I just found out some distant relative in our family has had a heart attack. He is 36 years old. He has one daughter who is like maybe 1 years old, if that.
We’re all very surprised about how many stories we’re hearing of young guys getting heart attacks. I just DO NOT understand why there is not more health education in Pakistan, especially nutritional education. People are eating out all the time out there, especially if they have money. All the ghee that gets put into the food, and not to mention the fact that its become an actual fashion out there to eat really late at night - like after 12.
Whenever I’ve gone to resteraunts and seen the huge tikkas and kababs, I just wonder why these people don’t tone down on the gosht?
I swear. Three careers in Pakistan that you just will always make money with:
I experience that kind of pain every once in a while. However, I guess it's quite normal for me, as I have sinusitis. It feels as if someone has jammed a cardboard inside, but it usually goes away, alhamdulillah.
We cook in vegetable oil at home, but I eat out a lot. For instance, I had poutine, a chicken sandwich and pop (I could've had water instead) this afternoon. I took a nap right after. Got up, felt sick. Later on I had a couple of pieces of mithai and then dinner a few hours later.
..till 1960's meat was rarely consumed in Pakistan.. people usually had meat once a week..but mass meat eating events at parties, marriages etc. escalated in 1970's and its now a custom and tradition to consume meat as much as possible..
Secondly, life is much faster now, irreugular eating is a routine.. domestic pressure have increased.. young people are under far more pressure to succeed in career or to earn for material comforts..
Girls what you are feeling around your arms and neck might be just pain for shortness of breath. I have it once in a while too and sometimes its really bad becuz i can’t breath also. And it always happens to me when i am under stress and have too much in my mind. I went to see a doctor, he gave me some kind of pills for relaxation I have used it only once..it didn’t feel effective though..maybe i have to use the whole bottle.
pCg - 36 is a rather young age, but how do u know for sure he had a heart attack? In Pakistan any heart related problems that occur are said to be of "heart-attack" nature. He could've had undetected heart problems, that could've been congenital. He could've been predisposed to having heart problems b/c maybe it runs in the family? I don't know there could be a gazillion other things. You are definitely right about lack of education in terms of healthy eating in Pakistan, that's something that needs major work on.
i wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that some paki guys start balding in their 20s. when my dad was little, only meat was made at his house and if they made vegetables it was with meat. pakistan should also start to inform their people about the health problems involved with smoking.
There is a link between obseity and heart related illness, everyone knows that.
However CODE_RED, many people have been known to be a healthy weight, even underweight who eat once a day like the average Pakistani I know and STILL have heart problems. I know my husband LOVES curry and in order to do that properly, you need drumroll lots and lots of grease (ghee, whatever the pet name of the day is).
Breaking that habit of my husbands was crucial because the history of heart disease in his family (even though all are at or below weight). His high blood pressure is a testament to that.
Eating properly has everything to do with heart disease, weight has very little (unless your weight is caused by eating improperly). I have some extra pounds, but I rarely eat anything sweet or with oil or grease and I tend to have a vegetarian diet (not strict, by choice, love veggies). My blood pressure is very low and my heart strong.
jackie - never mind smoking, what is it with that powdered tobacco they carry around in little packs wetted down and stick in their mouths by their teeth UGH disgusting....
I read an article about 2 years ago that said that heart disease was genetic among South Asians, and those of South Asian descent. Most just simply dont watch what they eat. I have a few cousins in Pak who are overweight in their 30's, but being the typical loves to eat punjabi, they dont care. The doctor told them to watch their diet and if they dont then they could very well die before they turn 40. Their response is, I'm going to die anyway, might as well enjoy life and eat what I please.
Sehar, they live in Karachi. Not to boast, but Karachi has good health care relative to the rest of the country - typically any big city (haha, Pakistan really only has like 3) has decent health care - that is if you have the cash. And this family is loaded.
In khi, there is the Jinnah Hospital, Aga Khan Hospital, and now Mideast is coming up too.
I think they took him either to Aga Khan or Mideast. Now if those cardiologists can't tell a heart attack apart from something else, than that country has massive problems - more than what I thought. Cardiology is probably one of the more easier specialties in medicine, anyway.
And i dont even have that much ghee food anymore. But up until I was a teenager, we used to cook everything using ghee (shortening)
