Are you suffering from obesity? Is your weight increasing suddenly? Tired of trying every diet plan and exercise and still getting no results? Here's why you are gaining weight and not able to lose it even after all possible measures. You might have insulin resistance. Insulin resistance can cause obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease which most people these days are affected by. Many people have more than one and sometimes a

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a condition that generally requires significant care — whether it’s checking your blood sugar or keeping up with doctor’s appointments. Apart from managing the condition itself, you also have to contend with the risk of complications related to type 2 diabetes. Good self-care and working with your doctor at regular intervals is key to managing the condition effectively and help in reducing your risk of complications. By working with Safe and

In September 2020, I saw redness in one of my eyes. For someone who uses contact lenses, I had experienced redness in my eyes before. In the past, it meant a couple of weeks of break from my contact lenses and some mild medications. This time, however, the eye condition seemed a little different. When I visited the ophthalmologist, he suggested that I check my blood glucose levels as well. This took me a little by surprise. My immediate reaction was that of astonishment becau

My tryst with Type 2 Diabetes began the day I was born. 3 of my 4 grandparents were diabetic and had related complications. I lost all 3 of them to Diabetes – my paternal grandfather died due to steato-hepatitis (fatty liver), my maternal grandfather died of hemorrhagic stroke and my maternal grandmother died of heart failure. Both my maternal grandparents were on exogenous insulin for several years. My mother developed diabetes when I was 10 and my father developed diabetes

As a 45-year old construction worker abroad, Jehangir loved to drink Mirinda to slake his thirst working in the scorching sun and enjoy some reprieve from the back- breaking work. Little did he know that the 10 teaspoons of sugar in each can of the soft drink would turn him insulin resistant and then diabetic in no time. In the middle of his work one day, he was rendered motionless by a searing headache. At the ER, his blood glucose was checked, and he was diagnosed with Type

For a disease that afflicts 460m people worldwide and kills over 4m every year, there have been relatively few pharmacologic innovations in the last two decades. In fact, the most reliable drug for lowering glucose levels in patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes continues to be Metformin which has been around for nearly 4 decades in a synthetic form and for centuries as derived from French Lilac plants. So, it is only natural that when the news broke earlier in 2021 a