Dr Shailesh Singh
@heartdocshailesh.bsky.social
Interventional Cardiologist | Medical Education | Science Communication | #cardioEd | Heart Health Awareness | Public Health Education | Patient Education | Let's beat Heart Disease
Every uncle with a belly says the same thing:
"I was fit in my 20s."
Cool story. You're 45 now. Your past fitness expired 20 years ago.
Your body doesn't have a nostalgia feature.
"I was fit in my 20s."
Cool story. You're 45 now. Your past fitness expired 20 years ago.
Your body doesn't have a nostalgia feature.
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every uncle with a belly says the same thing:
"I was fit in my 20s."
Cool story. You're 45 now. Your past fitness expired 20 years ago.
Your body doesn't have a nostalgia feature.
"I was fit in my 20s."
Cool story. You're 45 now. Your past fitness expired 20 years ago.
Your body doesn't have a nostalgia feature.
"Gym is too expensive" says the man with a ₹1.5 lakh phone.
The phone depreciates 50% yearly.
Your health appreciates 100% forever.
You're investing backwards.
The phone depreciates 50% yearly.
Your health appreciates 100% forever.
You're investing backwards.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Gym is too expensive" says the man with a ₹1.5 lakh phone.
The phone depreciates 50% yearly.
Your health appreciates 100% forever.
You're investing backwards.
The phone depreciates 50% yearly.
Your health appreciates 100% forever.
You're investing backwards.
Your 12-year-old nephew challenged you to cricket.
You pulled a muscle throwing the first ball.
He wasn't impressed by your "college days" stories.
Kids don't respect former athletes. They respect current capability.
You pulled a muscle throwing the first ball.
He wasn't impressed by your "college days" stories.
Kids don't respect former athletes. They respect current capability.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Your 12-year-old nephew challenged you to cricket.
You pulled a muscle throwing the first ball.
He wasn't impressed by your "college days" stories.
Kids don't respect former athletes. They respect current capability.
You pulled a muscle throwing the first ball.
He wasn't impressed by your "college days" stories.
Kids don't respect former athletes. They respect current capability.
Men who meal prep on Sunday eat healthy all week.
Men who "decide what to eat when hungry" eat garbage all week.
Hunger doesn't make good decisions.
Plan when full. Execute when hungry.
Men who "decide what to eat when hungry" eat garbage all week.
Hunger doesn't make good decisions.
Plan when full. Execute when hungry.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Men who meal prep on Sunday eat healthy all week.
Men who "decide what to eat when hungry" eat garbage all week.
Hunger doesn't make good decisions.
Plan when full. Execute when hungry.
Men who "decide what to eat when hungry" eat garbage all week.
Hunger doesn't make good decisions.
Plan when full. Execute when hungry.
Wait 5 minutes for lift to go up 2 floors.
Get angry when it stops on every floor.
Complain about building maintenance.
Those 2 flights = 40 steps = 1 minute
You're literally waiting longer to avoid exercise.
This is how heart patients think.
Get angry when it stops on every floor.
Complain about building maintenance.
Those 2 flights = 40 steps = 1 minute
You're literally waiting longer to avoid exercise.
This is how heart patients think.
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Wait 5 minutes for lift to go up 2 floors.
Get angry when it stops on every floor.
Complain about building maintenance.
Those 2 flights = 40 steps = 1 minute
You're literally waiting longer to avoid exercise.
This is how heart patients think.
Get angry when it stops on every floor.
Complain about building maintenance.
Those 2 flights = 40 steps = 1 minute
You're literally waiting longer to avoid exercise.
This is how heart patients think.
Every time you say “I’ll start Monday,” you train your brain to believe that your goals don’t matter today.
Consistency is a muscle.
You build it in the ordinary days
Consistency is a muscle.
You build it in the ordinary days
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Every time you say “I’ll start Monday,” you train your brain to believe that your goals don’t matter today.
Consistency is a muscle.
You build it in the ordinary days
Consistency is a muscle.
You build it in the ordinary days
Every wedding season you promise to lose weight.
Every wedding you wear a bigger sherwani.
The photographer now only takes photos from your "good angle."
Spoiler: You don't have one anymore.
Every wedding you wear a bigger sherwani.
The photographer now only takes photos from your "good angle."
