Native nutrition to the aid of diabetics
14 th November marks the observance of Diabetes Day. Diabetes has assumed epidemic proportions especially in the rice belt of the tropics with India accounting for one in three people being diabetic. Diabetes Miletus is an endocrine disorder caused by inadequate insulin production in the body. Primary causes for the disorder are sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy food consumption. Junk food, street food including unhygienically prepared fatty and oily foods refined flours, sugars, utterly devoid of vitamins, nutrition and essential minerals contribute to exacerbating the increasing rate of Diabetes in South Asia. “About 80 % of type 2 diabetes is preventable by changing diet, increasing physical activity” says Dr. H.B. Shivaleela Registered Dietician in Bangalore who retired as Food and Nutritionist from University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to serious complications like obesity, hypertension, cholesterol, chronic