Fried foods can aggravate insulin sensitivity issues in overweight or obese people while green leafy vegetables and fruits can improve their prognosis
A study funded by the department of biotechnology, government of India has concluded that even in overweight or obese adults, a diet containing fruits, green leafy vegetables that is low on ultra processed foods can improve insulin sensitivity. These food items have low output of dietary-Advanced Glycation End products (dAge) which are known to aggravate metabolic disorders.
The study compared the impact of low dAGE diets and high dAGE diets and came to the conclusion: “In summary, low-dAGE diets exhibited improvement in the insulin-sensitivity and reduction in the inflammatory levels compared to high-dAGE diets. Hence, study first time in India revealed that low dAGE diets could be a potential strategy to reduce diabetes risk.”
The study was conducted by researchers from various institutions including the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in Chennai and the findings were published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.
India has a high incidence of diabetes which is predicted to go up with changes in lifestyle and dietary habits. A study last year by the Indian Council of Medical Research put the current prevalence at 11.4%.
“The prevalence of diabetes and other metabolic NCDs in India is considerably higher than previously estimated. While the diabetes epidemic is stabilising in the more developed states of the country, it is still increasing in most other states. Thus, there are serious implications for the nation, warranting urgent state-specific policies and interventions to arrest the rapidly rising epidemic of metabolic NCDs in India,” that study had concluded.
There is much work being done in India on the ways to control diabetes, including in the field of alternative medicine.
