Abstract

Progressively rising prevalence of Diabetes mellitus in India established India as World Diabetic capital, is solely due to increasing non nutrients in dietary constituents which alters body metabolism by affecting hepatic, pancreatic and incretin biokinetics adjunct with stress due to changed life style. In spite of modalities for early detection, diagnosis and advancement in therapeutics, quality of life remains at stake and most encumbrances. Objective of study: To ascertain the effect of low caloric diet as initial diet on therapeutic out come and quality of life in patients of diabetes mellitus. Material & method: 1000 patients of diabetes mellitus attending Centre For Endocrinology &Metabolism, Aarogyam Punarjeevan, Ara Garden Road, Jagdeopath, Patna 14 and Institute of applied endocrinology, National Institute of Health & Research, Warisaliganj (Nawada) Bihar been considered for the proposed study. After due confirmation of their diabetic status and basic haemato-hepatorenal parameters patients were divided in to two equal group and one group were advocated