Diabetes is on a rapid rise in India and has already affected 30 per cent of the population. As per a Lancet study, almost 101 million people in India, around 11.4% of the country's population, have diabetes, while 136 million people, around 15.3% of the people have pre-diabetes. Amid the growing threat of this lifestyle disease for which Indians have more propensity compared to most of the other countries, the question of the disease's reversal has become more pertinent.
The increase in cases of diabetes is making people dependent on medicine, including insulin. While remission is possible in some cases, particularly newly diagnosed obese patients, it may not be possible in many others. People in remission can remain without medicines but will have to get themselves screened periodically as remission doesn't mean cure. There is increasing evidence to show that people in India can live long without complications of diabetes if they exercise and follow good diet and drug regimen.
