Dr.Deepak Dalal's Diabetes Care

Television sets blared with “ Ache din aanewale hai ” few months back indicating: (Hypothesis) ‘A prosperous future is in store for 1.25 billion people of India’ (Fact) India will be diabetes capital by 2030  India has 10 Crore known diabetics India has 10 Crore undetected diabetics. India is third most obese country in the world. India has 29.8% hypertensives. India has 10% of women with PCOS. NAFLD is around 9-32% in general Indian population. CVD will be the largest cause of death and disability by 2020 in India (WHO) All of above have 2 things in common;               One: Black lines and skin tags on neck called Acanthosis Nigricans & skin tags on neck. Second:  Progressively increasing waist lines and weight. We have successfully eradicated polio, smallpox, rinderpest & tetanus from India, when or who will strive to eradicate malnutrition (i.e over and under nutrition)??? Nobody ex...

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...

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...

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 o...

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...