Synopsis
A Delhi cardiologist is challenging urban Indians’ comfort-driven lifestyles, highlighting how convenience trumps health. Dr. Shailesh Singh criticizes prioritizing amenities over basic activity, the myth of expensive healthy food, and digital procrastination. He urges simple, actionable steps like keeping walking shoes visible and using fitness apps to combat sedentary habits before it’s too late.
Dr Shailesh Singh began by comparing how people choose their homes versus how they choose their health. (Istock- Representative images) Many people think they’re living comfortably, but a Delhi cardiologist believes that comfort is quietly working against them. Dr Shailesh Singh took to X with a series of sharp posts that called out the everyday habits people ignore until it’s too late. His message wasn’t wrapped in soft advice. It was direct, uncomfortable, and designed to jolt readers into action. And it targeted the very lifestyle choices that most urban Indians consider normal.
Dr Shailesh Singh began by comparing how people choose their homes versus how they choose their health. He pointed out how buyers obsess over views, parking and lifts while buying a 2BHK flat, while ignoring basics like walking, taking the stairs or standing more. He described this obsession with convenience as turning a home into a 2BHK coffin, warning that the flat will outlive its owner by decades if their lifestyle continues unchanged.
He didn’t stop there. In another post, he took aim at the common belief that healthy food is expensive. He listed everyday prices — dal for 100 rupees a kilo, veget
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