HEALTH - ~ ‘Proper lifestyle a panacea for indigestion’

A walkathon organised here on Tuesday by the Indian Society of
Gastroenterology (ISG),Tamil Nadu chapter, inassociation with the
Junior Chamber, Ooty to observe the World Digestive Health Day and
enhance awareness about common gastrointestinal symptoms like
heartburn, bloating of the abdomen, indigestion and constipation
evoked a good response.
Flagging off the rally at theJain Temple, the Nilgiris Collector
Archana Patnaik lauded the effort and said that in an increasingly
stressful world lifestyle related maladies are on therise. She said
that people are not aware of many of them.
K. R. Palaniswamy, Patron, ISG, Tamil Nadu said that this vacation
destination has been chosen as the venue for the event as the presence
of a large numberof tourists would facilitate a wider reach of the
message.
Among those who participated were the Superintendent of Police
S.Nizamuddin and actor Sathyaraj.
In an interaction that followed the consensus of a panel of experts
was thatdigestive health can be protected through proper life style
management, exercise, shunning of junk food and consumption of
adequate quantity of water.
Initiating the discussions, Dr.Palaniswamy pointed out that lifestyle
determines the quality of life and said that owing to changing
lifestyles even children are now suffering due to health problems like
constipation.
Coimbatore based expert Mohan Prasad said that lifestyle changes have
increased the number of reflux cases and also made obesity common. He
underscored the need for good sleep in the night.
Mohammed Ali, an expert from Chennai, said that a major contributory
factor for gastrointestinal disorders was the growing preference for
fast food. People should eat to live and not the other way round.
Venkatakrishnan, another expert from Coimbatore, listed the benefits
of exercise.
N.Anandamurthy, an Ooty based physician said that since the number of
diabetes and hypertension cases was quite high in theNilgiris every
patient with gastrointestinal symptoms is also checked for cardiac
problems as a measure of precaution. He added that alcohol abuse was
high on the list of causes for gastrointestinal problems.
Sheela Nambiar, a Fitness and Life Style expert, said that the role of
physical exercise was very important. She added that mere walking was
not enough.
A composite programme is needed to deal with such problems. K.
Premkumar ofChennai said that the threemain meals should be taken at
the right time andone should consume at least two litres of water in
small quantities./
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