India, Sept. 23 -- Young Indians are increasingly at risk of heart attacks. It used to be a major health concern that was a cause of alarm in midlife or late adulthood, but it is now not sparing the youth in their twenties and thirties. This is further worsened by certain lifestyle habits, which raise the risk of life-threatening cardiac events.

Dr Babu Ezhumalai, senior interventional cardiologist at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, told HT Lifestyle in an interview that irregular eating habits are directly associated with heightened cardiac risk and worse outcomes.

Most shocking, yet not surprisingly, two irregular eating habits are one of the common triggers. As per Dr Ezhumalai, heart diseases show up when indulging in these two problematic...