nagpur dr pravin togadia the vishwa hindu parishad vhp leader who is also a cancer surgeon has warned that modern lifestyle has become greatest bane for india as nearly onethird or 40 crore people suffer from lifestylerelated diseases like hypertension diabetes and depression the vhp leader better known for his vitriolic speeches and vicious campaign for ayodhya temple is apparently back to his old profession of health care for the last three years i am concentrating on medical research on issues like deaddiction and affordable treatments for lifestyle diseases through my india healthline mission togadia told reporters here on saturday he also plans to open a wellness centre on the 10 acres donated by city real estate tycoon praful ghadge at sonegaon in butibori this should be operational in a year for residential solutions to healthy life he added togadia is in the city to attend the statelevel twoday meeting of the vhp that started on saturday at reshimbagh togadia though from gujarat is a rabid critic of narendra modi apparently he has been put on leash by the rss these days he refused to utter a word against modi and his government right now peoples health is my priority and i am working in that field to create awareness through a huge network of health ambassadors and over 3000 doctors who have joined india healthline to give voluntary services he said he claimed as per who and london school of economics reports on india 40 crore indians suffer from lifestyle diseases and are already spending 236 billion rs14 lakh cr on medical treatment if remedial steps are not taken urgently the number of patients may double in next 20 years and the spending may touch rs120 lakh crore this will lead to collapse of indian economy and not enough doctors hospitals nurses will be available to handle such a crisis he said india healthline offers free medical advice to poor and needy through a helpline 09167016183 and 1860233666 a network of lakhs of ambassadors would be trained to carry out tests and given instruments to check blood pressure and sugar levels so that people get timely help togadia said 80 of indians cannot afford or do not bother to have a medical checkup besides deaddiction drops he also claimed to have developed and marketed glucometers and cheap blood sugar measuring strips at rs8 a piece to replace imported ones costing rs26 the india healthline has a 6ds mantra for good health 1 decide that you want to live healthy and diseasefree 2 diet only 5 gm salt is needed per day by a body but indian consume 6 to 12 gm so cut on salt intake drastically 3 destress avoid stress 4 detoxify through daily exercise 5 deaddiction from tobacco alcohol which are main causes of cancer 6 do it now all the five above