Many people approach soy protein with trepidation. They have heard that It is dangerous for women with history o breast cancer or with family history of breast cancer Men can develop gynecomastia – ‘man boobs’ Those with thyroid deficiency cannot take soy protein.   So let us examine the evidence. We’ll take the subject of breast cancer first. There are several studies which show that soy protein is actually protective against breast cancer. This study

https://drlilykiswani.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/VID_20171208_154535.mp4 This video answers all the questions you had about milk but didn’t know who to ask: The very first, basic one : Should one drink milk? If yes, should it be fat free? Low fat? Or Horrors! Full fat? Should one add anything to milk? I hope you enjoy. Do you drink milk? Do you add various ‘doodh ki shakti’ products? Leave your comments below.  

Is this your breakfast? Over the last month and a half, an overwhelming majority of my patients have proudly proclaimed that they eat only fruit for breakfast. Somehow, it’s only at breakfast, and it’s only fruit, unadulterated with any proteins or fats. :) And none of them were able to answer coherently, whose recommendations they were following. Obviously, they had high blood sugars, which is why they were seeking help. Fruit seems to have an exalted

We have been conditioned to believe that diabetes is a chronic, progressive condition which will stay with us and we have to resign ourselves to suffer its complications. This is what we are taught in medical college and our entire treatment focus is geared to suppressing the symptom of diabetes, the high blood sugar levels. But this does NOTHING to prevent the development of complications. Using insulin to lower blood sugar levels might seem logical,

PCOD  is an increasingly common condition in young women. When I was a student – almost 40 years ago! – it was rare, seen in significantly overweight ( which was itself uncommon!) women in their 20’s and 30’s. Now we see it in young teens, most of them of normal weight or even thin! What went wrong? There was a recent report that there are 10 million young ladies with PCOD in India. PCOD, like