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Dr. Bimal Sir

Dr. Bimal Chhajer Honoured

Saaol Heart Center, the clinic which treats heart patients without Bypass surgery or Angioplasty is gradually getting more popular. This is evident from the increasing the patient load in all our clinics across India and most of the centers are over loaded and many have now waiting list of patients. After the covid epidemic more and more people are looking for non surgical treatment. They have become more health conscious as they have realized that health is now more important than wealth. We have already approved three more centers in the ever growing list of centers across India and Abroad and these are – Dhule in Maharastra, Hanuman Garh in Rajasthan and Firozpur in Punjab.

Saaol-pharma

SAAOL Pharma & JMA Heart Health

Saaol has already having sister company called Saaol Pharma Pvt. Ltd which manufactures almost all the Allopathic medicines that are used by our heart patients at a Generic Cost. WE also have another related company called J M A Heart Health Pvt Ltd. which manufactures food suppliments, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Medicines. We now have another venture called Saaol Knee and Spine clinic – which treats Knee and Spine diseases without surgery. Already six clinics have started in Delhi (Chattarpur, Rohini, Lajpat Nagar, Noida, Faridabad and Trans Yamuna Area (East Delhi). We are getting very good response and the treatment results are also impressive. We soon plan to open many centers of Spine and Knee across India.

Zero Oil

Saaol Zero Oil Cooking Channel Launched

Covid Vaccine is now being taken by many – and Dr. Chhajer has recorded a talk in You Tube on who should take it and who should avoid. Most heart patients who are on low grade thinners like Aspirin and Clopidogrel can take the vaccine without and side effects. Only those who are on powerful thinners like Warferin, Acitrom (di cumarin group) or heparin injections need to avoid vaccine. Being heart patient increases the chances of death by few folds – if covid also occurs. So, it is our advice to you all to go for vaccination. Our You Tube Channel is also getting very popular and we are adding more than 100,000 new subscribers every month. Now we have launched another channel for Healthy cooking called Zero Oil cooking by Saaol. Please subscribe to this channel as well as recommend more people to join this.

Dr. Bimal Chhajer's Talk

Zero oil vegeratian Editorial: In Saaol we want people to take care of their Heart Disease. More than Ninety percent of people come to us when they have more than 70-80% blockage or have suffered heart attack. We stop all Non Vegetarian food for them as they are the only source of Cholesterol, which forms a major part of the blockages. There is a controversy about milk – whether it is vegetarian or non vegetarian. We do not want to go into that controversy, but the fact is that milk, being an animal food, has good amount of Cholesterol and some amount of fat(read Triglycerides). So, we ask our patients to take out fats from the milk – consume Double toned or Skimmed Milk.

But one must remember that along with Cholesterol, Triglycerides also form the blockage. Oils and Nuts are our major sources of Triglycerides. We have also prepared 1000 dishes without oil – all with equal taste. Our zero oil cooking is very famous now across the country. So, we advise our patients to go for “Zero Oil Vegetarian” food. This is the best advice for anyone who does not want be heart patient in future. Another wrong notion that people have is that Proteins are not available in Vegetarian food. This is a wrong notion. Our protein requirement of the body is less than 0.8 gram per Kg body weight. For a person with 65 kg weight this comes to about 50 grams. This comes from all cereals, pulses and fruits and vegetables that we eat. Soya is also a good source of good proteins, it has 42 grams protein per 100 gram. Proteins are present in the range of 20-30% in most of the pulses. Cereals have 6-28% proteins. So, with vegetarian food we can easily achieve our requirements.

