Ayurvedic Tips for Diabetes in children

DIABETES IN CHILDREN Ayurvedic Tips

To diagnose diabetes and its type, the doctor may perform one or more of the following tests:

• Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test: For type 1 and 2. It calculates average blood sugar level for the past 2-3 months
• Fasting blood sugar test: For type 1 and 2. It calculates blood sugar levels after an overnight fast (for at least eight hours)
• Oral glucose tolerance test: For type 2. It calculates fasting blood sugar level at empty stomach, followed by drinking of sugary liquid and blood sugar levels will be measured after 2 hours.

Diet Recommendations (Aahar)

• Increase intake of barley in diet helps in drying up of excess fat / meda.
• Turmeric and cinnamon combination is beneficial in early stages of diabetes.
• Have herbs like gokshura, gudmar, triphalá, musta, cardamom, fenugreek, or coriander, mixed with honey.
• Include other cereals such as wheat, kodo millet and rice, which crops within 60 days to add fibre to diet.
• Pulses such as adhaki (Arahar), horse gram (kulattha), green gram (mudga), are beneficial.
• Include vegetables such as green banana, chaulee, dwarf copperleaf (matsyakhshi), methi (fenugreek leaves), bitter gourd, parawal, kunduru, lauki along with bitter and astringent leafy vegetables may be taken.
• Include fruits such as orange, watermelon, apple, jambu, kapitha, amla, papaya and other fruits with low sugar content.
• Soyabean, groundnut and mustard oil may be beneficial.
• Karela juice or white pumpkin 20-30 ml on an empty stomach may be beneficial.
• Regularly have methi seeds soaked overnight in water.
• Avoid sugar, sugar products, rice, potato, ghee, butter, fat, regular oil, fermented food items, alcohol, urad (blackgram), rajma (kidney beans) and other heavy items.

Lifestyle changes (Vihar)

• Start exercising regularly. Walking, swimming, running or yogasanas are excellent options.
• Have regular oil massage.
• Take regular steam.
• Include pranayama (breathing exercise) in the daily routine.