- Information shared by senior diabetologist and proponent of the Dixit Diet, Dr. Jagannath Dixit
- ADORE’s Center relocated to Nal Stop for better accessibility
- Infosys Foundation extends financial support once again
PUNE: The Association for Diabetes and Obesity Reversal (ADORE), a Pune-based organization, has guided individuals in losing weight and controlling diabetes without medication through the Dixit Lifestyle. According to data from ADORE’s Diabetes Reversal Counselling Center, 3,500 patients have registered to lose weight or manage diabetes, with an average weight loss of 6.2 kg over six months. Out of these, 3000 patients are from Pune city and its surrounding areas.
Furthermore, approximately 398 diabetic patients have been able to reduce their HbA1c levels to below 6.5 without medication for at least three months, with 365 of them being from Pune and its surrounding areas. This information was shared by Dr. Jagannath Dixit, a renowned diabetologist and proponent of the Dixit diet. Dr. Dixit also mentioned that lakhs of people from India and abroad have benefited from the Dixit diet.
ADORE’s center has helped 35–40 patients with very high blood sugar to control diabetes without medicines, and 4 patients have successfully quit tobacco while following the Dixit lifestyle, he added.ADORE’s Trustee Balasaheb Kadam, Dr. Jayant Navrange, and Dr. Veda Nalawade were also present at the press conference.
The ADORE center in Pune has now been moved to a bigger space above the Mahindra Unnati Showroom in Apex Colony near Nal Stop on Law College Road, for the convenience of patients. This space has been provided by the charitable organization Ram Padma Godbole Foundation. The center will operate from Monday to Saturday between 5 PM and 9 PM. Dr. Dixit said that all medical check-ups and counselling services at this center will be completely free of cost. Also, this year, Infosys Foundation has once again extended financial support to ADORE’s social service work.
Dr. Dixit explained that Type 2 diabetes is caused by a bad lifestyle and can be controlled without medicine by eating two meals a day and exercising 45 minutes daily. Many patients have successfully managed diabetes this way, and it doesn’t require special foods or costs; it’s simple and free.
“With financial help from Infosys Foundation, ADORE launched the ‘Infosys Foundation Diabetes Care Program’ centers in Pune and Nagpur in November-December 2022. A center in Nashik, funded by CTR Company, runs daily. ADORE also has centers in Thane, Kalyan, Sangli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Kolhapur, Solapur, Vile Parle, Surat, Belgaum, and Madgaon, operating one to three days a week. Recently, new centers opened in Badlapur and Bhayandar”, said Dr. Dixit.
Based on patient data from the diabetes reversal center, numerous research papers have been published. One such paper, published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine in February 2023, was honored as the ‘Best Research Paper’ of the year.
Considering the severity of the diabetes epidemic, there are plans to establish more such centers in cities across Maharashtra and India. For this, support from NGOs and corporate sponsors is essential. “We are making special efforts to sustain these centers through community participation,” Dr. Dixit concluded.