patients. Aspirin (the inner compound of Ecosprin or Disprin) is not good for patients with tendency to acid formation or gastric ulcers - so, new group called Clopidogrel has become popular. In advanced patients both the thinners are often prescribed. Saaol has both the thinners.

Drugs that reduce Oxygen requirement of the heart

Three major groups fall in this category and most of them are also used for Blood pressure reduction. These are - Beta blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers and ACE Inhibitors. They actually help to reduce angina by reducing the oxygen requirement of the heart and lowering the high blood pressure. Saaol has medicines from each of these groups.

Cholesterol and Triglyceride Reducing drugs

As you know the blockages that cause the heart disease are basically made from Cholesterol and Triglycerides. These two, if not controlled , has the highest capacity to create heart attacks. Cholesterol lowering drug - Atorvastatin- is one of the highest selling drugs in the world. Saaol produces this drug by the name - Atosol. For triglycerides Saaol's drug is Fenofibrate - called Fenofisol. A combination drug - Chol TG Sol is also being manufactured by Saaol

Drugs which are used for low pumping power of the heart

Though not prescribed for general heart patients - these drugs also are very vital to survive the heart patients after severe heart attacks. Some of them are for throwing water out of body called Diuretics ( like Lasix, Dytor, Tide, Lasilactone, Amifru), some strengthen the heart (Cardivas, Vymada, Eptus, Carvidilol, ) and some help to increase the pumping power of the heart (Digoxin, Lanoxin). Saaol is not manufacturing these medicines for the time being. SAAOL manufactures almost all heart related medicines at a very low cost (Generic) through their sister companies SAAOL Pharma & JMA Heart Pvt Ltd. If you want to know about them, mechanisn of action, cost, substitiute, composition - Please see the slide by Clicking Here.

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Saaol Pharma

Dr. Bimal Chhajer, founder of Saaol revolution, had been thinking of ways and means of reducing the cost of the daily intake of medicines for a long time. We published many Saaol times magazines in the past years comparing the cost of different brands of medicines and suggested to our readers/patients brands which were less costly in every group. Many of them shifted to low cost medicines. But many of these low cost medicines were not widely available. When Dr. Chhajer prescribed these medicines the patients had a bad time to search for them in hundreds of Chemists. On the occasion of 25th Anniversary of SAAOL, we decided to start our Social Endeavour - Saaol Pharma with a slogan "High Quality Medicines at a low cost".Saaol started in September 1995 when Dr.Chhajer resigned from the famous AIIMS, New Delhi.In September, 2020 Saaol will complete 25 years of service for the heart patients. And all kinds of heart related medicines are available at our all 94 Saaol Heart Centers. These medicines are very high quality and we spent more than one lac rupees to obtain quality certificates for each of these medicines from the Government recommended testing laboratories. These certificates have been put in the website of Saaol Pharma and can be examined by anyone.

How to buy Saaol Medicines?
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1. You can buy directly these medicines from our center by paying cash.

2. You can buy online/through internet by scanning your prescription and sending to Saaol Pharma. The payment can be done online.

3. You can deposit Rs. 5000 or maximum Rs.10000 to the account of Saaol Pharma by cash or cheque as an advance money and the get medicines delivered at your home by courier. For any supply worth more than Rs. 3000 -there will be no courier charges.

4. If you have bought excess medicines and want to refund them it is definitely possible. It can be done at any Saaol center.

How to Shift to Saaol Medicines?

To shift to Saaol medicines - all you need to do is to report to your nearest Saaol center, show your old prescription and change to Saaol medicines. Our doctors will guide you to change the brand name and make a new prescription for you. Immediately your cost of monthly medicines will start reducing. You can use our helpline no.011-42401717 or Dr. Pawan's number 98999 70428 to get any assistance from Delhi. You can introduce your friends and family members to Saaol medicines as well.

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Why we could keep the cost so low?

Saaol medicines are 40%-100% lower in cost when compared with the medicines from India's top most Drug companies and popular brands. The reasons behind this low cost (without compromise on the quality) are as follows:

1. We have no over heads. No marketing team, no medical representatives. No need to convince the doctors to write our medicines.

2. We shall be able to sell the medicines from our own centers. No C&F (carrying and Forwarding agents), no distributers or medical shops/retailers. The elimination of middleman reduced our cost.

