The 42-year-old cricketer stressed the importance of leading an active and healthy life to keep diabetes at bay.

‘Novo Nordisk, a diabetes care company has announced Sachin Tendulkar as the brand ambassador for its newly launched awareness program “changing diabetes” in India.’

"My wife is a doctor and we talk on various subjects. Sometime ago we were discussing diabetes because it was all about healthy lifestyle and active lifestyle. And the number of diabetics was 55 million. I saw that number after a few months it had jumped to 60 million and now we are at 69 million. It's one record we should not be proud of...This number has to come down," said Tendulkar.




The 42-year-old cricketer stressed on following a healthy diet and fitness for overcoming such lifestyle diseases.
He said, "I feel to bring this number down we have to change our mindset. We always tend to take our health for granted. We feel nothing can go wrong. We have this 'chalta hai' (casual) attitude, which should not happen. Just by ignoring, the problem is not going to go away. We have to address the situation and overcome all (such) obstacles.”
“Being a sportsman, I naturally used to train really hard and it had become a routine to me. But most of the guys prefer to lead easy lifestyle. I believe the easiest and the cheapest way to stay away from diabetes is to hit the gym every morning...To work out. If you don't want to hit the gym one can go for long walks or decent jogs."
He also said that correct information about the disease must be spread to the individuals to fight diabetes so that India becomes a happier and healthier nation.
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Source-Medindia