Ticking Timebomb - Know your Health Risk Factors

Lately we have seen a few politicians died of heart attack, they are from UMNO, MCA & Gerakan. I am sure there are many others non-politician Malaysians die everyday of similar ailment, without warning. All their friends said the deceased looks so healthy and don't see any warning signs. This is because most people don't understand the health risk factors of their body. For example, when I look at people with the body size & waistline like in these photos, I really sweat for them as they are having such high health risk factors from heart attack. Overweight & Obesity is a real problem in Malaysia. Big belly & huge waistline is no-no as it invites heart trouble, it's a ticking timebomb (heart attack) waiting to explode, good luck to both of them!!

See these reports from

• FoodConsumer.org - Belly fat linked to high risk of diabetes, premature death
• CBS News - Belly Fat Doubles Death Risk

And to complicate matter, when the bomb exploded, the person only has less than 5min to be rescued, waiting for Ambulance is equal to waiting for coffin car to arrive. Most victims don't have the luck of having people who know Basic Life Support (BLS) or have passed BLS course around them. So prevention is better than cure - take good care of your heart!














Don't become this sad statistics, learn to understand what health risk factors are, it's not difficult & certainly not rocket science. Without warning is definitely NOT TRUE. Just like science that based on fact & figure, you need to watch your fact & figure (Health Risk Factors) of your body. For me, I will watch the following figures as a warning signs of my health

1. Waistline - make sure your waistline is NOT larger than 35" (asian) or 38" (westener)


2. Body Fat % - make sure you are NOT obese


3. BMI - make sure you are NOT obese, but it is not very reliable as a perfectly fit bodybuilder will have high BMI (obesity) and a tiny guy with huge gut will have perfect BMI (when he's actually obese)


4. Watch your cholesterol level, make sure it's not high, try to do annual madical checkup


5. Watch your blood pressure, make sure it's 120/80, to avoid high blood pressure


6. Watch your sugar level to avoid diabetes, a terrible disease


7. If you want to, you can also watch your pulse rate, it should be around 60 to 100, preferably 60 to 80 which mean you are fit

You also need to watch your life style and your food intake

1. Make sure you always have enough rest, which I always did badly
2. Be Active, Get physical, have regular exercise regime like walking/running - no harm to do marathon regularly, just kidding :-)
3. Make sure you eat balance foods - eat lots of leafy green veg, fruits, nuts; and very little meat, watch what is on your plate.
4. Not just what you eat, eat well, good diet & good food combining
5. Avoid certain junk food too
6. Learn about Metabolism to improve your health
7. Eat healthy cereal - healthy cereal, healthy muesli, high fibre good; don't eat junk cereal - no coco-crunch please!
8. Don't smoke or cut down smoking, it's a stupid habit
9. Do body detox if possible

That's all for now.