Intimation for weekly common seminar- 20/07/2016

              Intimation for weekly common seminar- 20/07/2016

 

DEPARTMENT :  SWASTHAVRUTHA,

 GOVT. AYURVEDA COLLEGE , THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

                          Subject      :  ROLE OF DIET AND YOGA IN PREDIABETES    

                                              Presenter :  Dr. Kiran.K.Prasad, Final Year PG

                           Date and Time   :   20/07/2016,  02:00 pm 

                          Venue                  :   College Auditorium
                          Moderator           :   Dr. V.N.Radhakrishnan.

Abstract of Paper I

ROLE OF DIET AND YOGA IN PREDIABETES

Dr. Kiran.K.Prasad, Final Year PG, Department of Swasthavritta.

Diabetes is a heterogeneous group of disease characterized by impaired carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Globally, the number of people living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults and 3.7 million deaths are attributed to diabetes worldwide. 62 million Indians are diabetic and 80 million people are prediabetic. Kerala is the diabetes capital of India with a prevalence of diabetes as high as 20%, double the national average of 8%. Prediabetes is the precursor stage to diabetes mellitus in which blood glucose level is higher than normal but below diabetic threshold. The main principle adopted is primordial and primary level of prevention which mainly includes maintenance of normal body weight through adoption of healthy nutritional habit and physical activity. Integrated holistic approach for curbing prediabetes in initial stages using dietary principles like glycemic index, glycemic load, dietary fibres, DASH diet and yoga principles like Asanas, Pranayama and medication  is attempted in this paper .