Diet is crucial for disease prevention and treatment, and the risk of chronic disease is more highly correlated with the overall diet than with a single nutrient. In the general population, healthy dietary patterns have been documented as reducing CVD risk. Lifestyle intervention is an important clinical strategy that can help reduce obesity and reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Major clinical studies like the Da Qing Study, The Finnish diabetes Prevention Study, Diabetes prevention program, have conclusively brought out the benefit of life style changes in prevention or in delaying the progression of pre-diabetes (impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance) to type 2 diabetes. Indian Diet rich in carbohydrates has an ill influence over intermediary biologic mechanisms which increase Cardio-Vascular Risk. The Executive Summary – World Economic Forum 2014 stated…
