Dr.Vivek Raskar

08/09/2026

Same food. Different result.

Somebody has told you to stop eating carbs. Somebody else has told you fat is the problem. A third person has told you rice is why your sugar is high.

All three are answering the wrong question.
If you are on diabetes medicines or insulin, changing your carbohydrate intake can change your sugars quickly. Talk to your own doctor before you make a big shift, not after.

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Dr. Vivek Raskar
Consultant Diabetologist & Metabolic Physician

Educational content only. Not a substitute for individual medical advice.

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31/08/2026

Our abstract has been accepted for a long oral presentation at ATTD-ASIA 2026 in Kyoto.

ATTD — Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes — is one of the main international meetings where new diabetes technology is presented and taken apart by the people who actually use it. The third Asian conference runs from 9 to 11 December this year.

A long oral presentation means the work goes in front of that room and then takes questions. That second part is the part that matters. Anyone can claim something works. Far fewer are willing to stand up and be asked.

The study is called ASTRA: AI-assisted, clinician-supervised titration of basal insulin in real-world Asians. A feasibility study.
Here is the problem it looks at, and if you are on insulin you already know it.

Basal insulin has to be titrated — adjusted upward in small steps against your fasting sugars until it reaches the dose that is right for you. In real practice that adjustment stalls. You are between visits. Your doctor has ten minutes and a full waiting room. And your sugars sit high for months on a dose everybody knows is not finished. It has a name in the literature. Clinical inertia. It is one of the most ordinary and most expensive problems in diabetes care.

So the question we asked was whether software can help with that, with the doctor still in charge.

Clinician-supervised is the load-bearing phrase. The system does not decide anything by itself and it does not replace your treating doctor. It proposes; a clinician reviews and approves. And real-world Asians is the other one, because most titration evidence comes from trial populations who do not look like our patients and do not eat like them.

Whether it actually works is exactly what a feasibility study is for, and that is what gets presented in Kyoto. I am not going to claim anything here before that room has had a chance to question it. Accepted abstracts are published in Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, which is peer-reviewed and indexed in PubMed, so the work will be checkable by anyone who wants to check it.

31/08/2026

The biggest epidemic is coming and that Fatty liver going into Liver Fibrosis and cirrhosis. Indians are highly prone it.

24/08/2026

Two out of three Indians with diabetes have a fatty liver. They do not drink. It was never that kind of disease.

That figure is 66.4%, and it is not an estimate from a survey. It comes from the Phenome India cohort — 7,764 adults scanned on a FibroScan, published in Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia this year. Among the 1,927 participants with diabetes, 1,280 had fatty liver.

In the cohort as a whole it was 47.8%. India’s own Health Ministry guideline puts the range at 40 to 80% in type 2 diabetes and 60 to 90% in obesity.

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06/08/2026

Indian 🇮🇳 breakfast options .. remember start with protein .

31/07/2026

Can food really help a fatty liver? Yes. Diet is still the main treatment. 🍲

Fatty liver is very common in India, even in people who are not overweight.

There is no magic pill and no miracle cure. Losing some weight and changing daily food habits remain the most proven approach.

These 7 foods are linked with a healthier liver: black coffee, fatty fish, walnuts, oats, leafy greens, dal, and olive oil.

What you remove matters just as much. Cut sugary drinks, deep-fried snacks, and alcohol.

Start today: swap your evening biscuits for a small handful of walnuts, and add one green sabzi to your thali. For fish, local options like bangda (mackerel) and sardines work well.

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Disclaimer: This is general education, not personal medical advice.

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29/07/2026

What if you could watch your blood sugar like a movie, not just one photo? 📈
A glucose sensor (CGM) checks your sugar day and night, not only at the moment you prick your finger.
The 2026 diabetes care standards now suggest starting a sensor early, even around the time of diagnosis, for people who can benefit.
A fingerstick shows one moment. A sensor shows the full story of your day — your meals, your walks and your sleep.
Seeing these patterns helps you learn which foods and habits move your numbers, so managing sugar feels less like guessing.
Practical step: If you are curious, ask your doctor whether even a short sensor trial suits you, so you can see how your usual roti, rice, dal and evening chai actually affect your sugar.
Transparency: I have served on advisory boards of companies that make glucose sensor and insulin device technologies. This post names no brand and recommends no product.
Comment or DM the word DIETPLAN and I will send you my free diet guide.
For consultation from anywhere: book at drraskardiabetes.com (link in bio).
Disclaimer: This is general education, not personal medical advice.
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27/07/2026

Some foods never taste “sweet”. Your blood sugar disagrees. 🧊
1️⃣ Packaged fruit drink: a 200 ml pack can carry approx. 26 g sugar — about 6 cubes. It is a soft drink with a fruit picture on it.
2️⃣ Flavoured yogurt: one small cup can hide approx. 13 g sugar — about 3 cubes. Plain dahi has no added sugar at all.
3️⃣ Tomato ketchup: approx. 4 g sugar per tablespoon — about 1 cube. And very few of us stop at one spoon.
4️⃣ Chocolate cereal: approx. 9 g sugar in one 30 g bowl — about 2 cubes, before you even add milk. That is dessert at 8 AM.
5️⃣ The rule: read the BACK of the pack, not the front. The front is marketing. The back label is the truth.
These are typical label values. Your pack may differ — so check “total sugars” per serving on YOUR pack. That one habit protects you in every shop in India.
Simple swaps: nimbu pani or a whole fruit instead of packaged juice. Plain dahi with fresh fruit instead of flavoured yogurt. Poha or upma with vegetables instead of sweet cereal.
Comment or DM the word DIETPLAN and I will send you my free diet guide.
For consultation from anywhere: book at drraskardiabetes.com (link in bio).
Disclaimer: This is general education, not personal medical advice.
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26/07/2026

26/07/2026

launch, 🚀 this is real video, not CGI.