Spoiler: You don't have one anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Every wedding season you promise to lose weight.
Every wedding you wear a bigger sherwani.
The photographer now only takes photos from your "good angle."
Spoiler: You don't have one anymore.
Every wedding you wear a bigger sherwani.
The photographer now only takes photos from your "good angle."
Spoiler: You don't have one anymore.
Consulted 5 cardiologists.
All said: "Exercise daily"
Still searching for 6th opinion.
Want someone to say: "Take this pill, avoid walking"
Here's your reality:
That doctor doesn't exist.
That pill doesn't exist.
Move or die slowly.
All said: "Exercise daily"
Still searching for 6th opinion.
Want someone to say: "Take this pill, avoid walking"
Here's your reality:
That doctor doesn't exist.
That pill doesn't exist.
Move or die slowly.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Consulted 5 cardiologists.
All said: "Exercise daily"
Still searching for 6th opinion.
Want someone to say: "Take this pill, avoid walking"
Here's your reality:
That doctor doesn't exist.
That pill doesn't exist.
Move or die slowly.
All said: "Exercise daily"
Still searching for 6th opinion.
Want someone to say: "Take this pill, avoid walking"
Here's your reality:
That doctor doesn't exist.
That pill doesn't exist.
Move or die slowly.
You don’t need more supplements.
You need fewer excuses.
You need fewer excuses.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You don’t need more supplements.
You need fewer excuses.
You need fewer excuses.
People say “I don’t have time to exercise.”
What they mean is “I haven’t made health a priority.”
Because when your body breaks down, time will suddenly appear - in hospitals.
What they mean is “I haven’t made health a priority.”
Because when your body breaks down, time will suddenly appear - in hospitals.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
People say “I don’t have time to exercise.”
What they mean is “I haven’t made health a priority.”
Because when your body breaks down, time will suddenly appear - in hospitals.
What they mean is “I haven’t made health a priority.”
Because when your body breaks down, time will suddenly appear - in hospitals.
Dogwalker - ₹5,000
Car cleaner - ₹1,500
Dhobi - ₹1,000
Cook - ₹8,000
Total: ₹15,500/month to avoid physical work
Bypass surgery: ₹5 lakhs
ICU per day: ₹25,000
Lost income: ₹10 lakhs
Still think physical work is beneath you?
Car cleaner - ₹1,500
Dhobi - ₹1,000
Cook - ₹8,000
Total: ₹15,500/month to avoid physical work
Bypass surgery: ₹5 lakhs
ICU per day: ₹25,000
Lost income: ₹10 lakhs
Still think physical work is beneath you?
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Dogwalker - ₹5,000
Car cleaner - ₹1,500
Dhobi - ₹1,000
Cook - ₹8,000
Total: ₹15,500/month to avoid physical work
Bypass surgery: ₹5 lakhs
ICU per day: ₹25,000
Lost income: ₹10 lakhs
Still think physical work is beneath you?
Car cleaner - ₹1,500
Dhobi - ₹1,000
Cook - ₹8,000
Total: ₹15,500/month to avoid physical work
Bypass surgery: ₹5 lakhs
ICU per day: ₹25,000
Lost income: ₹10 lakhs
Still think physical work is beneath you?
Every excuse you make, your son is memorizing.
"Too tired." "Bad knees." "No time." "Tomorrow."
In 20 years, he'll say the same words to his kids. You're not just failing yourself. You're programming generational mediocrity.
"Too tired." "Bad knees." "No time." "Tomorrow."
In 20 years, he'll say the same words to his kids. You're not just failing yourself. You're programming generational mediocrity.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every excuse you make, your son is memorizing.
"Too tired." "Bad knees." "No time." "Tomorrow."
In 20 years, he'll say the same words to his kids. You're not just failing yourself. You're programming generational mediocrity.
"Too tired." "Bad knees." "No time." "Tomorrow."
In 20 years, he'll say the same words to his kids. You're not just failing yourself. You're programming generational mediocrity.
Modern life is perfectly designed to give you:
– hypertension by 40
– diabetes by 50
– a heart attack by 60
And all it asks in return is your convenience
– hypertension by 40
– diabetes by 50
– a heart attack by 60
And all it asks in return is your convenience
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Modern life is perfectly designed to give you:
– hypertension by 40
– diabetes by 50
– a heart attack by 60
And all it asks in return is your convenience
– hypertension by 40
– diabetes by 50
– a heart attack by 60
And all it asks in return is your convenience
AC in car. AC in office. AC at home.
