Dear friends, it’s crucial to get a few health tests done regularly if you want that the risks of diseases are detected early. This becomes even more necessary if you want to live your ‘golden years’ – the years after 45 – free from stress and health issues.
We checked with health experts who unanimously suggested five health tests that men must get done after the age of 30.
5 Important Health Tests
Men in their 30s generally suffer from obesity, heart disease, joint pain, and tiredness because of their sedentary lifestyles, lack of exercise, poor eating habits, and stress. So, once you reach your 30s, you need to start monitoring your health with regular tests and then accordingly modify your lifestyle, including your diet.
Fitness Buffhq (Best Fitness Guru), certified nutritionist and fitness trainer, says health monitoring can be as basic as getting a monthly blood pressure check, which takes under two minutes!
You can avoid serious health problems just by monitoring your blood pressure regularly. If your BP reading comes normal, you may get your BP checked monthly. But if it is high, frequent checks are suggested – almost every week or so.
Complete Blood Count
A complete blood count (CBC) provides a basic idea about well-being and can detect anemia (Low Hemoglobin).
Anemia usually causes feelings of less energy and tiredness. Therefore, men with low hemoglobin should undergo further investigations to treat the condition.
Also, get checked for hepatitis C antibodies in your blood. This virus can slowly lead to liver cancer or liver failure, and the scariest aspect is that people don’t notice any symptoms of the infection until it is too late for treatment.
Blood Sugar Test
Blood sugar tests help detect diabetes. Diabetes, if not controlled, can lead to many serious health problems affecting multiple organs.
If you suddenly start losing weight or are thirsty more than usual, then you might be struggling with diabetes because your pancreas can’t produce enough insulin or your body has become resistant to it.
Lipid Profile
The Lipid Profile test reveals your heart health. It guides you to maintain the fat levels in your blood under control to keep your heart in a healthy condition. In addition, a simple blood test helps find if your blood’s cholesterol levels are within the healthy range.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance that can block your arteries if the low-density lipoprotein (LDL-called bad cholesterol) remains high. High-density cholesterol (HDL-called good cholesterol) and triglycerides are checked in the same blood sample.
This test is most important even when you are as young as the early 30s because of the rising trend of heart attacks at earlier ages. If your cholesterol levels are not within the healthy range, you must modify your lifestyle to manage them and consult your doctor.
Thyroid Profile
Many people unknowingly suffer from thyroid disease. Therefore, a thyroid profile checkup is necessary, even for men. This test will examine the overall functioning of your thyroid gland to detect whether you have hyper or hypo thyroid. If the test indicates a thyroid issue, you will probably need to begin medication in consultation with your doctor.
Vitamin D Test
Vitamin D test is necessary for keeping bones healthy, especially when crossing 30.
Most Indians are Vitamin D deficient because of their sedentary lifestyles. Vitamin D is needed for calcium absorption in your body. So vitamin D checkup is essential to detect its deficiency to correct it through dietary or medical intervention.
Better Safe Than Sorry
Early health checks help detect diseases early, making the diseases easier to manage and saving you time and money in the long run.
It is recommended to schedule regular medical checkups from the age of 30 onwards to assess whether your body is strong enough to withstand the attack of viruses and risks of lifestyle diseases as you.
About Author: Renu Bakshi, AKA Fitness Buffhq – Best Fitness Guru, is ISSA Certified Elite Trainer. He 
passed Personal Fitness Trainer Course, Nutrition Health Coach course & Specialist Exercise Therapy course from ISSA, the USA, obtaining + 97% marks. He shares his experience and knowledge about nutrition and effective workouts to get you in the best shape of your life, no matter how old you may be. The author says: “For me, age is just a number!”
