Tips on reversing diabetes mellitus

Tips on reversing diabetes mellitus:
1. Snacking: When hungry, consume food rich in fibre or milk without creams or fresh fruits. Choosing the right snack and being responsible for your eating habits can help control and reverse diabetes mellitus.

2. Diet: There are several diets and recommendations for diets that can reverse diabetes mellitus. From raw food diet to vegan diet, they have worked for different individuals.

3. Exercise: Sergei Boutenko, passionate raw food diet promoter and successfully managed to reverse diabetes says, "Exercise is an absolute MUST! I recommend vigorous exercise. Running, jump roping, jumping on a trampoline, crossfit, bootcamp, salsa dancing, bhangra dancing, and anything and everything that gets your lymphy moving and your body sweating."

According to our fitness expert and Strength and Conditioning Coach, Arnav Sarkar reinforces the importance of exercise for diabetics, "As most diabetics will know that in their body insulin sensitivity is very poor, thus they have high blood sugar levels. However what they need to know is that regular exercise can help them to improve their body's insulin sensitivity. And to do that the best way is to train intensely. While gentle walking can help, more intense activities like weight training, sprinting, kickboxing, etc will work even better. Of course for a diabetic it is always recommended that they first consult their doctors before they start any exercise program."

4. Home remedies: Diabetologist, Dr. Sanjiv Bhambani with Moolchand Medcity shares his recipes for diabetes diet for Indians:
- Soak one teaspoon of methi seeds overnight in 100 ml of water and consume the water next morning.
- Consume tomato juice with salt and pepper every morning on an empty stomach.

5. Calories for reversing diabetes: Per day calorie intake should be between 1,500-1,800 calories with a proportion of 60:20:20 between carbohydrates, fats and proteins, respectively.
 

thanks:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com