Diabetes today is a significant health issue for many countries worldwide. As per the WHO, “the number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. The increasing prevalence has been observed to rise more rapidly in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries”. Similarly, in 2019, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the blood glucose, also called blood sugar, gets too high in the body. Over the years, the changing lifestyles in cities and rural areas, globalization, unhealthy eating habits, especially in teens and adults, an increase in o...