A Comparison of Western Diet With Other Countries, and the Contribution of Western Diet in Diabetes

Diet is an important factor that determines the health of a human being. Due to the change of time, diet has changed dramatically. The practice of how we purchase food, cook, and the way of dining has also shifted completely. If we are comparing our diets now days with our grandparents diets most of them are unclear as well as unrecognizable, due to substantial changes that have occurred in our habits. The time to think about the seriousness of dietary patterns in our daily life is already exceeded. This can be realized by the outbreak of new diseases. People don't have enough time to think about whether they are eating a healthy diet or not. Research studies have shown that due to the consumption of high calorie foods, such as junk foods, snacks there has been an increase in serious health problems.

World Health Organization 2019 reports that, 70 percentage of death is caused by non communicable diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Cancer, and Heart diseases. This is responsible for people dying earlier in occurrence than anticipated. The increase of these diseases are due to unhealthy diet, use of alcohol and tobacco, lack of physical inactivity, age as well as pollution. This leads the life of human into a dangerous situation. Oxidative stress, free radical formation increasing lipid content in the human body are some of the complications due to the above mentioned factors which can later transform into diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc, which leads to mortality as well as a decrease in the quality of life of people. Antioxidants plays a pivotal role in reducing the oxidative damages. The chemical constitution of Aloe Vera helps to prevent the oxidative damages. Lipids are important component in the human body, cholesterol, triglyceride are lipids, if the level of these lipids increases it can be then turn to many diseases.

Aloe Vera is a plant consist of various constituents, that is used for centuries due to its medicinal properties. It is used to treat various diseases, especially skin diseases, which consist of wounds, burns, dermatitis as well as cancer, gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, fertility problems. Research studies shown that Aloe Vera consist of many antioxidants and it is a lipid lowering agent. Its anti-inflammatory properties and anti oxidant activities are discussed by various researchers. It has been found that this plant have a potential capacity to treat Diabetes Mellitus. 

Research has shown that natural products have a vital relationship in decreasing non communicable diseases especially diabetes mellitus. DM is considered as an inflammatory disease and studies have proved that Aloe Vera have anti inflammatory properties. Diabetes mellitus is now a disease which is familiar to everyone and there are many people who are suffering from this condition, most commonly due to advancement of age, obesity, hereditary.

The Main use of Aloe Vera is for skin and it is used in many beauty products. The reason behind why Aloe Vera is used in almost all beauty products is because of its beneficial properties in skin. This thesis aims to find out the effect Aloe Vera in reducing diabetes. The safety of Aloe Vera when used inside the body through food products as well as direct consumption. Additionally, as a small research on industrial application of Aloe Vera in food product is also conducted.

Natural Products played a pivotal role in ancient times in the treatment of diseases, especially plants and herbs were part of human life in olden days. The olden treatments such as Ayurveda from India, Chinese medicines, Unani are still practiced worldwide because of their uniqueness. The major constituents of these treatments is natural products from plants and animals. A fruitful contribution is obtained from plants and animals to the modern medicine as well as many modern drugs were developed by the inspiration of traditional medicines.

Our great grandfathers had a healthy life and longer life expectancy at that time, many diseases that can be seen now were absent in the olden days. In those days plants were used to treat various illness, and our ancestors considered food as medicine. The Father of medicine, Hippocrates wrote in his book that, 'Let your food be your medicine and let medicine be your food'. It shows that in olden days itself it is understood that, food has a major role in prevention of disease. What we eat shows how our health is. It is necessary to take further action to prevent disease by turning back to the golden olden days of health.

' Diabetes Mellitus is a group of metabolic disorder of fat, carbohydrate and protein metabolism that defects in insulin secretion ,sensitivity or both'. According to WHO report 2019, 422 million adult have diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by a raise in blood glucose level (> than 120mg/dl). Continues elevated blood sugar leads to severe damage to human organs such as heart, eye, kidney as well as blood vessels and nerves as the time passes. This can seriously affect the humans life by decreasing the quality of life.

According to chemistry, 'Free radical is a molecule consisting of single valance electrons capable of forming highly chemically reactive specious. These unstable atoms try to become stable by taking part in chemical reactions' (Halliwell, 1989). The free radicals are formed by splitting of oxygen atoms into single electrons. These atoms try to become stable with another atom. If it happens, it leads to oxidative stress. This has a harmful effect in the body causes cells to expose for diseases as well as ageing and wrinkles. Hydroxyl, nitric oxide, superoxide, nitrogen dioxide, lipid peroxyl, peroxyl are some commonly occurring free radicals in the human body. The free radicals can also help to fight against the pathogens that is harmful to the body but if the level of free radicals increases, then it will be neutralize by antioxidant otherwise it can be attack the cells of human body.