The Guide

The Atmasvasth Guide to Living Long, Healthy - 15 Aug 2021

Understanding the Steps and Taking Control

Taking Control

Atmagyan, Atmasurakshit, Atmanivaaran and Atmanirbar - the four Atmas to be Atmasvasth - 16 May 2021
The Healthy 7 is also the Happy 7 - 13 Mar 2022
Preventing and Reversing Frailty - 05 Jun 2022
I Would Always Choose Active Healthful Ageing over "Graceful" Ageing - 28 Feb 2023

Moving

Moving (v/s Not Moving) - 28 Feb 2021
The Matka of Walking (All It Takes is Just 4000 Steps a Day) - 23 May 2021
Physical Activity and Blood Pressure - 06 Jun 2021
Runnn…Not Race - 18 Jul 2021
Walking to Improve the Brain’s White Matter - 22 Jul 2021
Physical Activity - Forming a Protective Troika along with Vaccines and Masks Against Covid-19? - 28 Jul 2021
Physical Activity and Poor Sleep and Stroke - 25 Aug 2021
The Disconnect Between How Thin or Fit We Look and How Healthy We Actually Are - 06 Nov 2021
4000 Steps, Twice a Week Help Not Forgetting Names at Weddings and Parties - 19 Jan 2022
The Older You Are and the More Physically Active You Are, the Longer You Will Live Disease-Free - 17 Apr 2022
Does Yoga Help Increase Healthspan and Lifespan? - 26 Jun 2022
Physical Activity - Why, Where, When, How Long, Which? - 04 Jul 2022
Being Physically Active is Good, But Being Fit is Better - 13 Sep 2022
It is Better to Be Fit and Overweight than Normal Weight / Lean and Unfit - 15 Dec 2022
Every Move Counts - 14 Jan 2023
Running Safely on Indian Roads...Run Facing the Traffic - 25 Mar 2023

Eating Sensibly

The Top Ten Sensible Eating Guidance to Live Long, Healthy - 13 Dec 2021
“An Apple a Day…” - 07 Mar 2021
“A Potato Chip a Day…” 28 Mar 2021
Intermittent Fasting - 02 May 2021
The Super-Rubbish of Superfoods - 08 Aug 2021
Polyphenols, Cardiovascular Risk and Cognitive Decline - 11 Aug 2021
A Tablespoon of Salt...Or Two - 26 Sept 2021
A Few Peanuts a Day Keep Brain Strokes Away - 13 Nov 2021
Packaged Fruit Juices may Not be as Healthy as You May Think - 29 Mar 2022
Avocados, Olive Oil and Walnuts - Eating Healthy is for the Rich and Wealthy - 11 Apr 2022
How Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) is Misunderstood by Most People Worldwide - 24 Apr 2022
Potassium-Enriched Salt Subsstitution (PESS) - How It Makes a Difference - 11 Aug 2022
Logging What You Eat and Drink Instead of Counting Calories - 20 Aug 2022
What if You Just Threw Away Those Salt-Shakers and Stopped Adding Extra Salt during Meals - 02 Jan 2023

Managing Cardiovascular Risk including Hypertension & Diabetes

Estimating our Our Own Cardiovascular Risk - 31 Jan 2021

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment at Regular Intervals - 30 Jun 2021
The Extra “Indian” Cardiovascular Risk - 14 Jul 2021

The Matka of Statin Intolerance (The Nocebo Effect And Our Perceptions That Affect Our Use of Statins) - 03 Jan 2021

More on the Nocebo Effects of Statins….And with a Sex Bias - 24 Jan 2021
The Wide Gap Between What Should Happen and What Actually Happens - (Statin Misinformation) - 03 Feb 2021
Statins and the Risk of Dementia - 23 Jun 2021

Blood Pressure / Hypertension

Physical Activity and Blood Pressure - 06 Jun 2021
Bad Gums and High Blood Pressure - 07 Jul 2021
Measuring Your Own Blood Pressure at Home - 18 Aug 2021
Atrial Fibrillation - An Important Controllable Condition that Most Have Not Heart Of - 04 Aug 2021

Diabetes

Screening for Diabetes - When, How and How Often - 08 Sep 2021

Sleeping Well

Physical Activity and Poor Sleep and Stroke - 25 Aug 2021
Sleep - 30 Oct 2021
Cultivating the "Baporiyu" - 29 Dec 2021

Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements

Why Every Low Vitamin B12 Level Does Not Need Fixing - 20 Nov 2021
Omega-3, PUFA, ALA, EPA, DHA...What is Going On? - 02 Jan 2022
The Hype and Hoopla Around Vitamin D - 30 Jan 2022
Iatrogenesis of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbal Supplements - 12 Jun 2022
Say No to Vitamin D Testing and Supplementation - 22 Dec 2022

Regular Immunizations and Vaccines

Masks & Vaccines - 07 Feb 2021
The Matka of the Covid Elite (The Previously Infected and the Fully Vaccinated) - 18 Apr 2021
50-Plus and Vaccines - 04 Jul 2021

Preventing Falls & Managing Bone Health

Falls (Preventing Falls and if We Fall, Fractures) - 20 Jun 2021
The Paradox of Walking Aids - 11 Mar 2023

