Increasing protein intake can reverse diabetes, ICMR suggests

 

India’s largest ongoing diabetes study has opened up a formula to reverse or slow down the onset of diabetes. The focus in diabetes care has shifted from mere medication to its reversal. Doctors working on the study have suggested that in order to achieve this goal, one’s diet needs to comprise proteins making up to 20% of the daily calorie needs, carbohydrates should be around 50-56% and fat, a lot below 30%.

Researchers of the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDAB) analyzed the dietary practices of more than eighteen thousand adults. The study revealed that patients who have newly been diagnosed with diabetes should make sure that their carbohydrate intake is between 49-54% of the daily calorie intake.

Dr. Shashank Joshi, senior endocrinologist from Mumbai, and one of the authors of the latest study at ICMR-INDAB, said that type-2 diabetes in early stages can be reversed by reducing carbohydrate and increasing protein, apart from lifestyle adherence. Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which there is too much sugar circulating in the bloodstream.

“My mantra for diabetes prevention is eat on time and eat slowly”, added Dr. Joshi.

It was also seen that Indians consume around 2, 500 kilocalories daily, with carbohydrates making up to 65-80% of their intake.

One of the main authors of the study, Dr. Anjana Mohan stated that we Indians are deficient in proteins and if we ensure that proteins make up to 20% of our daily diet, it will prove to be beneficial and will help immensely. Furthermore, if carb intake is reduced, the proportion of fat will automatically reduce.

Also, the formula for those with pre-diabetes suggests a slightly higher intake of carbohydrates, that is, 56%.

The diet formula has been worked out for various groups of people, based on their ages and diabetes diagnosis and has been published in ‘Diabetes Care’ which is an indexed journal of the American Diabetes Association.

The cure of diabetes has become a major focus as 77 million Indians have diabetes, which means that one in every six people with diabetes in the world is an Indian; and estimates suggest that the number can reach 134 million by the year 2045.

 

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Dancing Can Reverse Signs of Aging

Dance has long been a form of expression, celebration and has also been shown to literally shake the stress of the day away. Regardless of whether you took dance lessons growing up, or have two left feet, we can all admit that letting loose and dancing the night away feels good. Yet dance can do so much more for us, in fact, it has been found that the mental benefits may make it the number one activity for protecting and strengthening your brain. 

 

Dancing and Your Brain  

Research is constantly being done on the aging brain and how to combat, prevent and treat age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Dementia and Parkinson's disease. Exercise has long been shown to have an impact on brain health, but scientists have discovered that dance, with coordinated movement and required stamina, may be the best type of exercise for your brain for several reasons:

1. Constant Learning  

A study conducted by Dr. Kathrin Rehfeld at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases compared various groups of elderly people who were given specific exercise routines for 18 months. Some groups were assigned endurance and flexibility training such as walking or cycling, and one group was given weekly dance lessons. 

 

Every week they were challenged with something new, be it a new genre of dance, a new step, or a new routine. It was found that all the groups experienced an increase in the hippocampus center of the brain - an area that is particularly vulnerable to age-related decline and diseases - though the dance group experienced a noticeable difference. Dr. Rehfeld explained that the most challenging aspect for the group was to recall the routines under the pressure of time, and without any cues from the instructor. 

2. Coordination and Balance 

Balance and coordination can be difficult, becoming even more challenging as we age. The challenge with aging is that you become increasingly dizzy, lose your balance and fall. As a result, you are also more likely to experience a serious injury. But dancing trains and improves all of these areas: Spins, turns, quick side-to-side and up and down movements, train the areas of the brain and the inner ear to deal with those quick changes and sharp movements. This helps you become less dizzy from everyday movements, such as going up the stairs or getting up and out of a chair. 

 

In addition, dancing also helps strengthen a variety of muscles in your feet, legs, and hips as well as your core, so that if you do lose your balance, you are able to stop yourself from falling. Dancing teaches coordination and muscle memory, so if you dance and practice routines, you are nurturing and developing the brain-muscle connection and neurons. 

 

3. Improved Memory  

We all would like to have better memory, but this is especially pertinent for older adults. As we age our ability to remember and recall names, dates, places, and facts declines. But dancing helps us connect the mental (learning new steps and the order they come in) with the physical (actually executing the routine). This results in memory improvement and strengthened neuronal connections in the brain.

4. Music Stimulates Brain Activity  

Scientists and researchers who study neurodegenerative diseases have long discussed the profound impact that music has on the brain, especially for those suffering from cognitive decline. Dance, not only offers benefits of the physical practice itself but as it is accompanied by music, this helps stimulate the reward centers of the brain in combination with the sensory and the motor circuits that are activated when you start dancing. 

 

Furthermore, studies done on Parkinson's disease found that those who practiced and learned dance, had an improved sense of balance and fell less, they also experienced a slower rate of motor decline and an overall slower progression of the disease. 

 

 5. Dancing Makes You Happy Whatever the style, dancing gets you moving. This form of exercise is fantastic for your heart, lungs, muscles, and joints and is a fun way to burn calories. It also helps you shed stress. It also allows us to connect with others, when we are at parties, for instance.

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