The Green Banana And Lentil Diet For Diabetes And Weight Loss –A complete Guide
By Swetha Sundaram and VIJI SUNDARAM
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This is a book suitable for vegans. Most of the recipes in this book are gluten free. A South Indian Diet plan (CURRY DIET) incorporating more green bananas and lentils in the meal plan for healthy weight loss and to prevent diabetes.
The book is a simple to read, well-illustrated, with relevant and useful information.The information in this book, taken together with the various recipes provided in the book provides the readers an opportunity to explore the role of diet, exercise and life style changes as key modalities of achieving weight loss and for effective management of hyperglycemia.
The book explains the science behind South Indian Cuisine which aid in achieving the perfect balance between body, mind and the soul. There are so many different kinds of diet out there but, none suitable for a South Indian vegetarian like most of us. How does any vegetarian customize a paleo diet or a high protein diet to meet their needs? Most of the food they normally eat would be classified under the food prohibited by their diet plan. In the name of diet and good health, how long can a person live on raw vegetables and fruits? After years of experiment the authors have come up with the perfect diet that keeps our taste buds satisfied while helping us to shed pounds. The authors personally tried this diet and to their utter amazement the pounds just melted off! The weight came off in a healthy way and there was a significant improvement in the numbers in the blood work! Viji has been battling type II diabetes for years as it runs in her family. She has been trying to avoid diabetes by staying on a strict diet and exercise regimen without taking any medication. By following the above diet, her blood sugar levels came down effortlessly from 8.1 mmol/L to 6.7 mmol/L (145.8 mg/dl to 120.6 mg/dl) in just six months! She ate to her heart content and yet her blood sugar level came down! The book is packed with information. For example, the book explains why enzymes are unable to break down certain types of starches to release sugar into the blood stream. The book also has information on the role played by fats to lower blood sugar levels, the benefits of traditional Indian spices, the types of healthy fats and more importantly, a balanced meal plan suitable for a South Indian Vegetarian diet.
Swetha Sundaram
Swetha Sundaram lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer working in Calgary. She graduated from B.S. in Engineering Honours Program from University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She writes on a variety of subjects; some of the topics include, Sri Vaishnavism, health & diet, history and children’s books. She believes in promoting love and equality. She has travelled to many countries and has lived in many different countries. Apart from writing, her hobbies also include sketching, gardening and reading.
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The Green Banana And Lentil Diet For Diabetes And Weight Loss –A complete Guide - Swetha Sundaram
Foreword 1
Mother and daughter entrepreneurs, Ms. Swetha and Mrs. Viji Sundaram have written, The Green Banana and Lentil Diet The Complete Guide
.
This book is a simple to read monograph, written by two non-medical professionals. This is a remarkable example of putting together, observed, acquired information, to a good use. Type-2 Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complicated metabolic disease of great public health importance worldwide. Ms. Swetha and Mrs. Viji Sundaram have introduced the subject of diet, diabetes and obesity, under a variety of headings. Sequence of topics discussed, simplicity of explanations, close relationship of topics discussed to the pathogenesis of diabetes, role of diet in the management of obesity and complications of diabetes, makes this book a valuable reference book. Mrs Viji Sundaram has written many recipes of tasteful delicacies. Inclusion of glycemic contents of common foods, adds to the value of this monograph on diet and diabetes.
In this book titled, they have tried to advocate this combination diet for the management blood sugar and thereby the clinical complications associated with type-2 diabetes. The book is a simple to read, well-illustrated, with relevant and useful information. They have provided a table to illustrate the glycemic load per serving of various commonly consumed food. They also emphasize the importance of dietary fiber and low glycemic foods in the effective management of blood sugar levels and diabetes. One can see that in the table describing the glycemic load of foods, lentils have a very low glycemic load per serving (less than 10). The information in this supplement, taken together with the various recipes provided in the book provides the readers an opportunity to explore the role of diet, exercise and life style changes as key modalities of achieving weight loss and for effective management of hyperglycemia. We look forward to many more such simple to read, illustrated, observation based guidebooks, for the better management of healthcare.
As founder of several professional platforms related to healthcare, I admire their attempt to put together a compilation of their personal experiences in the form of an interesting dietary guidebook for management of personal weight. I hope the readers find the information provided in this book useful in maintaining their health.
Gundu H. R. Rao
Emeritus Professor
Lillehei Heart Institute
University of Minnesota
Founder CEO South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
Global Alliance of Traditional Health Systems
Foreword 2
Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food – Mahatma Gandhi
This book emphasizes on balanced diet. The authors narrate the various groups of carbohydrates obtained from various foods and types of blood glucose responses.
This book has South Indian vegetarian diet plan which emphasizes use of green banana and lentils in a meal plan for weight loss, which in turn can prevent or delay development of diabetes Mellitus.
This diet has resistant starch which can improve insulin sensitivity and this helps lower blood glucose levels. The various uses of spices and there antioxidant properties have been narrated in simple language.
Indian cooking oils like sesame, coconut are in use over centuries and to be used in minimum quantities.
The benefits of healthy fats (omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids) are also emphasized. Hence it tells us to stick to traditional diets and to be in moderation while eating food.
The book reflects the potential harmful effects of aspartame and the potential harmful effects of soy (the most genetically modified food).
The book explains the importance of eating on a banana leaf (environment friendly). The book is in simple language and can be easily read by common man. The recipes are simple and easily prepared.
Dr Nagmani Srinivas
B N Y S
Consultant -Naturopath
Jnana Sanjeevini Medical Center.
