Many Indians buy ‘sugar free’ health drinks in the hope that they will be able to regulate their blood glucose and gain essential nutrients and energy. But does it happen?
Lab report on WhatsApp suggested the nutraceutical — food or part of food with medical benefits — that helps control diabetes had metformin. Nutraceuticals shouldn't contain allopathic drugs.
Small trial conducted on 12 people, who were put through a weight loss programme, indicates that diabetes is not caused by obesity but by being too heavy for one's own body.
Diabetes & hypertension more prevalent among people aged 50+ while neurological disorders more prevalent in age group of 35 and below, survey by Thought Arbitrage Research Institute shows.
A study found that the prevalence rate of diabetes in rural and urban India has increased about six times from 1972 to 2017. Targeting changes in lifestyle is the need of the hour.
The study says apolipoprotein B, a protein involved in the metabolism of lipids, contributes to formation of fatty acid deposits on arteries which may result in heart disease.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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