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Obesity epidemic of India

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Obesity in India is on the rise. It has reached enormous proportions. As I sit and count at airports, the number of women who look obviously overweight and obese, the figures I get is 8 out of 10. And this is around same in children of all sexes and around 6 in 10 men show clearcut overweight and obesity that is obvious even to naked eye. Anthropometric measurements might reveal more of them.  What are the likely causes? I have a theory that starts analysing these cases right from the 2000s or previous century. Junk food eating and sedantry lifestyle had already given an upward push to obesity in last century. And this also gave rise to diabetes mellitus in both men and women. Hence, such mothers also had diabetes in pregnancy. Some who did not have diabetes otherwise had gestational diabetes. From 2000 to 2026 prevalence of gestational diabetes has risen in india. It has even spread to rural areas and recent national data gives a figure of 22.4% which is almost 1 in 4 pregnant mot...
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Herbal products can cause severe liver damage

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 Herbal medicines are increasingly used in Eastern countries and though they are not evidence-based, they have somehow also managed to find their way into the Western world. But they are not devoid of side-effects and liver damage and gut problems are most common of these. Morbidities and mortalities  are associated with the use of these natural remedies and such cases are now occurring in significant numbers of users.  Liver damage and natural products There is an ongoing craze for natural products especially herbal medicines. People start using them if they had problems with regular treatments. Some just use it after they get brainwashed into it during their oriental trips. But one cannot overlook the fact that these herbal drugs also contain phytochemicals that can harm the body especially the liver. Increasingly such hepatic damage cases are encountered in the users.  The damage can range from abnormal liver function tests without symptoms to death. It might come...
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