| Diabetes mellitus, often referred to as Diabetes, is | | | | as diabetes, cancer etc in the western world is |
| a long-term health condition, develops due to the | | | | the unhealthy food such as the non-vegetarian |
| disordered metabolism and results into abnormally | | | | fast food and sedentary life style. |
| high blood sugar levels (hyperglycaemia). | | | | Britain's diabetes population has reached almost 2.5 |
| Diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke, | | | | million. Diabetes UK chief executive Douglas |
| amputations, kidney failure, blindness etc and it | | | | Smallwood said the figures were 'truly alarming'. |
| can remain undetected for years. However the | | | | Human beings are designed to stay healthy and |
| good news is that Type 2 diabetes which is | | | | not to die by lifestyle disease such as cancer, |
| associated with obesity and makes up around | | | | heart attack and diabetes. |
| 90% of all diabetes can be controlled. | | | | Diabetes is certainly one of the biggest health |
| When Halle Berry was diagnosed with diabetes | | | | challenges facing the world today. Surprisingly the |
| she went through dramatic diet change. She | | | | whole medical system is focussed on curing the |
| started to eat fresh vegetables, fresh fish, pasta | | | | diseases rather than in the prevention. |
| and cut out red meat. | | | | Though we need the medicines for cure in case |
| Halle also tries to lead a stress-free lifestyle and | | | | the diseases go out of control but if we focus our |
| became a regular yoga practitioner. She practices | | | | attention on prevention at the first place then we |
| yoga daily which helps her to release stress and | | | | can certainly stay healthy during our life time with |
| brings the feeling of tranquillity. | | | | least dependence on medicine. |
| By taking up yoga the quality of life can | | | | Maintaining a healthy body is not a rocket science. |
| remarkably improve. Daily practice of yoga can | | | | Our body is made up of food and if we eat |
| help to reduce the stress hormones, bring feeling | | | | healthy vegetarian food and do exercise regularly |
| of relaxation and at the same time can also help | | | | to keep our stress level under control, we can |
| in case of diabetes, especially type 2. | | | | certainly stay healthy forever. |
| Research has shown that regular yoga practice | | | | Halle Berry announced in October 2007 that she |
| can result in significant changes in most of the | | | | was no longer insulin dependent. |
| parameters of the metabolic syndrome including; | | | | Healthy lifestyle which includes vegetarian diet and |
| waist circumference reduction, lowering in systolic | | | | regular yoga practice can go a long way in |
| blood pressure, reduction in fasting blood glucose | | | | preventing and controlling the lifestyle diseases |
| level and HDL 'good' cholesterol increased. | | | | such as diabetes. |
| The major reasons for the lifestyle diseases such | | | | |