3. We do not need to do any advertisements, no printing of brochures, pamphlets.

4. We do not need to sponsor conferences; no gifts are needed for the prescribing doctors.

5. We have limited products - mainly heart medicines. So we do not need many staff - junior managers, senior managers and all. This also keeps the cost low.


How much do you save ?

Saaol Pharma Medicines are high quality and reasonably price alternative to expensive standard popular medicines.

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Main Parts of the Immune System

Identification of Arrhythmia
Palpitation, Breathlessness, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Fainting (Syncope), Tiredness, Uneasiness, Light Headedness.

Risk factors
Certain conditions may increase your risk of developing an arrhythmia. These include:

1. Coronary artery disease, other heart problems and previous heart surgery

2. High Blood Pressure

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3. Congenital Heart Disease | Thyroid Problems | Diabetes | Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Electrolytic Imbalance

Complications
Certain arrhythmias may increase your risk of developing conditions such as:

1. Stroke or Paralysis

2. Heart Failure

3. Sudden Cardiac Arrest

4. Worsening Arrhythmia

Few important terms
LBBB or RBBB (Bundle Branch Block)

Lots of people come to know from their ECG that they have some defect in the Pace Maker System of the heart but they are told that since they do not have any symptoms they do not any treatment. One of them is Bundle Branch Block – it may be the right or Left Bundle Branch. This kind of heart disease is called RBBB or LBBB.
The defect in these cases is delay or default in the Bundle of His – the nerve that transmits electrical signals to the Left or Right lower chambers of the heart or ventricles (which ultimately lead to their pumping action). This block is in the electric signals – which now reach directly through the muscles and the ventricles beat almost normally. So, the work of the heart goes on as usual. The patient does not need any treatment or have any symptoms.
The cause of the interruption is mostly a shortage of blood due to the death of the area of the heart muscles through which the nerve thread passes. This occurs because of fat deposits in the branch of the coronary arteries supplying that area. This is like a very minor heart attack – which goes unnoticed. Such patients, if they do not take care of their diet, lifestyle, and blood lipid levels, further progress to the next stage – Bi Fascicular Block (both RBBB and LBBB together) and then Complete Heart Block. The Complete Heart Block ( it is an electrical signal block) needs External Pace Maker Implantation.
Though the most common cause of Bundle Branch Blocks is coronary artery blocks/heart attacks – the other uncommon causes of LBBB or RBBB are genetic defects in the heart (from birth), Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, High Blood Pressure or Pulmonary hypertension.

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Ventricular Ectopics (Missing beats)

Almost all the heartbeats that we have, generate from the S A Node or original pace Maker of the heart which is located in the wall of the Right Atrium. They first stimulate the Atria (the two upper chambers) and then the Ventricles (the lower Chambers). This leads to a normal heartbeat. But sometimes the ventricles contract on their own without any signal from above. This leads to an extra beat in the heart called Ectopic Beat or VPC (Ventricular Premature Beat). It can be felt by the patient if we count the pulse as a missing beat. Many healthy people can get it and till 3000 VPCs per day (3%) it may be considered normal. They may be because of stress, extra caffeine, extra alcohol, and strenuous exercises.
But if they become too frequent or come in doubles or triples – it can lead to giddiness or fainting. This needs treatment. There are medicines (like Amiodarone) that can control them – but the underlying cause is again Coronary Heart Disease or Shortage of blood to some part of the heart due to Coronary artery fatty deposits.
If the reasons (called Risk factors) of the fat deposits (like Cholesterol, Triglycerides, High BP, High Sugar, Smoking, stress, lack of exercise, obesity) is not withdrawn they may worse and lead to Ventricular Tachycardia or Ventricular Fibrillation. This condition now becomes very serious as the ventricles continuously generate Ectopics – which may even lead to death. Such patients immediately need Electric Shock (Cardioversion) to restore normal beats. If the preventive care is still not taken - Later on they may need to be repeated electric shocks using ICD device.