Good Hygiene

Bad Gums and High Blood Pressure - 07 Jul 2021

Addictions

To Drink or Not to Drink…The Light Alcohol Drinking Conundrum - 01 Aug 2021
A Day Without Coffee is No Day at All - 22 Aug 2021
It is Better to Not Start Smoking Cigarettes than to Try to Stop - 04 Dec 2021
It is Never Too Late to Stop Smoking - 01 Nov 2022

Managing Time

Managing Pollution

Managing Air Pollution - 23 Jan 2022
Is it Safe to Run/Walk Outdoors, When the Air Pollution is High? - 08 Dec 2022

Managing Noise Pollution

The 10 Commandments to Deal with "Digital Noise" - 23 Oct 2021
Every Extra Decibel Matters - 26 Dec 2021

Screening for Disease

Screening Mammography Saves Lives and Will Save Yours Too - 12 Sep 2021
Lung Cancer Screening with LDCT in Smokers Saves Lives - 09 Jan 2022
HPV DNA Testing for Cervical Cancer Saves Lives - 27 Feb 2022
Serum PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Screening - Do it Only if You Can Handle the Consequences of an Abnormal Result - 01 May 2022
Colorectal Cancer Screening - Is it of any Use in India? - 30 Jul 2022
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - 04 Oct 2022
Screening for Osteoporosis - 14 Oct 2022

Managing Brain Health

The Matka of The Mind-Body Connection and Positive Psychological Health - 14 Mar 2021
Statins and the Risk of Dementia - 23 Jun 2021
Walking to Improve the Brain’s White Matter - 22 Jul 2021
Polyphenols, Cardiovascular Risk and Cognitive Decline - 11 Aug 2021
Not Forgetting Names at Weddings and Parties - 19 Dec 2021
4000 Steps, Twice a Week Help Not Forgetting Names at Weddings and Parties - 19 Jan 2022
Being Alone and Being Lonely are Two Different Things - 22 Mar 2022
The More You Read and Learn, the Less You Will Forget Names at Weddings and Parties - 03 Apr 2022
The Meditation Conundrum - The Lack of Good Science, but an Ancient Practice that Feels Good Anyway - 19 Jun 2022
Does Reading Reduce Cognitive Decline? - 13 Jul 2022

Managing Our Senses

The Importance of Being Able to See Well - 16 Jan 2022
Every Decibel Matters - 26 Dec 2021
Do Not Go Gentle into that Deaf Night - 15 Feb 2023

Regular Health Check-Ups

The 37°C / 98.6°F Relice - It is Time for a New Individual Normal - 07 Feb 2022
Is Regular Self-Weighing Necessary or Important? - 06 Sep 2022

Choosing Wisely (Doctors, Insurance, Hospitals, Care-Givers, etc)

The “Time of Day” Matka - 21 Feb 2021
Health Insurance - An Absolute Necessity - 05 Sep 2021
The PROLIFIC Study and the Concept of the Health Coach - 16 Sep 2021
1-Crore - The Investment You Need to Live Long, Healthy in India - 19 Sep 2021
Your Health ID - 03 Oct 2021
The Matka of Finding the Right Doctor and The Challenge of Online Platforms - 17 Oct 2021
Time of Day and Day of the Week for Elective Surgeries - 27 Oct 2021
Hospitals Should Only Be Places of Last Resort - 25 Sep 2022

Managing Ageing, Death and Dying

The Inevitability and Certainty of Death - 03 Nov 2021
Your Living Will - 25 Jan 2023

The Matkas

Our Health Matkas, Understanding Them and Then Taking Control - 25 Dec 2020

Interdependence - 27 Nov 2021

When We Live

The Matka of Better Life Expectancy - 17 Jan 2021
Why We Live Longer and Better - 21 Jan 2021
Healthspan over Lifespan - 11 Jul 2021

Where We Live

Masks and Vaccines - 07 Feb 2021
Where are Our Doctors? (The Quadruple Whammy of Living in India) - 21 Mar 2021
The Matka of the “Non-Existent” Disease - 11 Apr 2021
The Matka of Covid-19 Treatment, “Cheap?” - Not Really!! - 25 Apr 2021
The Indian Data and Research Problem - Is it our DNA or the Environment? - 14 Feb 2022

Who We Are

The Matka of Our Genes - 14 Feb 2021
The Extra “Indian” Cardiovascular Risk - 14 Jul 2021
The Hype and Promise of the Polygenic Risk Score - 25 Jul 2021

What We Have

What is Done to Us

Placebo, Nocebo - 22 Sep 2021
Four Weeks to Be a Doctor - 29 Aug 2021
The Matka of Radiation from CT Scans - 09 May 2021
Ayurveda is also Allopathy - 30 May 2021
The Rich-Poor Divide and The Matka of Structural Violence - 13 Jun 2021
Popping antibodies like antacids - 20 Feb 2022
Polypharmacy: More than 5 Tablets a Day can Often Cause More Harm than Good - 15 May 2022

What & How We Are - 13 Jan 2021

What We Do - 08 Jan 2021

Who We See, When We See

The “Time of Day” Matka - 21 Feb 2021
The Matka of “Doing Something” Medicine - 04 Apr 2021
The Matka of Finding the Right Doctor and The Challenge of Online Platforms - 17 Oct 2021
Time of Day and Day of the Week for Elective Surgeries - 27 Oct 2021

Shit Happens

Fate, Fatalism…and Stupidity - 27 Jun 2021