Increasing protein intake can reverse diabetes, ICMR suggests
The largest study of diabetes in India has opened a formula to reverse or slow down the onset of diabetes. Focus in diabetes treatment has shifted from mere drug to the reversal. The doctor who works in this study has suggested that to achieve this goal, a person’s diet must consist of protein which reaches 20% of the daily calorie needs, carbohydrates must be around 50-56% and fat, many below 30%.
Researcher of the Indian-Indian Medical Research Council Diabetes (ICMR-Intab) analyzes the practice of food of more than eighteen thousand adults. This study reveals that newly diagnosed patients with diabetes must ensure that their carbohydrate intake is between 49-54% of daily calorie intake.
Shashank Joshi, senior endocrine expert from Mumbai, and one of the latest study authors at ICMR-Incab, said that type-2 diabetes in the early stages can be reversed by reducing carbohydrates and increased protein, regardless of lifestyle compliance. Type 2 diabetes is a condition where there is too much sugar that circulates in the bloodstream.
“My spell for diabetes prevention is eating on time and eating slowly,” added Dr. Joshi. It is also seen that Indians consume around 2, 500 kilocalories every day, with carbohydrates to produce up to 65-80% of their intake. One of the main authors of this study, Dr. Anjana Mohan stated that we Indians lack protein and if we ensure that protein produces up to 20% of our daily diet, it will prove to be useful and will be very helpful. In addition, if carbohydrate intake is reduced, the proportion of fat will automatically decrease.
Also, the formula for those who have pre-diabetes showed a slightly higher carbohydrate intake, namely, 56%. The diet formula has been done for various groups of people, based on their age and diagnosis of their diabetes and has been published in ‘Diabetes Care’ which is a journal indexed from the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes drugs have become the main focus because 77 million Indians suffer from diabetes, which means that one in every six people with diabetes in the world are Indians; and estimates show that the number can reach 134 million in 2045.
