Abstract
The study has been conducted for observing the dietary profile and prevalence of hypertension in NIDDM patients [1]. It is the study of patients out of 100 in which 50 were males and 50 females were selected to conduct the study. Hypertension (bp) is the very important risk factor for chronic disease burden in India. Studies of India have reported high prevalence of hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine, profile, nutritional content, education, food habits ,medicinal utilization of hypertension in NIDDM patients. Since food and dietary pattern of an individual have an important role to play in development, treatment or prevention of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The main criteria of the sample selection were non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus male and female age group between 40-60 years of age. Few selected individuals had controlled diabetes. Their diabetes was controlled by the following:
• Limitation their food intake
• Morning and evening walk
• Do the exercise
• Yoga and meditation
• Avoiding of any stress
Taking medicinal herbs like methi seeds, bitter gourd (in powder form) or jamun seeds besides their regular medicine [2] (Figure 1).
They got their urine and blood sugar levels checked regularly, every 15 days or after a month). Some diabetic subjects were dependent only on medication to control their blood glucose levels and did not regulate their dietary intake and physical activity.
Keywords
NIDDM, Nutrition, Diabetic, Hypertension, Disease and Health