Decoding “Healthy Sweets/ Mithai” The term healthy sweets, or Mithai, itself is a paradox. A sweet is a sweet and will generate the same amount of calories ,no matter what […]
“Diabetes And The Eye”- 5 ways Diabetes affects your eyes
“Diabetes And The Eye”- 5 ways Diabetes affects your eyes and your vision Have you ever wondered why your diabetologist asks you to get your eyes checked? That’s because diabetes can affect […]
Women and Diabetes
Women and Diabetes Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. They have different roles to play. Man the “protector” and woman the “child bearer”. Since their biology is […]
Nutrition Food Labels: How to read them?
Nutrition starts when you buy food items and what we look at primarily is the labels on these items.When we buy food items from the market or mall, we see […]
Maintaining Hygiene “Down Under”: Genital Hygiene in Diabetes
Patients of Type I and Type 2 Diabetes are at a higher risk of developing infections. Some infections are exclusively found in diabetics while some others may be found to […]
Hypoglycemia OOps !! Sugars Too Low
What to do when the sugars go down Hypoglycemia -needs action on the fast track Just last week, Mrs. Jyoti who is on insulin therapy for long-standing type -2 diabetes […]
Bone Loss, Menopause And Diabetes
In women, menopause is the time when the female hormones namely Estrogen and progesterone decreases sharply secondary to the aging of the ovaries. This sudden fall in sex hormones causes […]
Snoring: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Normal sleep consists of 4 phases: Falling asleep – Very deep sleep – REM (rapid eye movements) – Awakening or Arousal. 4-6 cycles of these phases every night give sound […]
Types of Diabetes
In the past we understood only two types of Diabetes – Insulin Dependent also earlier named as Juvenile Diabetes in Young and Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes in older people. With the […]