Siddha fasting in obese acute decompensated heart failure may improve hospital outcomes through empowerment and natural ketosis

Diabetes is the ninth leading cause of death, directly accounting for 1.5 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite several breakthrough discoveries, little progress has been made in type 2 diabetes outcomes over the past 100 years. Younger age (below 60 years), a diet high in calories and processed food, and severe obesity (body mass index >35 kg/m2) may identify reversible beta cell dysfunction. Much of the clinical presentation pertains to flooding the body’s adaptive limits with overnutrition. Recognizing this as a global societal trend brought about by lifestyle changes, sedentary work, mental stress and unlimited access to calorie-dense foods is crucial. Insulin resistance and genetic abnormalities cannot account for the dramatic increase in diabetes, from only 1% five decades ago to nearly 10% today. Obesity – and not insulin resistance – is at the core of the problem. As well as hyperglycaemia, end-organ damage can also be reversed with diet and weight loss in many affected individuals. We present the evolution of our understanding and compelling reasons to reframe diabetes in the severely obese to what it really is – overweight hyperglycaemia. This may shift societal perception, governmental funding, workplace reformations and individual engagement with healthy lifestyles. The objective of this review is to better understand global trends and the potential to improve outcomes by reframing the diabetes narrative towards remission. This may shift societal perception, governmental funding, workplace reformations and individual engagement with healthy lifestyles.

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“…34 Independently of weight loss, the natural ketosis induced by fasting may result in pleiotropic metabolic, cardiac and cognitive benefits. 35 …”

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Early Recognition of Overweight Hyperglycaemia May Improve Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Chockalingam¹,

Pandiyan²,

Dorairajan³

et al. 2023

European Endocrinology

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“…HUGE has been shown to have the potential to reverse chronic diseases, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and CVD, through improving outlook and transforming lifestyle. 4 Also, because the practice works by empowering patients, it may alleviate stress and anxiety. We describe how four patients with CVD applied these positive psychological tools to transform lifestyle and gain holistic health.…”

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Siddha Self-Inquiry for Flow, Bliss, and Uvagai: Mindfulness for Intuitive Lifestyle in Complex Cardiac Disease

Chockalingam

Bettencourt

Anand

et al. 2022

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental health disorders contribute to significant healthcare expenses. Lifestyle approaches that empower and enable patients to participate in their recovery are needed with the increasing complexity of cardiac patients. Traditional Tamil medical practice of Siddha self-inquiry meditation targets holistic health through intuitive lifestyle transformation. We describe 4 complex cardiac patients who explored Siddha based Hunger Gratitude Experience (HUGE) mindful eating and reported elevated levels of optimism and deeper experience of life as outlined by the 5000-year-old secular Siddha medical tradition. We cannot exclude the role of suggestion and placebo effect in descriptive series. However, the simultaneous improvement in physical health and emotional wellbeing along with demonstrated resilience against unforeseen adversities suggests this is Uvagai, the true essence of Siddha higher consciousness. Uvagai is extreme happiness and may be accessible universally with little formal training and targets positive psychology to improve wellbeing. While flow and bliss states are transient transcendental experiences, Uvagai may be more profound and therapeutic in CVD despite age and comorbidities. Seeking Uvagai can potentially overcome health disparities, including rural, minority, and underprivileged populations for better health. HUGE allows CVD patients to safely engage in Uvagai, experience higher consciousness and intuitively sustain lifestyle transformation.

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Siddha fasting in obese acute decompensated heart failure may improve hospital outcomes through empowerment and natural ketosis

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Early Recognition of Overweight Hyperglycaemia May Improve Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Early Recognition of Overweight Hyperglycaemia May Improve Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

Siddha Self-Inquiry for Flow, Bliss, and Uvagai: Mindfulness for Intuitive Lifestyle in Complex Cardiac Disease

“Obesity–Years” Burden May Predict Reversibility in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

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