Dr.Deepak Dalal's Diabetes Care

Fight FAT, FLAB, FATIGUE to stay FIT! November is the month when one hears a lot about diabetes, health care and so on, as November 14 being observed as International Day of Diabetes.  The challenge is higher with increasing age, being overweight, having high blood fat, or blood pressure, poor eating habits, sedentary life style with no exercise, mental tension, tobacco and/or alcohol consumption, gangrene of feet and so on.    Rather than get into treatment, we advise that prevention is better than cure, so it is important to become aware of a few numbers to find out the risk of `having or not having’ diabetes.  Some indicators may tell you, that you may be headed for it, and it is time to take corrective action immediately.    We look at a simple Non Invasive Test to quickly check whether you have the risk of having diabetes.  The first one being family history, which makes the risk for you of about 40 -50%, if the parent has had it, or any brot

World Diabetes Day & Children’s Day Yes, You Can! When one thinks of November 14 the first thought that comes to our mind is about Children’s Day and Chacha Nehru. The other important event is of great significance to India, for we are considered the world capital for that… the day is also observed as World Diabetes Day. Diabetes will be the world’s seventh largest killer by 2030 unless intense and focused efforts are made by governments, communities and individuals.    A fourfold rise in the number of diabetics has been observed.  India, China, and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population. The numbers climbed in India from 11.9 million in 1980 to 64.5 million. Prevalence of diabetes has more than doubled for men in India (3.7 per cent to 9.1 per cent and has also increased by 80 per cent among women in India (4.6 per cent to 8.3 per cent).     What is alarming is that an increasing number of children are d

Samavat New year - Time for a Resolutions – Walk, Exercise and be healthy Are you disciplined in your routine or have to be routinely disciplined? As a child you may have followed a set time table in your school and college, you precisely knew the time at which the subjects were taught, the time of the recess when you would quickly grab a bite, or the long recess when you would have your dabba leisurely. Get home and finish tuition, go to play, get back, sit and study, watch tv, surf the internet and go to sleep.   As you joined work, you still followed a routine of the time you left for office, the time you reached office, and the time you reached back home after finishing a hard days work. This established a patter on routine and you followed it in a disciplined manner. Managing so many things simultaneously – time, money, people (family and friends), leisure time and so on.    In all these activities, most of us tend to not manage on two factors