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High Cholesterol and Thyroid Levels: Can Exercise and Pranayam Help a 49-Year-Old Man?

Radhika Iyer |71 Answers |Ask -Follow

Yoga Expert - Answered on Sep 12, 2024

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After being diagnosed with cancer, Radhika benefitted from training in yoga and meditation.
In 2009, she founded the yoga studio Raa Foundation to share what she had learnt. She has also founded Anahata Organics, a sustainable lifestyle brand.
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Asked by Anonymous - Sep 12, 2024Hindi

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Hello Mam, I'm 49 years male, having Triglycerides -242, LDL Cholestrol - 96 , VLDL Cholestrol - 49, HDL Cholestrol - 43. Apart from that I have Thyroid T3 - 2.97, T4 - 0.93 and TSH - 4.83. I have been doing morning brisk walk for about 40 minutes and doing pranayam (majorly kapal bhati, kumbhak, anulom vilom, bhramri (8-10 minutes) for 45 min daily for the past 2 months without break. My question to you is , first- by doing brisk morning walk and pranayam daily will my cholestrol and thyroid level will be within the range. Secondly I get iritiated and lose my temper quite often, do the above said exercise will help me in controlling my anger / irritiability and quitting use of tobacco. Please help me.

Ans: Namaste!
You already know the answer. Disease is nothing but a manifestation of a troubled mind. Calm the mind and the results on the body will be miraculous

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Question by anil - Feb 24, 2023Hindi

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DEAR SIR, Iam 53 yr old my weight around 86kg ans height 166cms sep 22 I start exercise and loose weight 10kg I am following Diet control no our side food. Tea without sugar I have Hyper tension and predibetic so should i continue exercise and diet control Pl suggest

Ans: Dear Mr Anil. I am a Nephrologist and deals with the kidney. You have 3 risk factors which can affect the kidneys; 1. Obesity, 2. Hypertension, 3. Pre-diabetes.
Definitely you need to reduce your weight. Otherwise it might affect the kidneys in the future.
Have a screening for kidney disease: Do simple tests like creatinine and urine routine, which will give you an idea about your kidney health.
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Asked by Anonymous - Sep 11, 2023Hindi

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Dear Mam. Glad to know that there are so many questions you have answered on yoga. I am following yoga for last 9 months, on an average for 4 days in a week and meditation for almost on daily basis, with evening walks for 7k steps average. In around Sep 2022, i got my blood tests done, which i was not getting it done usually. There was slight scale up on all parameters like Tsh, Sugar and more specific cholesterol was bit on higher side. I have been practicing yoga since Dec 2022 and now i feel great and any day missed without yoga is not the nice feeling. After regular yoga and diet pattern, my gas, acidity, smomatch issues has gone, Tsh & Sugar normal, just in case of lipid, while - bad cholesterol and total cholesterol has come into the normal range, but good cholesteroal and triglicides has not yet touched to normal range. Doctor has given me very mild dose to bring triglisides to normal range. i am having this medicine since last 8 months on alternate days and could not stop this, off late. I have mild stress in 5 days in a month kind of worklife. The yoga i do are 1 hour a day- 10 min calming down, warm up - 15 min, suryanamaskar - 20 min, 20 min - sleeping yoga and concluded with savasana. there are many types of yoga, which i am doing. my question is that, with this lifestyle, what benefits i can continue to reap and if i would able to come out of this mild dose of medicine of cholesterol?

Ans: Namaste! Thank you for sharing your detailed lifestyle with me. You are on the right track. I always suggest that you take instructions from a qualified yoga instructor regularly to better your practice. If you feel spiritually uplifted with the practice of asanas it’s even better. Pranayam is a must and I see that you have not included that in your regime. So please start breathing exercises as well, first under guidance and then on your own. Start practicing meditation. You can check out my guided meditations on Spotify under the name “UNBLOCK” by Radhika Iyer Talati. This should be good enough to enable you to live a healthy life.

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Hi, I am 56 with a take home salary of about 5L per month and expect to retire in 4 years. I have about 1.2 cr in PF+PPF and 4 properties worth 2.5Cr. Cash in hand 40L and equity worth 25L. From Jan24, investing about 2L per month in MF + Shares + others and wish to continue to next 4 years. Daughter is working and likely to get married in next 2 years (anticipate a spend of 35L). Son will join MBBS in 2 years with expected fee of 30L per year. Have no loans and well covered for mediclaim and term insurance. Am i covered for the expenses? Please suggest ...

Ans: Hello;

Your PF+PPF balance you can keep untouched so it may grow into a corpus of 1.6 Cr(7.5% growth rate assumed) + regular contributions over 4 years, at the end of your work life.

At your age I recommend you to resist temptation of dealing in direct stocks or even pure equity mutual funds due to the very high risk of volatility.

I propose you to put 30 L(6 month pay coverage) as emergency fund in ICICI Pru Liquid fund(Best returns on 6M criteria)+ facility of instant redemption upto 50K & balance T+1 working day.

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The 2L investment per month which you have began from Jan-24 is expected to go into MF sip+ direct stocks+ other.