With the health awareness spreading across the world – healthy food has become much more popular than it was a few years back. People are rightly preferring vegetarian food for their health. We only need them to cut down the fats and oils - so the future healthy food should be “Zero oil Vegetarian”. --Dr. Bimal Chhajer

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Food Chapter | ZERO OIL DAHI BHALLE/DAHI VADE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS (PER SERVING- 2 Dahi Bhalle)

Dhuli urad Dal- 30 grams
Dhuli moong dal- 10 grams
Curd- 100 grams
Imli Chutney
Roasted Jeera & Red Chili Powder
Whole Jeera
Salt
Hing

METHOD OF PREPARATION
SOAKING THE PULSES

1. Soak dhuli urad dal and dhuli moong dal in the proportion of 3:1, for approximately 8 hours or overnight.

2. Grind the pulses together and whisk it thoroughly to incorporate air well.

MAKING DAHI BHALLE

1. Roast jeera and whole red chili well and crush it.

2. To the whisked dahi bhalla batter add whole jeera, a pinch of hing and salt to taste. Mix them well.

ASSEMBLING DAHI BHALLE

1.Once the dahi bhalle are properly cooked you can leave it soaked in curd for 1-2 hours.
2.For serving, add generous amount of curd on the dahi bhalla’s, sprinkle some red chilli & jeera powder and top it with chutney.
3.Delicious zero oil dahli bhalle are ready to be served

NUTRITIVE VALUE
1. ZERO OIL DAHI BHALLE - -

Calories: 198.9 Kcal, Carbohydrates: 26.8 grams, Protein: 4.5 grams, Fat: 0

2. ALOO TIKKI (SHALLOW FRIED) - -

Calories: 288.9 Kcal, Carbohydrates: 26.8 grams, Protein: 4.5 grams, Fat: 10 grams

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A well-balanced vegetarian diet

“You Are What You Eat” an age-old proverb is a true reflection of the power of nutrition. It refers to the fact that food controls a person’s health. Nutrition is an essential component of heart health, vegetarian diet in particular benefits heart health in a number of ways. In this periodical, we wish to bring into your kind notice the cardio-protective benefits of vegetarian diet and explain the reasons as to why non-vegetarian diet is not good for your heart health. A well-balanced vegetarian diet is adequate in every aspect of nutrition be it macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein and fats) or micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). A number of researches have shown that vegetarians are at a lower risk of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, all of which are directly linked with the risk of heart disease. Vegetarian diet is rich in dietary fibre and antioxidants which protects the heart from inflammation and damage thereby preventing heart attack. Awell-planned vegetarian diet helps in lowering cholesterol levels and weight management. Vegetarian lifestyle, is a great foundation for a heart healthy diet. At Saaol we emphasize greatly on vegetarianism, as it is an important component to bring the cardiac risk factors to the lowest. All kinds of meats (mutton, pork, beef, ham), poultry, all kinds of fishes are loaded with cholesterol people sometimes get bewildered and end up justifying their non-vegetarian food consumption as a component of their healthy fat intake; however, they tend to overlook the fact that body specifically the liver produces 80-85% of the total cholesterol requirements of the body and the rest is obtained from invisible fats.

vegetarianism has taken the lead over non-vegetarianism

Evidences suggest that vegetarian diets may lead to lower blood pressure, improved cholesterol levels, healthier weight and less incidence of Type 2 Diabetes. Vegetarian diets have lower levels of total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than meat-based diets. Several cross-sectional studies have shown that vegetarians have significantly lower concentrations of total cholesterol, LDL- cholesterol, and triglycerides compared with non-vegetarians. Vegetarian diets may reduce blood cholesterol concentrations through several mechanisms, they are low in cholesterol, total fat, and saturated fatty acids, leading to less absorption and conversion to blood cholesterol. The phytochemicals present in vegetarian foods exert substantial influence on cholesterol levels via multiple mechanisms. Phytosterols reduce intestinal absorption by competing with cholesterol and preventing its accumulation.

Apart from scientific evidences, the mythological evidences also supports vegetarianism. Major mythological descriptions of various religions suggest that humans were created by God as vegetarian beings, the 7th Adventist stands a great example to it. Our gut, teeth and overall body is designed to adopt vegetarianism, it also keeps our body in equilibrium. Over the years, vegetarianism has taken the lead over non-vegetarianism. People in the west have returned to vegetarianism after being non-vegetarians. We Indians who have a tradition of vegetarianism, supported by religion, are still going, unfortunately, towards non-vegetarianism. We should focus on the health benefits that vegetarian diet offers us.