Dr. T Kamala
B.Sc;MBBS;CDE;FEDM;CCEBDM;CCGDM;FACE;
Consultant - Diabetes, Endocrinology and Medicine,
Jnana Sanjeevini Medical Center.
Dr. S.S. Srikanta,
Medical Director,
Samatvam: Science and Research For Human Welfare Trust
Jnana Sanjeevini Diabetes Hospital And Medical Centre
2, 1A Cross Marenahalli, JP Nagar Phase 2, Bangalore 560078, India
Phone: 91-80-26493040, 26493060; Web: jsindia.org
Email: samatvam@gmail.com
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We would like to offer our sincere thanks to Prof Rao for taking the time out of his very busy schedule to review the manuscript for this book and for writing the foreword which has given us the much needed encouragement and confidence to proceed with this book.
It’s a privilege to have received the foreword for this book from Prof. Gundu H. R. Rao, Emeritus Professor, Lillehei Heart Institute , University of Minnesota. Prof. Rao has also kindly written a foreword for my upcoming book, The Green Banana and lentil diet for diabetes and weight loss-Diabetes Management". It is indeed an honour to get a review from Prof.Rao .
Prof Rao is the Founder and CEO South Asian Society on atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. He has been actively involved in many programs aimed at preventing metabolic disorders, obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardio vascular disorders. Prof Rao has also taught at the Institute of Human Physiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Part of every year, he spends his time year in Bangalore, India developing collaborative programs to improve drug development, medical devices development and IT supported health care. He has started a professional Society (SASAT) in Minnesota to increase awareness and develop educational and preventive programs for the prevention of these diseases in South Asians. Currently he is working with three major professional societies as scientific adviser: South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, North American Thrombosis Forum and International Union of Angiology. He has received many awards and fellowships. He has authored many books.
Prof Rao started his career at the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Bangalore, for almost two years. After resigning from this Institute, he worked at the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore for five years (1960–65). He later left for the USA to obtain his PhD degree.
In the year 1972, he started working with James G White in the [1] Department of Pediatrics, on the morphology and ultra-structure of blood platelets. During this period when he collaborated with Prof White, he had published over 200 articles on the subject in peer-reviewed journals. Prof Rao’s accomplishments are so many and he has won many awards and fellowships that, it would take the length of this entire book to list them. To learn more about Prof Rao, please visit his wikipedia page.
He started the society called sasat in Minnesota to create awareness amongst the South Asians on preventing Diabetese and Coronory Heart Diseases. (www.sasat.org). He is at present working as scientific adviser to the following societies: South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, North American Thrombosis Forum and International Union of Angiology.
Please visit the following page for detailed information about Prof Rao’s illustrious career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundu_Hirisave_Rama_Rao for more information.
We would like to convey our heartfelt thanks to Dr. S. Srikantha and his team Dr. Nagamani Srinivas and Dr. T.Kamala at Samatvam an Endocrinology Diabetes Research Center in Bangalore, for taking the time out of their busy schedule to review our book.
Dr. S. Srikantha has had a distinguished career in the field of clinical endocrinology. After completing MBBS from the Government Bangalore Medical College, he obtained an MD degree in general medicine from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 1981. He secured the prestigious position of a Research Fellow and Faculty Investigator in the area of endocrinology at Duke University Medical School, and was a staff scientist at the Joslin Diabetes Center of the Harvard University.
After his return to India in 1987, he held the illustrious position of Scientific Officer and Assistant Director of Endocrinology at AIIMS, Professor and Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Chief of Center of Endocrine Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. As a Visiting Professor, he worked with the Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Program at the University of Minnesota. He was also a visiting clinician to the Mayo Clinic.
At present , Dr Srikantha is serving as the senior consultant at Samatvam Endocrinology Diabetes Centre (SEDC) in Bangalore. Samatvam aims to provide diabetese education and care to adults and children from all over India. This centre also provides online consultation to overseas patients. They provide diabetese educational actiities for the patients and their families. Samatvam has benefitted from the clinical/research contributions made by Dr Srikantha. The expertise provided by Dr Srikantha has added value to Samatvam by making it an organization which focuses on the roots of the socio-economic problems in India in order to address the problem of diabetes in India. Under the guidance of Dr Srikantha, Samatvam today delivers preventive diabetology and cardiology with emphasis on the importance of life style changes and Spiritual Medicine
. They deliver cost effective diabetic health care to the people.
Dr Srikantha is also an honorary consultant to the National Institute of Mental health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS), Sagar Hospitals, Rangadore Memorial Hospital etc all at Bangalore. Dr. Srikanta is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE).
Author’S note
There are so many different kinds of diet but, none suitable for a South Indian vegetarian. How does any vegetarian customize a paleo diet or a high protein diet to meet their needs? Most of the food they normally eat are classified as prohibited by their diet plan. In the name of diet and good health, how long can a person live on raw vegetables and fruits? After years of experimenting, my mom has come up with the perfect diet incorporating the powers of lentils and green bananas. She helped us to turn our attention towards traditional foods which harvest the powers of lentils and green bananas!
We personally tried this diet and to our utter amazement the pounds just melted off! The weight came off in a healthy way and there was a significant improvement in the numbers in the blood work! My mom has been battling type II diabetes for years as it runs in her family. She has been trying to avoid diabetes by staying on a strict diet and exercise regimen without taking any medication. By following the above diet, her blood sugar levels came down effortlessly from 8.1 mmol/L to 6.7 mmol/L (145.8 mg/dl to 120.6 mg/dl)! She ate to her heart content and yet her blood sugar level came down! The veggies prepared with lentil helped her to stay full for more than 6 hours without the need to consume the next meal! She started preparing late afternoon snacks out of green bananas and lentils. It kept us so