One of the most widespread lifestyle diseases in India is diabetes. Bad enough by itself, it leads to cardiac, liver and kidney ailments. When not properly managed, it becomes life threatening.
Integrative medicine combining Ayurveda-Yoga-Naturopathy provides effective ways to manage diabetes. That pre-diabetics become diabetic within a matter of 5-10 years is not widely known. Even less known is the fact that traditional medicine can prevent pre-diabetics from becoming diabetic. Even those with diabetes can be managed with minimal side effects.
Sugar Satyagraha is an ambitious project. It aims to spread awareness widely, facilitate large scale screening in health centres, and direct pre-diabetics and diabetics to their nearest centres of traditional medicine. The programme has been designed in association with the Sri Aurobindo Society and S-VYASA. A pilot study of over 3000 individuals has concluded.
M.S.(MUM) ,F.C.P.S. , M.N.A.M.S. (NBE. DELHI)
General Surgeon & Yoga Consultant
Asst Director, Scientific Research Department, Kaivalyadham.
Qualifications;
MBBS, MS, FRCS (Glasgow), FAMS (India), FACS (USA), FCLS (India), Hon. FRCS (Glasgow), D.Sc. (Hon. Causa), Hon. FRCS (Edinburgh).
Emeritus Professor, J P N Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS. Atls India Chair, Program & Course Director, Atls India Program. Ex-Director, AIIMS, New Delhi.
Member French Academy Of Medicine (Elected October 2017), Invited Member International Endo – Hernia Society (IEHS), I. M. A. Eminent Medical Teacher Award 2016 (In 2017), Professor of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Surgical Disciplines. The President cum Vice Chancellor Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences & Technology.
Dr. Vasudha M Sharma is the Medical Director of Vivekananda health Global, an international chain of Integrative medicine clinics and hospitals, which is an official brand of Vyasa Healthcare Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru, India
She is an Entrepreneur in the field of Integrative medicine, an Ayurveda and Yoga therapy consultant, Researcher, and International speaker.
She has completed a Bachelor’s degree in Ayurveda from the Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Masters and Ph.D., in Yoga from S-VYASA University, Bengaluru. Her doctoral work was on Ayurveda and Yoga therapy in the management of migraine headache without aura.
She has been a clinical practitioner for more than 20 years and a practitioner of Integrative medicine for 15 years combining the traditional Indian systems of medicine- Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy with conventional medicine. Her area of specialization includes integrative pain management with a focus on Migraine headache and women health problems including infertility.
She has been a speaker at several international conferences and conducted diseases specific integrative medicine workshops in the USA, Italy, Indonesia, Singapore etc. Recently, she was a speaker at the American Headache Society’s annual congress and presented the role of Integrative medicine in Pain management.
MD, MP
Dr. Mehta received his BA in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University, and his MD from the University of Texas-South Western Medical School. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago Hospital. He has completed a clinical research fellowship in complementary and integrative medicine at the Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center, during which he received a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Electrophysiologist
Dr. Basu Ray is trained in Medicine and Cardiology from India, Interventional Electrophysiology and Device therapy from the University of Toronto & Electrophysiology research from Massachussets General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has been an Incharge of Experimental EP Lab at Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and a Faculty in Medicine (Cardiology)at the Harvard Medical School.