Obesity is a well-known risk factor for many diseases. It also known to enhance complications of diseases eg. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study was done assess the gustatory functions in obese T2DM individuals. subjects and compare same with lean A comparative sample size 40 conducted. Patients aged 25 50 years < 5 duration HBA1C ≤ 7 were divided into groups, Group I- normal w...

Sweet potato is grown extensively from tropical to temperate regions and is an important food crop worldwide. In this study, we established detection methods for 17 major sweet potato viruses using single and multiplex RT-PCR assays. To investigate the current incidence of viral diseases, we collected 154 samples of various sweet potato cultivars showing virus-like symptoms from 40 fields in 10...

The first mention of diabetes as a condition causing 'polyuria' was first made about 1500 B.C. in Papyrus Eber's found at Luxor in Egypt. A report from China indicated that the urine of diabetic patients was so sweet that dogs were attracted to it and a little later, around 400 B.C., the sweetness was referred to as "honey urine". Around the sixth century AD, the association between excessive i...

Since the discovery of insulin 47 years ago diabetes mellitus has continued to attract, baffle, and reveal itself in tiny facets of its many-faced make-up ; but long ere the days of insulin,in the dim past of Ayurvedic glory. Susruta first recognised the condition when he discovered the honey sweet urine of such sufferers. The syndrome was further described as inheritedor acquired, the former-l...

The nutrient and anti nutrient composition of some standardized sweet potato dishes in Kwara state was determined using official methods of analysis. The indigenous sweet potato dishes analysed included pounded sweet potato/yam; sweet potato leaf soup; boiled sweet potato; fried sweet potatoes and sweet potato/ beans pottage. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) for moisture content wh...

A nationwide survey was performed to investigate the current incidence of viral diseases in Korean sweet potatoes for germplasm and growing fields from 2011 to 2014. A total of 83.8% of the germplasm in Korea was infected with viruses in 2011. Commercial cultivars that were used to supply growing fields were infected at a rate of 62.1% in 2012. Among surveyed viruses, the incidence of five Poty...

Objective: Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is a natural and healthyalternative sweetener to sugar and artificial sweeteners, which has become important for human diets and food manufactures. In this study, the effects of stevia or sucralose as tea sweeteners on glycemic and lipid profile of type 2 diabetic patients were investigated. Materials and Methods:</str...

objective: diabetes mellitus (dm) is a chronic metabolic disease which affects many organ systems in the body and is associated with a progressive weight loss. many diabetic patients used to consume herbal remedies to relieve their symptoms. black tea and its fermented remedy which is made by cultivating the kombucha mushroom in a mixture of warm tea and sugar are widely used by diabetic patien...