CLINICAL DIETETICS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Diabetic Mellitus (DM) refers to a group of common metabolic disorders that has a main characteristic feature of hyperglycemia. According to the latestdata from the World Health Organisation, Globally about 422 million adults are living with Diabetes Mellitus. The management of Diabetes mellitus includes proper dietary regulations,exercise regimen, hypoglycemic drugs and prevention of degenerative complications. Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is one of the cornerstone in diabetes care and management. In Ayurveda,Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease of multiple etiologies and is described as Madhumeha in Ayurvedicliteratures.When a person with sedentary life style takes food with Seeta, Snigdha, Madhura, Medovardhaka and Dravapradhana in excess becomes a patient of Prameha. This article is an overview of Classical Ayurvedic practices in PramehaChikitsa to modern clinical dietetics in Diabetes mellitus.