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LCHHS is an ecosystem of highly trained & registered clinical dieticians & certified nutritionists, founded by Luke Coutinho, India’s most recognised integrative health & lifestyle medicine specialist
India’s status as the diabetes capital of the world is compounded further by a dire lack of awareness and flagrant misconceptions regarding diabetes and its management. Acknowledging this, Kiara Powar – a fearless diabetes spokesperson has launched a brand-new series that focuses on separating fact from fiction. To do so, she has joined hands with Luke Coutinho Holistic Healing Systems (LCHHS), an ecosystem of highly trained and registered clinical dieticians and certified nutritionists that has been founded by Luke Coutinho, India’s most recognised integrative health and lifestyle medicine specialist.
Kiara was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the tender age of 2 and draws on her own experiences and those she has encountered along her diabetes journey to pose insightful questions to specialised nutritionists. Accordingly, the series has been named ‘Ask a Nutritionist’, emphasising the importance of seeking experts’ pertinent and scientifically sound advice for effective prevention and management of diabetes rather than relying on unverified sources. The first season of this series features Shimpli Patil, Head of Training, Head Nutritionist & Lifestyle Expert at LCHHS.
“Ever since I began to share my own experiences with diabetes, whether on social media or in the real world, I would invariably receive comments, questions and unsolicited advice from people who were very poorly informed or misinformed about the reality of diabetes and, especially, the nutritional aspect of living with diabetes. It occurred to me that this is a reality for so many others like me and can often cause delays in diagnosis and complications in diabetes management. This inspired me to begin this series. I’ve had so many fellow diabetics reach out to me with their doubts and concerns, and I’ve also tried to address their queries,” shared Kiara Powar.