Published: 06/08/2023, 2:07 AM IST
There is no single medicine that can cure diabetes. However, The lifestyle changes can make you free from Diabetes
1. Eat only 2 times a day. Only water otherwise. No tea (except green tea), coffee, soft drinks, biscuits or chocolates, etc.
2. Stop eating sweets, pizza, pasta, bread, biscuits, fruit juices, junk food, etc.
3. Reduce intake of grain such as wheat, rice, jowar(millets), etc.
add almond, walnut, groundnut, flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, watermelon seeds,eggs,chicken and fish to your diet. They provide good nutrition without adding carbs to your diet.
4. Eat plenty of salad and vegetables grown above ground including leafy green. This could be as much as 500–600 gms a day when measured raw. But no potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, sago, etc.
5. Take only moderate quantity of fruit (less than 250 gm a day). Avoid mango, cheeku (sapota),custard apple.
6. Do exercise: Walk everyday 6500 steps (5 km) in less than one hour. However, this is not essential for those who cannot do extensive walking. Do as much as you can.
Recomend: at least 30 min aerobic exercise everyday.
7. If you are taking medicines, check HbA1c every month and ask your doctor to reduce medicines everytime it falls under 6%. Otherwise you will suffer from excess medicines i.e. hypoglycemia.
Read more about- HBA1C
