Tag: Diabetes
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‘After bariatric surgery, Healthifyme helped me continue to lose weight’
Rashmi Sudarshan Age 40 Weighs 87 kg today Weighed 104 kg earlier Lost 17 kg over 6 months Her challenges: Rashmi wasn’t always overweight. She married early, at age 20, and had a baby soon after. A homemaker living in Dubai, she had few options for an active outdoors life. “Even so, I ensured that […]
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5 Diet tips for Diabetics to manage their Sugar Levels better
Can I drink whole milk? Is white bread bad for me? Do I have to avoid everything deep-fried? If you are Diabetic, you may have probably had these questions and many more. As a Diabetic, you have to closely monitor your diet to keep blood sugar levels in check. But apart from what foods to cut […]
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Are diet sodas bad for weight loss?
These days, when someone asks for a cola, it is common to hear an add-on, ‘Make that a diet, please’. From Coke to Pepsi and Sprite, almost every popular sugar-sweetened beverage on the market has a “light” or a “diet” version. But are they really good for weight loss? Diet sodas are carbonated beverages. Instead […]
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Dr Ambrish Mithal: Myths about diabetes
Did you know a 15% weight reduction has shown to normalize glucose tolerance? Or that even with diabetes, you can eat sugar in moderate amounts? Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned endocrinologist Dr Ambrish Mithal weighs on 10 myths surrounding the ailment. #1 MYTH Diabetes is caused by eating too much sugar. FACT A lot of […]
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HealthifyMe helped me lose 22 kg in 10 months
Surat resident Chaitali received a rude shock when she was admitted to a hospital mid-last year, and was diagnosed with diabetes. “My fasting sugar level was 400,” says Chaitali, who weighed 87 kg at the time. She hadn’t always been fat but had gained weight due to a hormone imbalance. Her hospitalization, and the fact […]