P -SVT or SVT (Paroxsysmal Supra Ventricular Tachycardia)

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This is a kind of rapid or very fast heartbeat (130-200) and occurs for a short duration. Patients feel uneasy and can feel the high speed of the heart. This is caused by the existence of some of the electrical signal generators in the atrial wall near the main pacemaker or S A Node. They sometimes become active and generate fast signals which take over the SA Node function. This is mostly called AVNRT (Atrio-Ventricular Nodal Re-entrant Tachycardia).
Since it is a temporary fast beat – it is never life-threatening. It is usually stimulated by Stress, Anxiety, caffeine, drugs, or Alcohol. It does not usually need treatment, but it occurs very frequently can be treated with drugs like Calaptin. Vagus nerve stimulation by massaging in the back of the lower part of the ear can revert it on many occasions.
The Hospital system usually wants to do RFA (Radio Frequency Ablation) in such cases which is not only invasive but often fails as they try to burn the suspected nerve areas on the wall of the Atria by trial and error method. This should be tried only if the lifestyle and medicines fail.

EPS or EP Studies (Electro Physiological Studies)

This is an invasive testing procedure to study the origin of certain types of Arrhythmia or irregular heartbeats. This usually needs inserting a catheter in your body – which is pushed to the selected chamber of the heart. Electrodes are also pushed along the catheter to study the electrical activity of the areas of the heart to search for the origin of the abnormal nerve location. It is a complex study and very few experts can give exact opinions on the test. However, it can be done if all methods of control of the irregular beats fail. It costs usually Rs. 30000-50000.

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Immunity Boosting Tips from Saaol

According to Dr. Bimal Chhajer, Heart Care and Lifestyle Expert, the Chances of Death is on an average 2.3% but a healthy individual below the age of 40 years has less than 1% chance. The chances increase if the individual has Heart disease, Diabetes, High BP, Asthma, or if you are aged above 70 years. But what we can do otherwise – to save our life? It is immunity. Young healthy has strong immunity, so they are saved. But How to boost immunity? There are the ways to increase one’s immunity. Cutting down on stress and performing Yogasana and practice of Meditation also helps to increase immunity. But the most important are foods we eat.
Ten major foods to boost our immunity are as follows:
1. Eat citrus foods like Orange, Lemon, Amla, Kiwi.
2. Broccoli, Spinach, red Bell Pepper (Shimla Mirch), and other green leafy vegetables increase our immunity.
3.A combination of Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic, Ginger, Honey and Lemon is also very good way to increase immunity.
4. Probiotics like Curd or Yogurt helps to increase immunity.
5. Any FruitS/vegetables – specially red ones like Papaya, Carrot, Beet also gives Vitamin A to boost immunity.
6. Green Tea, Tulsi, Cinnamon drinks also very healthy so far as immunity is concerned.
7. Turmeric or Haldi extract has ability to boost immunity.
8. Black Grapes has very high anti oxidants and thus good for immunity.
9.Cutting down on Meat, Alcohol, Tobacco/Smoking that weakens immunity.
10. Mushrooms also have virus protection capacity.
In case one is not able to get all these foods Multi vitamins can be taken. Calcium, micro nutrients like Zinc, copper, manganese and Vitamin D3 can be taken extra for increasing one’s immunity.
Antioxidants and Immunity
An antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that transfers electrons from a substance to an oxidizing agent. Oxidation reactions can produce free radicals, which start chain reactions that damage cells.
1. Vitamin E is also a superstar for immunity. . It protects cellular membranes of the immune system and other cells by trapping free radicals and enhances the effectiveness of white blood cells.
2. Some sources of vitamin E include mustard and turnip greens, spinach, broccoli, carrots, mangoes, papaya, and pumpkin.
3. Vitamins B6 and B12 indirectly contribute to antioxidant defenses having considerable influence on the immune system. A deficiency of these vitamins will create abnormalities in the immune system.
4. Vitamin C prevents the production of free radicals and reduces DNA damage in immune cells. Since your body can’t produce vitamin C, a plentiful supply must come from your diet. Some sources of vitamin C include berries, kiwi, red, yellow, green peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower.
5. Beta-carotene is another powerhouse for immune function. In addition to being a precursor for the immune protector, vitamin A, this nutrient provides powerful antioxidant defenses against invading pathogens.
Natural Ways of Improving Immunity
All the above foods are necessary for increasing immunity but there are few more things that are important:
1. Walk regularly.
2. Do Yoga daily.
3.Cut down Stress.
4. Get adequate Sleep.
5. Stay away from Pollution or avoid it.
6. Avoid Processed Food in the diet.
7. Drink sufficient Water.

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