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Five weeks ago, Hitarth Simaria, a fifth-year medical student at Government Medical College, Akola (Maharashtra) and a fitness enthusiast, posted a reel on ‘Stop mistreating your body’ which went viral.
On his own Instagram page, it received 5 million views and on other handles it received several million views. Her viral clip on the theme “Your body is your greatest asset” has created awareness about eating habits and habits, highlighting the rise of lifestyle diseases including obesity, diabetes and heart conditions across all age groups.
In his first interview, he told HT City, “I have been flooded with DMs from people asking for help on fitness – listing their obesity and undernutrition problems. Since I am still a student, I am not qualified to give medical advice, but on the path to fitness, from my knowledge, studies and research, I am trying to contribute. We should be grateful if we are not suffering from any major chronic disease and stop treating our bodies like garbage. Should be given.”
He candidly admits that three years ago, at 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 53 kg, he was underweight and undernourished as per the World Health Organization’s Body Mass Index (BMI) guidelines, from where he started his fitness journey and gradually started content creation earlier this year.
Hitartha explains, “People are sharing my posts on their stories and walls and congratulating me for my effort. Writer-lifestyle guru Luke Coutinho, fitness entrepreneur, fitness trainer Vanshika Khurana, senior doctors and many other experts shared my posts and blessed me. This gives me direction to create good content and help people on their path to fitness.”
He explains, “We are a carb-eating country, where we hardly have awareness about protein, maintenance calories and muscle mass. Even in MBBS, we are not taught about it in depth. So, instead of going to the doctor for treatment after getting hit by diseases, we can avoid major diseases by keeping ourselves fit.”
Recently he came with another video on doctor’s fees. “Look, if you want consultation from a specialist then professional fees have to be paid, and that’s fine. That’s an option; one can go to a government hospital and get free consultation. I personally feel people self-medicate too much, which is wrong. Take the case of fever: We should first let our immunity fight it, and then go to the doctor and take medicine only after consultation,” he says.
After MBBS, Hitarth wants to pursue MS or MD and continue spreading awareness. “I am now taking it to YouTube to create a monetized model so that I can practice medicine with honesty and also earn through digital medium,” he said in a signed note.
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