Dr.Deepak Dalal's Diabetes Care

From Cleaning Up to Celebrations Can our “Festival of Lights” be equated as the almost the Indian version of The Thanks Giving week celebrated in USA or the Chinese New Year, where there is almost a week of holidays. Diwali, Deepavali, or call it by any other name this is a festival that no Indian would miss – be it in any part of the world, heralding Celebrations in style.   It is the only festival where Cleaning (Safaai) culminates into Celebration. Time to celebrate with your Family and Friends! Cherish the new dress, soak in to the festivities, visit friends and relatives. Festival of Lights is almost like a New Year. Is it another Festival, where you would lose count of the myriad of the mithai and namkeen (`sweets & savories’); the delicacies, the traditional lunches, dinners, and the digestives that you will consume.    Kaju Katlis, Jalebis, Laddu, Shankarpala, chakli, Chiwda, Farsan, Burfis, kheer, etc., etc., are the typi...

3 Steps to Win a Losing Battle! Winning a Losing battle! Who wants to lose? We are talking about your body weight! Millions of people are overweight and trying to lose weight and win that battle.  So what does one do? Look through the newspapers, net, sms, whatsapp, or stare at a hoarding or a poster that promises inch loss and weight loss guaranteed, but at a fee!  Knowing that it is not real, yet one is tempted to try it.   How wonderful would it be if someone could wave a magic wand over your head and make those extra kilos disappear? But that is not possible. With a complicated food world, we are surrounded by tasty, affordable food choices, and constantly reminded of food by the media. The combination of too much great-tasting food and too little activity—can make sustained weight loss a challenge. Losing weight takes time and effort.  Being overweight or obese significantly serves as a gateway to many disease...

Dusshera – A New Beginning Happy Dussehra, Vijayadashami, Happy Ayuda Puja.  Time to Celebrate with some sweets and savoury! Time to indulge, but it is also time to introspect.. on various matters concerning LIFE!  Some look at their business, work, finances, other domestic matters, and so on. Today marks the triumph of good over evil. Popular celebrations include: Lord Rama killing Dashanan Ravana, and also victory of Durga  over the demon  Mahishasura . The goddess fought with evil for ten days and nine nights. "Vijayadashami" is derived from the Sanskrit  vijaya-dashami  (victory on the  dashami :  While you want to succeed in your life, and wish all the challenges get conquered, remember, your life is largely in your hands because you can decide how you live and what your priorities in living are. This is the mantra for success.  Our mantra goes one step further in desiring holistic success for y...