Vijaysar Water for Individuals with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract
With an alarming increase in number of cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus in India, Diabetes Mellitus has become a huge economic and health burden to our nation affecting people across all ages, sex, ethnicities, and races. India has a long history of using traditional remedies to treat many such diseases. Considering
currents needs, there is strong need of a complementary therapy derived from plants, which can be taken along with regularly prescribed medicines for controlling the blood glucose levels in the diabetic population. Vijaysar tumbler is a common household item used for drinking water in certain rural pockets of
Maharashtra. People store regular drinking water in this tumbler overnight prior to its consumption on next day. The purpose of the current study was to observe the efficacy of water stored for overnight from the Vijaysar Tumbler, in type 2 diabetic patients and its usefulness along with prescribed anti-diabetic medications. The diabetic patients started drinking one glass (approx. 100 ml) of water from this tumbler twice daily 30 minutes before their meals. Their fasting and post prandial blood sugar levels were observed at baseline and further after two months. 6 males and 4 females with age (Mean ± SD) of 45.60 ± 12.5 years, started drinking water from this tumbler. In all 10 participants there was a decrease in fasting and post prandial blood sugar levels observed within specific time. Drinking water from the Vijaysar Tumbler can be beneficial to type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in controlling their blood sugar levels along with regularly prescribed anti diabetic medications. However, these findings need to be validated and further investigated using a rigorous research design with a larger sample size.
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