A rampant disease to usurp the world in the present day is diabetes. There was once a time when our grandparents would meekly say no to sweets complaining about their blood sugar rise and diabetes. Then it slowly spread to the fathers and unfortunately, nowadays diabetes has extended its claw to even young teenagers.

It starts with a faulty pancreas which otherwise would secrete just the perfect amount of a hormone peptide called insulin which in turn would assist the musculoskeletal cells and takes care of the sugar in your blood. Once the sugar in the blood is metabolized, it would take place for some sugar ingestion, which in turn would be metabolized by the insulin. Diabetes is a chronic condition where the body’s ability to metabolize the insulin or produce it becomes faulty or the perfect amount of insulin flow is stunted. As a result, the sugar in the blood keeps on piling until it becomes completely havoc for the body. Diabetes mellitus being chronic in nature is most likely to stay with you for your entire lifetime and thus a serious measure is needed to curb the disease.

There are usually two types of diabetes. Type 1 mainly is caused by the younger generation due to the lack of hormonal insulin. However, type 2 is most common where the body’s ability to produce sufficient is destroyed or harmed.

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As Indians, we have always relied on our various homemade handy elements when it comes to curing. Even though there are medical examinations, some supplementary or complementary help right from the cosy home has never been a bad idea. Spices and herbs are our forte and so the spice ‘turmeric’ saves the day.

When someone first thinks about turmeric being a cure for diabetes instead of bitter gourd, one would think it is absurd but recent studies worldwide have revealed that turmeric or as we call in Hindi ‘haldi’ is a sure shot ailment to aid diabetes patients.