Title: Diet nutrition and prevention of type 2 diabetes

Biography:

Vidushi Agrawal has completed DHMS, HMD and MSc DFSM from IGNOU, India. She is a registered homeopath, dietician & nutritionist by qualification. She is actively and dedicatedly practicing dietetics & nutrition only, since 2008. After years of practice of homeopathy, she realized there was a maintaining cause always which would slow down or create an obstacle in the healing process. Hence, through observation and clinical trials, she came up to a strong belief that the maintaining cause was none other than lifestyle & food. After that there was no looking back and today, she is practicing the concept of “alkaline diet” for her patients, which have given 100% results with those patients who follow it as per her instructions. 

Abstract

Globally Type 2 diabetes is considered as the most common disease, India being the Diabetes capital of the world with 49% of diabetics being in India. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and its precursor, insulin resistance are considered to be metabolic states characterized by impaired regulation in the delivery, transport, and or storage of energy. However, is that The Real Truth? We will try and understand at the end of the presentation Nutritional Recommendations – long recognized as an important aspect of diabetes mellitus treatment – has been an area of persistent controversy, particularly regarding the proportions and types of nutrients to be consumed. Nutritional Recommendations have changed Drastically for Diabetic Patients especially over the past 10 years or a little more. The objective of Dietary Recommendation is primarily: (1)First most important being to understand are the changes brought about by the genetic modification in plants & their effect on Diabetes as a disease (2)Their relationship to Old and Current Lifestyle (3)Remove Misconception regarding various foods & bring out actual facts  (4) Dietary recommendations to be flexible, , less time consumable in their preparation, easily available, less expensive & more nutritionally rich (5) Nutritional interventions should concentrate on reducing known risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, maintaining glycemic control without endangering the quality of life, health and safety of the patient. The mail objective of this presentation is to review, examine and understand various studies to explore relationship of Type 2 Diabetes with different dietary habits / patterns / and practices. Stakeholders should encourage patients to understand the importance of diet which forms 70% for the efficient control of the disease and also Physical Activity which occupies 30% of the place. This would help in Disease Management, Appropriate Self Care, and Better Quality of Life.