Nazir Ahmad

Faisalabad, Government College University , Pakistan
Title : Chitosan and dietary management can affectively treat the diabetic foot: a case study

Abstract

Chitosan ia being proved to be a outstanding chemical and pharmacokinetic properties. The recent studies have shown that chitosan has a wanderful impact on metabolic disorders particularly the diabetes. In this study, we have evaluated the role of chitosan application on diabetic foot and oral admininstrated for 20 days. Simultanously the dietary calories were controlled to prevent the blood glucose spikes. The glucose was monitored twice a day without use of any antidiabetic medication. At the end of study, a significant improvement in healing of diabetic foot was observed. We concluded that by controling blood sugar spikes with oral and topical application of chitosan can help to recover from blood sugar, diabetic foot infection and healing of wound

Biography

Nazir Ahmad has been working as assistant professor and researcher since February 2013 in department of Nutritional Sciences. He hold PhD degree in Nutrition and Biotechnology processes. He has the experience of working with international scientists during his master and doctoral studies in France where he did his master in “immunological response to of milk proteins” from International French Institute for Agriculture (INRA), Nantes, France and PhD degree on “postprandial lipemia and hepatic function” from University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. His research interests are to explore the functional characteristics of nutrients and biological evaluation in health and disease.