Thursday, 7 April 2016

World Health Day 2016: Foods That Beat Diabetes

As the world celebrates this year's World Health Day with the theme 'Beat Diabetes', every Indian should know about diabetes because the number of people with diabetes in India has risen from 11.9 million in 1980 to 64.5 million in 2014.

According to the Lancet study, China, India and US are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population. There is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 in the globe and half of them live in India, China, USA, Brazil and Indonesia.

Diabetes is caused mainly from unhealthy eating habits, stress and lack of physical activity. The two common forms of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is not preventable while the latter one can often be avoided. But one can reduce the risk of getting diabetes by following a healthy lifestyle and proper food habits.

As part of its World Health Day celebration, TMN has prepared a list of best foods to beat diabetes.  

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