10 steps to car.
20 steps to lift.
0 steps to health.
You're living in climate-controlled coffin preparation.
Fittest 60-year-old patient i see.
6 kms brisk walk daily. No AC.
10 steps to car.
20 steps to lift.
0 steps to health.
You're living in climate-controlled coffin preparation.
Fittest 60-year-old patient i see.
6 kms brisk walk daily. No AC.
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
AC in car. AC in office. AC at home.
10 steps to car.
20 steps to lift.
0 steps to health.
You're living in climate-controlled coffin preparation.
Fittest 60-year-old patient i see.
6 kms brisk walk daily. No AC.
10 steps to car.
20 steps to lift.
0 steps to health.
You're living in climate-controlled coffin preparation.
Fittest 60-year-old patient i see.
6 kms brisk walk daily. No AC.
The office boy who brings your tea walks 15,000 steps daily.
You walk 1,500.
He earns 1/10th your salary but will outlive you by 10 years.
Money doesn't buy health. Movement does.
You walk 1,500.
He earns 1/10th your salary but will outlive you by 10 years.
Money doesn't buy health. Movement does.
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The office boy who brings your tea walks 15,000 steps daily.
You walk 1,500.
He earns 1/10th your salary but will outlive you by 10 years.
Money doesn't buy health. Movement does.
You walk 1,500.
He earns 1/10th your salary but will outlive you by 10 years.
Money doesn't buy health. Movement does.
The hardest patients to help aren’t the sick ones.
It’s the “I’m fine” ones.
The ones who haven’t realized that feeling fine and being healthy aren’t the same thing.
It’s the “I’m fine” ones.
The ones who haven’t realized that feeling fine and being healthy aren’t the same thing.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The hardest patients to help aren’t the sick ones.
It’s the “I’m fine” ones.
The ones who haven’t realized that feeling fine and being healthy aren’t the same thing.
It’s the “I’m fine” ones.
The ones who haven’t realized that feeling fine and being healthy aren’t the same thing.
"I eat only home food, doctor"
Poori for breakfast
1 kg rice + ghee for lunch
Fried snacks with chai
Heavy dinner at 10 PM
Just because it's made at home doesn't mean it's healthy.
Your mother's love won't keep your arteries clean.
Poori for breakfast
1 kg rice + ghee for lunch
Fried snacks with chai
Heavy dinner at 10 PM
Just because it's made at home doesn't mean it's healthy.
Your mother's love won't keep your arteries clean.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"I eat only home food, doctor"
Poori for breakfast
1 kg rice + ghee for lunch
Fried snacks with chai
Heavy dinner at 10 PM
Just because it's made at home doesn't mean it's healthy.
Your mother's love won't keep your arteries clean.
Poori for breakfast
1 kg rice + ghee for lunch
Fried snacks with chai
Heavy dinner at 10 PM
Just because it's made at home doesn't mean it's healthy.
Your mother's love won't keep your arteries clean.
Your father walked to work, carried groceries, fixed things by hand.
You book cabs for 500 meters, order 1kg rice online, call electricians to change bulbs.
Technology didn't make life easier. It made you weaker.
You book cabs for 500 meters, order 1kg rice online, call electricians to change bulbs.
Technology didn't make life easier. It made you weaker.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Your father walked to work, carried groceries, fixed things by hand.
You book cabs for 500 meters, order 1kg rice online, call electricians to change bulbs.
Technology didn't make life easier. It made you weaker.
You book cabs for 500 meters, order 1kg rice online, call electricians to change bulbs.
Technology didn't make life easier. It made you weaker.
People fear cancer more than heart disease.
But heart disease kills 18 million people every year.
It’s not dramatic. It’s quiet.
And that’s what makes it dangerous.
But heart disease kills 18 million people every year.
It’s not dramatic. It’s quiet.
And that’s what makes it dangerous.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
People fear cancer more than heart disease.
But heart disease kills 18 million people every year.
It’s not dramatic. It’s quiet.
And that’s what makes it dangerous.
But heart disease kills 18 million people every year.
It’s not dramatic. It’s quiet.
