The Department of Endocrinology, 
Water and Diabetes: Prevention and Cure.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital & BRIDE, Karnal, India.
- University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, India.
- Department of Diabetology, Diabetes Obesity and Thyroid Centre, Gwalior, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India and Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 73 · Issue 2 · pp. 426-427
PMID 36800745DOI 10.47391/jpma.11-23
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Sanjay Kalra, Navneet Agrawal, Nitin Kapoor. Water and Diabetes: Prevention and Cure. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2023;73(2):426-427. doi:10.47391/jpma.11-23
Abstract
Water is ubiquitous in nature, and that is why, perhaps, it is not viewed as a nutrient. In the context of diabetes, water intake may have implications in increasing insulin resistance, development of complications, relation to anti-diabetic agents and also in prevention of diabetes. In this brief article, we list various aspects of water nutrition, i.e., hydration that support its status as a mega- nutrient, as a preventative therapy against diabetes, and as a treatment modality for diabetes and its complications.
Keywords
- Diabetes
- diet
- H2O
- heart failure
- hyperglycemia
- hyperosmolar coma
- ketoacidosis
- medical nutrition therapy
- nephropathy
- renal failure
