Sitting is a new Tobacco. If you are sitting for a long time, you are likely to enter into a high risk zone of developing diabetes & other co-morbid diseases. So try to be physically active & if you are in a sitting job, try to get-up and move after every 1 hour. To check whether you are diabetic or not, get your Glycosylated Haemoglobin A1c (GHb%) test or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) with 75gm of glucose. OGTT is the gold standard for the diagnosis of diabetes, informed Dr. Sunil Gupta. Answering on a query online, Dr. Kavita expressed that calories distribution is different for different person and also depends on whether you are sedentary or moderate or hard worker. While answering a question on millets, she said that people with diabetes may consume millets as they are rich in fibre & micronutrients. The post prandial blood sugar spikes, can be controlled by splitting of meal or changing the order of the meals, she added. Diabetes is your life partner and one should take it’s care with utmost personal attention, quoted Dr. Gupta.

Recorded on 9th February 2024.