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• Alternative medicines for diabetes: what to think about firstMany alternative diabetes remedies are marketed using thinking traps such as anchoring, framing and survivorship bias rather than strong evidence. Some herbal products have caused liver injury or contained heavy metals, so talk to your doctor before trying any of them.
• How to read a body composition (BIA) reportA body composition analyser passes a tiny electric current through the body to estimate fat, muscle and water. Good-quality machines give useful numbers such as body fat percentage and visceral fat, but the results are estimates and should be read alongside your weight, waist and health conditions.
• Managing diabetes during festivals (in Hindi)Festival season brings travel, missed check-ups, sweets and late nights, which can upset sugar control. This Hindi discussion gives practical tips on keeping medicines and check-ups on track, saying no to sweets politely, cooking diabetes-friendly food, staying active and checking sugar more often.
• Diet and exercise while on GLP-1 weight-loss medicinesGLP-1 medicines reduce appetite, but lifestyle still decides how much of the weight lost is fat rather than muscle and how well results last. The discussion covers food quality, enough protein, strength training and sleep for people on or about to start these medicines.
• Does eating sugar cause diabetes? (in Hindi)A large 2025 analysis found that the form of sugar matters more than the total amount. Sugary drinks and fruit juice were linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, while sugar eaten as part of whole foods was not clearly linked.
• Hormone problems in children: questions from parentsA child's growth chart is one of the best early signs of a hormone or other health problem, so height and weight should be plotted at every check-up. This session answers parents' questions on short height, newborn thyroid screening, early or late puberty and irregular periods.
• How to manage your weight (in Hindi and English)Weight gain has many causes, so weight management works best with realistic targets, a sustainable diet, a gradual increase in activity and good sleep. Medicines can help some people, but they add to lifestyle changes rather than replacing them.
• Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) explainedHypothyroidism means the thyroid gland makes too little hormone, so the body's metabolism slows down. It is diagnosed with a simple blood test and is usually treated with levothyroxine, a tablet form of the hormone the gland normally makes.
• Low sodium in the blood: causes and which doctor to see (in Gujarati)Low sodium in the blood is often caused by a hormone problem, such as a severely underactive thyroid, low cortisol or a pituitary problem, rather than by eating too little salt. Finding and treating the cause is what corrects it, and a sudden fall with confusion or seizures is an emergency.
• How to protect your kidneys if you have diabetes (in Hindi)Diabetic kidney disease usually causes no symptoms until it is advanced, so yearly blood and urine tests are essential. Good control of sugar and blood pressure, less salt, a healthy weight, no smoking and kidney-protecting medicines chosen by your doctor all help.
• The science behind type 2 diabetes remissionType 2 diabetes develops when the pancreas can no longer make enough insulin to overcome the body's insulin resistance. Remission becomes possible when that balance is restored, most often by losing a significant amount of weight early in the course of diabetes.
• Diabetes and sexual problems: erection, sex drive and early ejaculationSexual problems are common in men with diabetes but are rarely discussed in the clinic. Erectile problems can be an early warning of heart and blood vessel disease, so they are worth raising with your doctor rather than treating with unverified products.
• The three pillars of lasting weight lossLasting weight loss rests on three pillars that work together: what you eat, how active you are, and the habits and skills that help you keep going. The best plan is the one you can stick to for years, not the one that sounds most impressive.
• What causes gestational diabetes?Every pregnancy makes the body more resistant to insulin, partly because of hormones from the placenta. Gestational diabetes happens when the pancreas cannot make enough extra insulin to keep up, which also means the woman has a higher chance of type 2 diabetes later in life.
• What is diabetes? A basic guide (in Hindi)Diabetes mellitus means the sugar in your blood stays higher than normal, either because the body makes too little insulin or because insulin does not work well. This Hindi talk covers diagnosis, the main types, warning symptoms, routine tests, complications and how to recognise low sugar.
• What is obesity and how is it measured?BMI is a simple starting point, but it cannot tell muscle from fat or show where fat sits, and Indians carry more health risk at a lower BMI. Doctors now combine BMI with a waist measure and check whether excess fat is already harming the body.
• Who is an endocrinologist?An endocrinologist is a doctor who specialises in diabetes and in problems caused by hormone imbalance. This short video explains what hormones are and which common conditions in adults and children an endocrinologist treats.
• Why do we gain weight? From before birth to old ageWeight gain has many causes that build up over a lifetime, starting with genes and conditions in the womb and continuing through childhood habits, sitting, poor sleep, stress, hormones and some medicines. It is rarely just a matter of eating too much or being lazy.
• Why type 1 diabetes happens: the civil war analogyType 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition: the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the insulin-making beta cells of the pancreas. This video tells that process as a story of a civil war inside the body.
• Why does lost weight come back?After weight loss, the brain treats the loss of body fat as a threat and pushes back by raising hunger, reducing fullness and slowing metabolism. Weight regain is therefore a predictable biological response, not a personal failure.