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VEGETARIANISM
DECODING VEGETARIANISM

HEART FRIENDLY VEGETARIAN DIETDECODING VEGETARIANISM

In recent times vegetarian and vegan diets are gaining more popularity because of their health benefits. Vegetarian food comprising of a variety of salads, cereals, legumes offer better health due to the high amounts of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants present in them. Vegetarian diets have a very less amount of cholesterol which is present in milk and milk products. In comparison to non-vegetarian food it has negligible cholesterol and has a higher quantity of fibre. Being lower in cholesterol and high in fibre it helps in keeping heart healthy by not causing plaque formation or blockage further reducing the already existing blockage by flushing out extra fat in the body as fibre acts as sponge and flushes out the bile acids from the body which is formed from cholesterol present in the body.

Fibre also helps to keep your gut healthy, further helps in absorption of many nutrients. Most of the studies on vegetarian diet has been carried out in Europe, three among seventh day Adventists in U.S, in an analysis of above studies Key.et.al found a 24% lower rate of coronary heart disease mortality among vegetarians relative to non-vegetarians. There are many more studies done whose results reflects similar findings. So it's very clear that a vegetarian diet has heart friendly effect

NON VEGETARIAN DIET- HEART'S ENEMY

Non vegetarian food comprises all foods derived from animal sources which includes mostly flesh food and eggs like poultry, fish, red meat etc. These foods contain a huge quantity of cholesterol and at the same time some have high concentrations of minerals like sodium and calcium. Cholesterol and fat intake has been considered to play a major role in deteriorating heart health. The blockage that forms in the arteries is supposed to be formed of cholesterol. There are numerous researches that indicate that theintake of non-vegetarian foods in large quantities or more frequently can lead to the formation of plaque in the arteries, on the contrary exclusion of all in the blockages. An extremely popular study called the Lifestyle Heart Trial by Dr.DeanOrnish proven that the elimination of non -vegetarian foods and including a high fibre, low fat vegetarian diet leads to reduction in the blockage percentage, the

EPIC Oxford data, also gave similar results that people on vegetarian diet have lower percentage of cardiac incidents than those who are on non-vegetarian diet.

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DECODING-VEGETARIANISM

DECODING VEGETARIANISM

A vegetarian diet consists of eating plant-based foods while avoiding flesh food. There are also sub-groupings within the vegetarian groups such as vegan (avoids all animal products and byproducts), lacto-ovo-vegetarian (can include eggs and/or milk), pesco-vegetarian (can also include fish), and semi-vegetarian (eat red meat, poultry, and fish less than once per week and more than once per month). Although there are different types of vegetarian diets and different people opt them due to different reasons which might range from scientific to spiritual but at Saaol we promote vegetarian diet which includes all plant based foods and low fat dairy products in moderate amounts from the context that these foods are heart friendly and will promote its optimum well-being

POINTS TO REMEMBER ON A VEGETARIAN DIET

Steps to follow in order to achieve optimum nutrition on a vegetarian diet-
  1. Fill half your plate with seasonal vegetables and fruits.
  2. One-fourth of the plate with whole grains
  3. One-fourth with pulses and legumes
  4. Have ample amounts of water, do not go for carbonated beverages and soft drinks as they will do no good but only harm your health

WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR PROTEIN FROM

DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS BY SAAOL

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food- the famous saying by Hippocrates, imparts a huge emphasis on the fact that your food is both preventative and curative if not abused and given good regard. An ideal heart diet should exclude all the visible sources of cholesterol and triglycerides as they are the major culprits behind atherosclerosis (heart blockage). Plant-based foods contain no cholesterol which is why we at Saaol put great emphasis on vegetarianism. Diet modification is an essential part of Saaol’s treatment plan as it is one of the most significant modifiable risk factors, which if improved on time produces a massive impact on the heart as well as overall health.All kinds of meats are rich sources of cholesterol (which gets deposited in the arteries) and triglycerides (fats). They do not contain fibre. The only non-vegetarian food allowed are the egg whites as they contain negligible amounts of fat. Evidence-based approaches at Saaol performed with over 3,00,000 patients have proven that such diet is the most effective and optimum in promoting heart health.

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