For the other investment you are the best judge but here again I would humbly appeal to you to avoid equity MFs and direct stocks considering your age and high risks associated with these asset type direct exposure.

I propose you to invest in equity savings fund instead which are less riskier then pure equity funds and can yield decent return too. I recommend two funds in this category with best returns on 5 yr criteria & AUM above 1K Cr. Mirae Asset equity savings fund and Kotak equity savings fund.

A 2 L sip into these two funds for 4 years will yield a corpus of 1.16 Cr (Modest return of 9% considered). This will fully cover the cost of education for your son.

The best aspect of your financial planning which I admire and respect is No loans, well covered for mediclaim, term insurance and investment in real estate.

I have given my opinion, ultimately you are the best judge.

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Question by Nitesh - Sep 17, 2024Hindi

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Hello Sir, I had invested money with a broker. However after paying all the taxes and everything. They are not returning my money. Please let me know what steps I can take against them

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Asked by Anonymous - Sep 09, 2024Hindi

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Hi I am 44 years old working for almost 21years now. I have accumulated close to1.6Cr of corpus through diversified portfolio in FD, MF, Stocks etc. I am undergoing health issue post recovery from a major illness and not able to mentally and physically cope up with the demand of the Job which is paying me around 2.5L/Month. I want to settle for a less demanding job even at 50% lesser salary. With my current corpus how to invest it so that i get a monthly interest to maintain my current lifestyle without reducing my corpus.

Ans: You can buy immediate annuity from an insurance company for your corpus of 1.6 Cr as joint holding by you and your spouse and return of purchase price to you, your spouse or nominee either after completion of tenure or expiry of the annuity holder/s.

Assuming modest rate of 6% will yield you a monthly income of 80K per month(pre-tax).

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Sir, I had invested in HDFC Sanchay Plus in Long-Term Income Plan. It was a insurance and regular income plan for a period of 30 years. I paid up for five years as mandated by the policy. The pay out would commence from 7th year annually upto 30 years. The principal amount would be paid on completion of 30th year of enrollment. I appears the return of investment was less than 5% and diminishes further with time. I decided to withdraw from the scheme however the HDFC Life is deducting a huge sum from the invested amount. I requested to atleast return the principal amount invested without any add-on. But HDFC Life is referring to the policy clause and declining to return the invested amount. How can I retrieve the invested amount in this scenario. Thanking you in anticipation.

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Endowment or money back policies never yield return over 5 to 6%.

Even ULIP policy returns above a threshold will now be subject to long term capital gain tax apart from fund management, policy administration and other heavy charges during first 5 years.

Insurance is for pure protection hence term insurance with appropriate riders is best option.

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Question by Padmanabhan - Aug 10, 2024Hindi

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As for net maturity proceeds where TDS deducted by LIC with regard to single premium policy, do we've to show the entire net amount as other income in the same year? For the bonus accrued over the policy tenure, any option available for tax benefit?

Ans: 01. You have to show full details of the policy, i.e., Sale/Maturity amount received, its Cost (Premiums paid) & Net Gain.
02. You are supposed to pay your tax, if any & also claim credit for TDS deducted.
03. I suppose, Bonus received by you during the policy period, would have been declared in your ITRs of previous years.
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I understand your concern.

At your age I am not comfortable to suggest pure equity schemes for investments. I would recommend you to invest 20 L lumpsum in SBI Conservative hybrid fund (growth). This will yield you a corpus of 30L after 5 years considering 8% modest return.

Also if you start an SIP of 90K into Mirae Asset equity savings fund (less riskier then pure equity funds), after 5 years it will yield you a corpus of 70.27 L considering modest return of 10%.

Therefore your comprehensive corpus now will be 30L + 70.27L = 100.27L corpus, which is your target.

Please utilise part of your EPF corpus/LIC policy maturity proceeds for funding your son's education.

Also please take good healthcare cover for you and your family.

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Question by SESHAN - Sep 16, 2024Hindi

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If i sell my shares of about one lac and purchase shares of other cos for 1 lac + accrued profits, do i have to pay income tax?

Ans: 01. You have not mentioned, whether share you want to sell are covered under LTCG or STCG.
02. If covered under LTCG, , it shall be exempt up to Rs.1.25 lakh, & rest, if any shall be taxed.
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Sir Sat Sri akal I sold some land to purchase a flat four years back in 2020 and payment made then but registered in court in 2022 due to covid and non-completion in time.It is just two and half years after registration and four years after payment.Please intimate whether I can sell it under LTG as being second time sale or when so that I could able to save income tax...... from B.Raj jk

Ans: 01. Your question is not very clear, but what I understand is that your Purchased a Flat/House in 2022.
02. Now, you want to sell it as Long Term Capital Asset (during f/y 2024-25.
03. Kindly ensure that there should be a gap of at least 2 years, between purchase & Sale of Property to be taxed under LTCG. In your case time line is important, so kindly watch the same.
04. Another important point is that if you have availed any exemption u/s 54, in your ITR for f/y 2022-23, then you must keep the property for 3 years, before it is sold. If your don't comply with this, the exemption you availed earlier may not be valid & the same will become taxable.
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