Workshop on Glycemic index foods-A helpful tool for diabetes management
TOPIC-“WORKSHOP ON GLYCEMIC INDEX-A HELPFUL TOOL FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT”
Objective:
List of low glycemic index foods
Management of Diabetes
Date- 25 Feb, 2022
Students: III Degree Students and PG Students
REPORT
We the department of home science had a workshop on glycemic index-A Helpful tool for diabetes, 25th February 2022, from afternoon 1pm-4pm, with our guest lecture Mrs.S.Gayathri, Senior Nutrition consultant & In charge Starlite Nutrition
Madam was the speaker for the 3rd Home science who are 48 in strength and PG students.
Our topic was on Glycemic index and Glycemic Load which are directly proportional to each other.
The different types of glycemic foods:
Low glycemic index foods, glycemic index foods and High glycemic index foods.
Factors influencing glycemic index
Glycemic foods in Red zone, yellow zone, green zone.
ACTIVITIES:
Mrs S.Gayathri divided the students into groups namely green zone, yellow zone, red zone and asked them to prepare a recipe according to their groups like low and medium and high, made the students much more involved as if they are dealing with real-time patients.
As a second activity mam told the students to prepare a menu plan for type-2 diabetes, as a part of the workshop she explained the type 1 and type 2 diabetes and also about the complications – polyurea, polydypsia, polyphagia.
The organs effected/ complications to the organs like Retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy ,etc, with the affect of diabetes .
Hence it was an enriching session and we are really happy to learn it from Mrs S.Gayathri our Honorable Speaker of the Workshop, who is dealing with real-time patients