[It didn’t start with sugar.]It started with fatigue. With blaming Karachi’s heat. With saying, “Thori si thakan toh hoti hai sab ko.”And then — slowly — I began skipping stairs. I’d lose my breath after fajr. I’d forget things mid-sentence. … Continue reading How I Reclaimed My Morning Energy with One Change After 60
The smell of fresh naan still makes me pause.It reminds me of mornings in my childhood — the warmth of a tandoor, the first bite of aloo bhujia, and my father reading the newspaper out loud. Back then, diabetes was … Continue reading What Diabetes Taught Me at 60 That Doctors Never Said at 40
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has delivered groundbreaking news that could transform your health. Eating more fruits and vegetables can reduce your risk of heart disease. It can also reduce your risk of diabetes by nearly 10%. … Continue reading How Plant Foods Prevent Heart Disease and Diabetes
The Bottom Line: Pakistan has the world’s highest diabetes prevalence rate at 30.8% among adults, affecting over 33 million people. Despite growing awareness, our healthcare system struggles to keep pace with this epidemic. Cultural dietary habits and genetic predisposition create … Continue reading Pakistan’s Diabetes Crisis: Why South Asian Genetics and Urban Lifestyle Create a Perfect Storm
Metformin is a drug used to lower or reduce blood glucose levels. Metformin is used to treat, among other illnesses, type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Unfortunately, metformin can cause mild to severe side effects, such as lactic acidosis. Certain meals, beverages, and medications can increase the likelihood of metformin adverse effects. Continue reading What To Avoid When Taking Metformin ? : Drug Interactions
Amsterdam, Holland: Exercise has thousands of benefits, but a study shows that evening exercise is more effective in weight loss, and it also helps reduce blood sugar. That is, afternoon and evening exercise has a quarter more benefit in terms of losing weight and reducing blood glucose than exercise in the morning. In this way, the risk of type 2 diabetes can also be avoided and people have a lot of ease in controlling weight. Scientists at Lyden University Medical Center in the Netherlands examined 7,000 people between the ages of 45 and 65. Most people had an MMI (body … Continue reading Evening exercise can play an important role in weight loss
Most doctors fail to warn diabetics that their blood sugar level could drop and be dangerous. While we frequently discuss the alarming increase in high blood sugar , low blood sugar appears to be a neglected issue. High blood sugar levels are frequently discussed because, according to what we’ve been told, they can lead to complications like kidney damage, nerve damage, eye damage, cardiac disease, stroke, neuropathy, and retinopathy. But the majority of us are unaware of how serious a hyperglycemia can be. Low sugar levels have the potential to be catastrophic. We don’t discuss it because the majority of … Continue reading Most doctors fail to warn diabetics that their blood sugar level could drop and be dangerous:
