From 500 ml soft drinks daily to regular walk, diet change: Doctor shares diabetes patient’s incredible transformation journey

Changes in diet and regular walk helped a 30 year old man in reducing extremely high triglyceride levels. While we all have been always told to pay attention to diet and exercise, this is a glaring example of that.

Diabetologist Dr Rahul Baxi has shared an extremely interesting case on microblogging platform Twitter.

On October 19, Dr Baxi had shared the lipid profile of a 30 year old man who had been newly diagnosed with diabetes, then. The lipid report showed that the triglyceride level of the person was 3352.4, multiple times higher than the normal and acceptable level of triglyceride in the body. While the overall cholesterol was 440.7, more than double of the desirable range, the levels of low density lipoprotein or LDL and high density lipoprotein or HDL were less.

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500 ml cold drink daily!
It was the diet of the patient that had caught the attention of the netizens. He consumed 500 ml of cold drinks every day; and it was more than that if someone else was with him.

“30 yr, M

Newly diagnosed Diabetes

Breakfast- orders dosa or medu vada or vada pav

Lunch and dinner – “I like Chinese food, always from outside. I also like Thums Up”

“How much, 300 ml?”

“No, 500 ml or 1 L if someone is with me”

Meanwhile, the TG levels,” Dr Baxi had tweeted.

The Twitter thread initiated by Dr Baxi has been an open and active engagement place for doctors, experts and others since…