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Namah Vol. 33, Issue 2, 15th July 2025

’no’ repeatedly to once-cherished food puts
an immense stress on the body leading more
to cortisol — having a complete imbalance
and counter-productive effect.

Let us now explore problem number two.
Diabetes in India goes beyond simply lack of
insulin receptivity, but to a wider epigenetic
inheritance. During the British colonisation,
famine was as common as the sunrise and
very minimal carbohydrates, with a few sunset for Indian people. As well known to
potatoes on a Sunday afternoon roast, some scientists and modern researchers, famine
bread sandwiching some meat, and a couple puts a tremendous pressure on the body for
of chocolate bars at break-times at work. survival. Without getting too deep into the
One of the main problems in the Western science, in basic terms, famine, i.e. prolonged
world is the lack of exercise, especially in periods of starvation, makes the body use
the UK, where getting outside and moving sources of energy other than glucose. After a
around is rather challenging when one relatively short period of time, once glucose
looks outside to the perennial monsoon is re-introduced into the body, the body cannot
and gloom. Depression may soon follow, tolerate it, cannot regulate it due to the increase
and then many resort to processed food for of insulin resistance, and soon damages the
the temporary pleasure. Hence the root of whole system leading to changes in the DNA
the problem in other parts of the world is and genetic make-up. This genetic change
slightly different to that in India. Not only gets passed on through generations, making
is rice a huge staple across Indian diets, it future offspring outrightly more susceptible
comes with a side of aloo, some ghee, and in to the patterns. This awareness is rising in
traditional meals finishing with ladoo or kesari. the worldwide medical arena and the stark
It is easy for a research study done in the reality that the increase in cardio-metabolic
UK to be broadcasted to Indian doctors and diseases in the Indian subcontinent and parts
then transcribed to their patients to cut out of Asia have roots buried in dark parts of the
all carbohydrates and sugars from their diet, history is emerging.
otherwise their diabetes is going to worsen!
Then the Indian goes home, tries to shun Nevertheless, where there is darkness there
rice, potato, sweet, and soon is left with very is a light too and this is our focus.
minimal options other than a dry roti with a
side of fear, anxiety and the culprit — stress. Addressing the heavy problems with light
Then, a very hopeful patient comes to the solutions
three-monthly check after much struggle,
fear and anxiety of diet-control only to hear to Stress itself is a rather large topic, but one has
their misery that their diabetes has worsened! to understand the different parts of the body.
Well, all the inner movements of shivering The physical nature of the tastebuds and
at the sight of rice and the stress of saying even the nerves themselves can become very

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