There is an overdose of information in this age, most of it invalid and not backed by any research whatsoever. The series of MYTHBUSTERS continues. And the focus continues on two of the largest health epidemics in India, which are actually related – obesity and diabetes. Weight-loss is one of those industries that has seriously boomed in the past few decades and probably one of the largest industries in the health sector today – including both the organized and the unorganiz

The leading cause of premature death worldwide is indeed obesity. In a study in 2015, over 600 million adults and 100 million children were found obese over 195 countries. My second post in a series of MYTHBUSTERS also seeks to destroy the belief that it is caused by hereditary or genetic factors. You can access the previous one here. Contrary to popular belief, only a small percentage of obesity cases can be linked to genetic factors. Again, as in the previous article, pleas

With this first post on New Year's day, I commence a new series of MYTHBUSTERS on my blog. India has the dubious distinction of being the Diabetes capital of the world! It is estimated that by 2030, over 100 million people in India will have type 2 diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) avers that almost 9% of the Indian population between the ages of 20 to 70 would suffer from diabetes. By 2040, an additional 70 million are also estimated to become pre-diabetic (whate