India has around 75 million people with diabetes. When caused by lifestyle factors, it is termed as type 2 diabetes. When diabetes is caused due to autoimmune disorder and occurs at a very young age, it is termed as type 1 diabetes. Treatments and medications are almo [...]
Every year there is a new superfood. It’s like the fashion trends. One year, the media is gung-ho about avocados and its benefits, and the next it’s all about pistachios. Before you start thinking of a conspiracy hatched by the food industry, let [...]
It’s an art making jowar rotis. Many homemakers envy those who make jowar roti with ease as jowar flour just doesn’t cooperate with the rolling pin. You have to hand-press in order to flatten the dough. Moreover, you have to add hot water in jowar flour to [...]
There are really two types of people in this world – those who like fruits and vegetables and those who despise them. Right from childhood, it becomes very difficult to make children eat certain fruits and vegetables. The more one tends to force [...]
Shopping for groceries, the modern day hunter need not stalk the prey. He or she has to wade through supermarket aisles, resist temptation, and just stick to purchasing what’s needed. There’s the processed food section, the snack section, and the health-co [...]
Bajra is by far one of the oldest millets in use in India. It has been part of our diet along with wheat and rice for ages. Known as bajri, bajro, kambu and sajjalu or pearl millet, bajra is generally cooked as porridge or bhakri. Other variants like bajra dosa and ba [...]
This is no surprise that honey is sweeter than granulated sugar. And people with diabetes are told that they should avoid eating any sugary sweets or desserts. However, the truth is not the amount of sugar you eat that matters the most, but your total carboh [...]
The most worrisome thing aside from medicines & insulin for a person with diabetes is to choose a controlled diet. But just because you have diabetes, it doesn’t mean you have to be deprived of your favorite bread and pasta. After [...]
Come summer and the fruit market would be buzzing with this juicy delight all over. And not to forget that mango is known as the king of fruits. But, wait! Does it spring the same happiness at the sight of these mangoes for those affected [...]
Can People with Diabetes take energy drinks? Do energy drinks increase the symptoms of diabetes in healthy people? Do th [...]
