At 34, Mohali-based Pranav is suffering from various lifestyle diseases, including hypertension and diabetes. The IT professional also suffers from anxiety and insomnia. Employed with a US-based company, he keeps late hours in accordance with American working hours. Add to this his smoking habit and the use of recreational cocaine, it was hardly surprising when he was rushed to Emergency after a heart attack. An urgent angioplasty saved his life.

The near-fatal experience was a wake-up call for Pranav. With counselling and family support, he quit smoking and drugs, adopted a balanced diet, started exercising daily and lost five-kg weight. Having a healthy lifestyle has helped him go off almost all his medicines. He just takes one tablet now to control his blood pressure.

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