Do you think exercise is not for people with diabetes?? The answer is NO. The American College of Sports Medicine and American Diabetes Association recommend that patients with type 2 diabetes participate in at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise weekly. It also recommends no more than 2 consecutive days without physical activity! Studies have […]
Let’s start with a quiz. All of us know that cola is very high in sugar. It has 27 teaspoons of sugar in every litre. And for the last 20 years, we have been told that cornflakes are a super healthy breakfast item. So, let’s play a simple quiz: Which food amongst cola and cornflakes […]
Our philosophy is “What you focus on expands”. Hence, we focus on health. If we focus on creating health, rather than just treating disease, the disease often takes care of itself. Disease reversal is a side effect of getting healthy. We, at Possible (earlier Truweight) have worked for years to develop the right nutrition advice […]
Diet is a funny topic. It’s surprising to see no two dietitians ever agree on what you should eat. Diet is like a religion. Every religion is trying to convince you to convert to his or her religion. And follow the religion to the T. And completely change your life. But what dieticians don’t realise […]
“The longer your waistline, the shorter your lifeline”. A study published in Diabetes Care noted that when diabetic individuals lost around 9-13 kgs, they witnessed a significant increase in their life-span, with an average of 25% reduced mortality. This number is big. About 80-85% of people with Type 2 diabetes are overweight. Research shows that […]
“Medicine might be winning the battle of glucose control, but is losing the war against diabetes.”: says Lancet medical journal, the most reputed medical journal in the world. It calls diabetes a “public health humiliation”, as diabetes has reached such epidemic proportions, despite the fact that it’s a preventable disease. Only Right nutrition can attack […]
What does reversal mean? Diabetes.co.uk defines “Reversing diabetes is a term that usually refers to a significant long-term improvement in insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes.” It’s a very controversial question. But now, even the World Health Organisation (WHO) is talking about it. Their global report on diabetes treatment has a section on […]
How much sugar do you think is present in human blood? The Answer is that human blood has only 5 gms of sugar. That’s just 1 teaspoon. To put some numbers in perspective, a mango has 44 grams of sugar, an apple around 20 gms. Even the healthy rotis have around 30 gms of carb […]
Our immune system is a shield that is at work round the clock, fighting the germs, viruses, and all other detrimental foreign substances that enter our body one way or the other. These foreign substances that are harmful to our health are called antigens. Our immune system makes antibodies (aka immunoglobulins) to fight or keep […]
Medically reviewed by Dr. Shunmukha Priya, Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition Diabetes is a disease caused when your blood sugar level is too high. But is it the only problem that comes with diabetes? If you are saying yes, then you should definitely read further into this; because diabetes has much more effects on the human […]
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