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Ayurveda includes diabetes mellitus in the prameha category. Pramehas are a list of urinary disorders, especially characterized by profuse urination with several abnormal qualities. Out of these, diabetes mellitus is termed as madhumeha. It is one of the four vataja pramehas. Most of the treatment methods for diabetes mellitus regard it as a largely dietary disease. But Ayurveda is variant widely in its outlook. The Ayurvedic treatment for diabetes mellitus is based on an entire change in the lifestyle of the person. Nature provides us with extraordinary gifts which can help us come over a lot of health problems. There are various kinds of fruits in the natural world which can help us controlling diabetes.

Ayurveda is a world full of solutions to any health problem one undergoes. It has answer and antidote to everything adverse that affects your health or psychology. Its own set of ideology and principles of prevention for each ailment or problem is such that if followed, one can live a perfect and hitch-free healthy life. Ayurveda has also claimed to cure, prevent, maintain and balance diabetes or the glucose level in the human body which is very much prevalent throughout the world today and is also taking away several lives due to its fatal outcomes. Diabetes or ‘sugar-problem’ is a nutritional and hormonal disorder, characterised by an abnormally high level of blood sugar/glucose and the excretion of the excess glucose in urine. It results from a complete or relative deficiency or lack of insulin which leads to imbalances and malfunctions in carbohydrate metabolism and also protein and fat metabolism.

Diabetes Mellitus is a disease related to the impaired glucose tolerance of the body, insulin functioning is affected. Symptoms of diabetes can be excessive thirst, excessive hunger or excessive / frequent urination. Diabetes Mellitus can be of Type 1 or Type 2 or pancreatic diabetes or gestational diabetes.

According to Ayurveda, diabetes is a metabolic kapha type of disorder in which reduced implementation of Agni leads to a inclination toward elevated blood sugar. (Ayurveda recognizes 24 forms of the disease commonly classified under Prameha - 4 are due to Vata dosha, 6 are due to Pitta dosha, and 10 are caused by Kapha dosha. The chief causes of diseases are fat, urine, and Kapha build-ups due to foods, liquids, lifestyle and others.) Ayurvedic practitioners attack diabetes using a multiprong approach.

Some other methods of avoiding diabetes
- Exercise
- Oil massage
- Use of dry ginger and cardamom while taking bath
- Drinking water which is preserved in a copper vessel overnight.

Essential points to remember related to ayurveda
- You should always use proper spices and oils.
- You should eat herbal preparations to improve your digestion
- You should maintain a difference between your meals like breakfast, lunch and dinner
- You should follow a balanced and healthy diet.
- You should also follow the non dietary regiments like Yoga, breathing exercises, and asanas.

Fruits which a diabetic can consume -
A diabetic can choose from a wide list of fruits that Mother Nature provides in order to get rid of disturbed diabetes. The following is a list of fruits that a diabetic can opt for:
- Rose apple (Eugenia Jambos, Jamun)
- Powder of rose apple stones (powder of Jambu or Jamun ki Guthali)
- Bilva (Aegle Marmelos, Corr, Bael fruit)
- Oranges
- Lemons
- Bitter melons
- Berries, Amla etc.
- Apples
- Grapefruit
- Bananas
- Melons

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