Bitter-Sweet! Diabetic Woes!

The ravage to health from diabetes is especially amplified and severe, when diabetes occurs in combination with high blood-pressure or hypertension resulting in accelerated organ damage, especially of the heart, kidneys and eyes.

- Dr Binoy John

Diabetes mellitus is a dreaded name and one that sends chills down spines, because its presence in one’s life takes away thefreedom, the care-free freedom, to eat and relish whatever and howmuch ever one wishes to devour!

With urbanization, increasing stress, unhealthy dietary practices, sedentary life-style, lack of exercise and surging obesity, the number of people affected with diabetes are on a rapid rise, already affecting an estimated 200 million people globally and the World Health Organization predicts that by the year 2030, the numbers would reach a staggering 366 million.

Diabetes and complications: