Fasts, feasts and festivals in diabetes-1: Glycemic management during Hindu fasts

Fasts, feasts and festivals in diabetes-1: Glycemic management during Hindu fasts

This communication is the first of a series on South Asian fasts, festivals, and diabetes, designed to spread awareness and stimulate research on this aspect of diabetes and metabolic care. It describes the various fasts observed as part of Hindu religion and offers a classification scheme for them,...

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Main Authors: Sanjay Kalra, Sarita Bajaj, Yashdeep Gupta, Pankaj Agarwal, S K Singh, Sandeep Julka, Rajeev Chawla, Navneet Agrawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Culture bound medicine
diabetes mellitus
Hinduism
India
insulin
oral hypoglycemic agents
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2015;volume=19;issue=2;spage=198;epage=203;aulast=Kalra

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