Acupuncture is a system of Complementary or Alternative Medicine, in which fine needles are inserted through the skin at specific points called Acu-Points along the energy (Chi) flowing lines called as Meridians. This method is helpful in the treatment of various health conditions such as, Migraine, Thyroidism, Piles, Hormonal Imbalance, Diabetes, Psoriasis etc., etc. We feel proud to say that the origin of Acupuncture is India.
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Through our Naturopathy Diet Plans, health conditions such as Diabetes type I and II, Heart Blockages, Hypercholesterolemia, and various conditions from Headache to Heart Diseases and Cold to Cancers are benefits. It would not be wrong to say that a person falls ill due to lack of nutrients and not due to lack of medicines. A person gets affected by Metabolic Diseases or by Infectious Diseases other than Emergency situations. Diet Therapies are effective in both Metabolic and Infectious conditions.
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Evidence-Based and Result-Oriented Protocols:
Heat as Medicine for Viral Diseases such as Influenza Like Illness or other Respiratory Viruses
GR-HWI System for High BP, Kidney and Dialysis conditions to avoid Dialysis and Transplant
Vibration as Medicine – Coming up Soon
Did you know that metabolic or lifestyle diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, heart diseases and its associated ill health conditions can be reversed !!! Yes, good health and wellbeing is just a step away.
We at Wellness Worth are aiming at people who are suffering from lifestyle diseases (earlier referred as metabolic diseases) such as those mentioned above along with its associated conditions such as Alzheimer, joint pain (Arthritis), kidney stones (Nephrolithiasis), obesity, neuropathy and vision impairment (retinopathy) etc., and provide customized Naturopathy Diet plans to provide maximum benefit in a safe manner. We will evaluate and customize your diet requirements to enable this diet to work as medicine for the ailing people.
Thanks to Dr. BRC for his extensive exploration into the field of diabetes and for sharing information to his students of diabetic educators.
For the first time in the history of medical science, there is a good news for the Diabetes Patients i.e. theNew Diabetes Guidelines, which were released by the ACP (American College of Physicians) on 6th March2018 (published in Ann Intern Med. doi:10.7326/M17-0939).
Today being March 2022, 4 years, did your doctor inform you about these new guidelines? However, you must know it!
Guidance Statement 1: Clinicians should personalize goals for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes on the basis of a discussion of benefits and harms of pharmacotherapy, patients’ preferences, patients’ general health and life expectancy, treatment burden, and costs of care.
Interpretation : The above guidelines are based on the famous Accord Trial (see the box below), where it was seen that trying to control blood sugar with medication may result in lowering of blood sugar and achieving a target of HbA1c below 6% but at the cost of at least 22% increase in chances of death. So, the new Diabetes Guidelines discourage the practitioners from using medication to control blood sugar. The take home message is high blood sugar (i.e. greater that 250 mg/dl or 14 mmol/lt) is bad but trying to lower the blood sugar with medication is worse.
Guidance Statement 2: Clinicians should aim to achieve an HbA1c level between 7% and 8% in most patients with type 2 diabetes.
The Guideline statement 2 is based on the results of UKPDS Trails and VADT (Veteran’s Affair Diabetes Trail) where it was seen that, maintaining the HbA1c target near to 8% and 8.4% respectively is much beneficial for the patients in comparison to trying to achieve a target of HbA1c less than 6%.
For daily monitoring to achieve the above goal of HbA1c, you may convert the HbA1c target (i.e. 8.4%) to mg/dl or mmol/lt using the below given formula.
This mean if every day on an average you are able to maintain a blood sugar near 222mg/dl or 12.35mmol/lt, then it translates to achieving an HbA1c equal to 8.4%.
This blood sugar value (222mg/dl) is with the assumption that you take the blood sample from the vein. However, at home setting while using the standard Glucometer, you take the blood sample from capillary(finger tip).The capillary blood on an average shows blood sugar up to 10% more than the blood samplefrom vein, so at home setting the target blood sugar should be less than or equal to
222+ 10 % = 244 mg/dl
12.34+ 10 % = 13.5mmol/lt
Guidance Statement 3: Clinicians should consider deintensifying pharmacologic therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes who achieve HbA1c levels less than 6.5%.
Interpretation : Using the above formula, HbA1c of 6.5% translates to 170mg/dl or 9.4mmol/lt. This means while on diabetes medication/insulin, if your average blood sugar drops below 170mg/dl or 9.4mmol/lt, then you need to taper down the medication/insulin.
Guidance Statement 4: Clinicians should treat patients with type 2 diabetes to minimize symptoms related to hyperglycemia and avoid targeting an HbA1c level in patients with a life expectancy less than 10 years due to advanced age (80 years or older), residence in a nursing home, or chronic conditions (such as dementia, cancer, end-stage kidney disease, or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure) because the harms outweigh the benefits in this population.
Interpretation: The guideline 4 is based on VADT (as shown in the table below):
In VADT, it was seen that trying to control the blood sugar levels with medication/insulin among the patients older than 60 yrs and especially with chronic conditions like heart diseases, COPD , cancer and dementia, led to increased risk of death and other adverse affects. So, for patients older than 60 yrs, medication/insulin should be given only, if it leads to symptomatic relief like reduction in abnormally high frequency of urination, lessening of fatigue etc.
