Health is the key to looking beautiful
Dear readers,
Thanks for your continuous support and encouragement to us in carrying out our commitment to bring to light, analyse and interpret the latest happenings in the Indian healthcare sector.
We are glad to inform you that after successfully organising National Health Award 2017 at hotel Lalit in New Delhi, your favourite magazine Double Helical is going to hold the Punjab edition of the event on 6th November, 2017 to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of healthcare/allied professionals and institutions from the land of five rivers. More than 500 doctors from Punjab and Delhi are likely to witness the State Health Awards 2017 in the vibrant, cosmopolitan city of Chandigarh. The upcoming prestigious event of the Indian healthcare sector will witness a high profile gentry including eminent doctors, bureaucrats, policymakers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and social activists. The extraordinary efforts of all stakeholders in fulfilling the goals, values, and mission of inclusive healthcare will be duly recognised at a credible platform.
This time as part of cover story, we are providing you a comprehensive package on the threat posed by the increasing incidence of diabetes. According to expert diabetes can be cured without any medication including insulin. The strategy involves micronutrient-rich diet, exercise & herbal food supplements, all of which stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin, block the liver to release sugar in the blood stream and make cells more sensitive to insulin to absorb sugar to prevent rise in the the blood sugar level.
An exclusive story written by Dr Harmohan Dhawan reveals that diabetes is one of the chronic lifestyle diseases characterized by elevated blood glucose (blood sugar) which can lead to serious health complications. Diabetes and obesity are twins and spreading like an epidemic the world over.
According to International Diabetes Federation (IDF), India has the second largest diabetes population of about 6.5 crores people and at this rate India will become the diabetes world capital by 2030. Every 10 seconds a person dies of diabetes related complication & every 10 seconds 2 people are diagnosed of diabetes.
The pharmaceutical lobby in the world is so powerful that the industrially produced synthetic drugs have become a major tool in the treatment of various diseases. All these allopathic medication are composed of various chemicals which have many side effects too. There is aneed to educate and help people to get rid of these harmful drugs. In this regard, a three-pronged strategy of micronutrients-rich diet, exercise and herbal food supplement can help us win the battle against various lifestyle diseases.
“Beauty from the Inside Out” is an exclusive story penned by the queen of herbal cosmetics in India, Shahnaz Husain, on the magical power of Ayurveda. She has become a global ambassador of Ayurvedic herbal solutions for beauty. According to her, Ayurveda is a holistic system of healing. Actually, it is not merely a system of healing, but an entire way of life. The treatments prescribed by Ayurveda are all-encompassing and take into consideration, diet, exercise, lifestyle, relaxation, massage and so on. Ayurveda is not only for those who are ill, but also for those who wish to come closer to nature to achieve both health and beauty. Similarly, we are carrying an interview with celebrity hair-stylist Jawed Habib. As he succinctly puts it, “Work on the health of hair, if it is healthy, it is beautiful.”
There are many more such insightful, engaging and interesting stories to broaden your horizon on healthcare and related issues. Happy reading to you all!
Warm regards,
Amresh K Tiwary,
Editor-in-Chief