And that’s what makes it dangerous.
You'll stand in queue for 1 hour for biryani.
But won't walk for 20 minutes for your heart.
You'll travel 50 km for famous dosa.
But won't cook dal-rice at home.
Your priorities are backwards. Your arteries are paying attention.
But won't walk for 20 minutes for your heart.
You'll travel 50 km for famous dosa.
But won't cook dal-rice at home.
Your priorities are backwards. Your arteries are paying attention.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
You'll stand in queue for 1 hour for biryani.
But won't walk for 20 minutes for your heart.
You'll travel 50 km for famous dosa.
But won't cook dal-rice at home.
Your priorities are backwards. Your arteries are paying attention.
But won't walk for 20 minutes for your heart.
You'll travel 50 km for famous dosa.
But won't cook dal-rice at home.
Your priorities are backwards. Your arteries are paying attention.
The biggest lie in health: “I’ll start when life slows down.”
Life doesn’t slow down.
You either build routines that protect you from chaos -
or chaos becomes your lifestyle.
Life doesn’t slow down.
You either build routines that protect you from chaos -
or chaos becomes your lifestyle.
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The biggest lie in health: “I’ll start when life slows down.”
Life doesn’t slow down.
You either build routines that protect you from chaos -
or chaos becomes your lifestyle.
Life doesn’t slow down.
You either build routines that protect you from chaos -
or chaos becomes your lifestyle.
"Beta, focus on studies, not sports"
"Beta, sit inside, too much sun"
"Beta, take rickshaw, why walk?"
20 years later:
"Beta, why diabetes at 35?"
You programmed their disease.
With love.
With protection.
With stupidity.
"Beta, sit inside, too much sun"
"Beta, take rickshaw, why walk?"
20 years later:
"Beta, why diabetes at 35?"
You programmed their disease.
With love.
With protection.
With stupidity.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"Beta, focus on studies, not sports"
"Beta, sit inside, too much sun"
"Beta, take rickshaw, why walk?"
20 years later:
"Beta, why diabetes at 35?"
You programmed their disease.
With love.
With protection.
With stupidity.
"Beta, sit inside, too much sun"
"Beta, take rickshaw, why walk?"
20 years later:
"Beta, why diabetes at 35?"
You programmed their disease.
With love.
With protection.
With stupidity.
We live in a world where people track their steps, calories, and macros…
…but not their blood pressure.
You can’t optimize what you’re not even monitoring.
Data saves lives - but only if you look at it.
…but not their blood pressure.
You can’t optimize what you’re not even monitoring.
Data saves lives - but only if you look at it.
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We live in a world where people track their steps, calories, and macros…
…but not their blood pressure.
You can’t optimize what you’re not even monitoring.
Data saves lives - but only if you look at it.
…but not their blood pressure.
You can’t optimize what you’re not even monitoring.
Data saves lives - but only if you look at it.
"Homemade food is boring."
Your grandmother made three meals daily, raised four kids, lived to 90.
You order butter chicken twice a week, no kids, pre-diabetic at 42.
The boring food wasn't boring. It was keeping people alive.
Your grandmother made three meals daily, raised four kids, lived to 90.
You order butter chicken twice a week, no kids, pre-diabetic at 42.
The boring food wasn't boring. It was keeping people alive.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Homemade food is boring."
Your grandmother made three meals daily, raised four kids, lived to 90.
You order butter chicken twice a week, no kids, pre-diabetic at 42.
The boring food wasn't boring. It was keeping people alive.
Your grandmother made three meals daily, raised four kids, lived to 90.
You order butter chicken twice a week, no kids, pre-diabetic at 42.
The boring food wasn't boring. It was keeping people alive.
The first symptom of a heart attack in many people is death.
No warning. No pain. No second chance.
That’s why “I feel fine” isn’t a health plan.
Prevention is boring - until it’s too late.
No warning. No pain. No second chance.
That’s why “I feel fine” isn’t a health plan.
Prevention is boring - until it’s too late.
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The first symptom of a heart attack in many people is death.
No warning. No pain. No second chance.
That’s why “I feel fine” isn’t a health plan.
Prevention is boring - until it’s too late.
No warning. No pain. No second chance.
That’s why “I feel fine” isn’t a health plan.
Prevention is boring - until it’s too late.