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SHARAN/Well on the road to reversing diabetes
Well on the road to reversing diabetes
“I was a chronic diabetic and hypertensive for the past 10 odd years and my HbA1c levels were way off the normal range (>10). It was a glance at an article which appeared in Mumbai Mirror around the 1st week of April which mentioned that ‘diabetes can be reversed’. Reversal of diabetes? That piqued my curiosity and prompted my wife to follow up with Dr Nandita Shah and we eventually met up with Dr Rashmi Menon (Mulund, Mumbai) for the first meeting.
Typical case history was shared and dietary changes were recommended by Dr Menon, primarily giving up of animal and animal-based products (read non-vegetarian food, milk, curds, buttermilk, etc), oil-free diet, and move to organic food. Thus, began my journey to reverse diabetes from 11th April 2016 onwards.
My medications then were – Glicazide (60 mg) before breakfast, Metformin (500 mg) after lunch and dinner. Over a period of 3 months, my blood glucose levels (both fasting and post prandial) and HbA1c dropped to normal limits (5.8). Today I am just on a single tablet of Metformin (500 mg) in the afternoon. Hope to be off that too within the next 3 months.
Thanks to SHARAN, Dr Rashmi Menon and my wife (Sharda) for her continuous support for the beginning of my diabetes-free journey.” – Bharat Mani
