Awareness on World Diabetes Day..........

I am proud to share with you today an email written to me by one of my dear students and a practising dietitian. I did not feel the need to even edit one word from what she has written to me . She ,in turn, has shared her own experience in the following letter and this again confirms the fact that even though we Indians are predisposed to Diabetes and with our current lifestyle will end up as the largest population with the threat of Diabetes and Heart diseases at epidemic levels, We may have been already practising the solutions traditionally........................so, today on the World Diabetes Day, I will like to tell all you friends, that, ................. Be aware of what our tradition and culture as offered us .................and make your own healthy decisions !!!!!

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Hello mam........

I wanted to tell u one experiance which is worth sharing.....last sunday there was a seminar by BEST OF ADA ( American Diabetic Association) in Le Meridian for all diabetologists in maharashtra........me n sonal managed to go there n it was one of the best seminars we had attended... Many famous doctors talked about handling diabetic patients n thn the most awaited lecture was that by Dr. Julie Miller Jones. She is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed nutrition with PhD in Food Science and nutrition from University of Minnesota.

She gave a excellent lecture on glycemic index......whole grains,cereals etc. Her last slide made us proud................. it said-' DIET should be the mainstay of all diabetic management.. but what diet.... TRADITIONAL INDIAN DIETS WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATION'

She said indians know the best how to combine cereals and pulses in exact proportions.........it was amazing to hear from this nutrition expert that indians are the only people who know how to decrease the glycemic load of rice by adding lots of pulses..........she said she has travelled to lot of places promoting this last slide........so its just a reminder that our kind of diet is followed by many people around the world.........so we should be proud of it and stick by it and not try being westernised or being influenced..........

If possible would you share this with our bloggers..........Tomorrow, that is 14th november is world diabetes day and so i thought this day is the best to pass this message to all that our Indian diet and eating pattern is the best!!!!

Regards,

Preeti

I would just like to add in the end that it is always better to know the fact that " Prevention is Better than Cure"................... Eat healthy, Stay Healthy and keep the known enemies at bay!!!