DwainKilgore21 at 20:10, 25 May 2025

2025-05-25T20:10:28Z

New page

{{short description|Indian professor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
[[File:Dr. Jagannath Dixit.jpg|thumb|Jagannath Dixit]]
'''Jagannath Dixit''' is an Indian professor who is known for propounding a diet plan to reverse [[obesity]] and [[diabetes mellitus type 2|type 2 diabetes]]. Physicians, [[diabetologists]], and experts from the Indian Medical Association have said that the diet is not supported by scientific evidence.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> But new evidence supports some of his views such as lifestyle modification can reduce HbA1c (signifying extent of diabetes) in patients.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=reduction in HbA1c through lifestyle modification- t|date=September 23, 2023|pmc=9480679 |language=en |last1=Dixit |first1=J. V. |last2=Badgujar |first2=S. Y. |last3=Giri |first3=P. A. |journal=Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=3312–3317 |doi=10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1677_21 |pmid=36119208 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Dixit is a professor at the [[B J Medical College, Pune]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-eat-well-for-tomorrow-you-may-die-t-2682173 |title=Eat well for tomorrow you may die-t |date=November 3, 2018 |first1=Aseem |last1=Gujar |first2=Anagha |last2=Sawant |website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |language=en |access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> and he was named the brand ambassador for the [[Government of Maharashtra]]'s anti-obesity campaign in [[Maharashtra]] in 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/dr-dixit-appointed-ambassador-of-maha-s-anti-obesity-campaign-118112001014_1.html |title='Dr Dixit appointed ambassador of Maha anti-obesity campaign |last=Press Trust of India |website=[[Business Standard]] |date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>

The Dixit diet plan, where a person eats two meals a day, was originally conceived by [[Shrikant Jichkar]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/dixit-diet-needs-scientific-validation-say-diabetologists/story-MbYBv5BNAhu3itRwMW9NpI.html|title=Pune diabetologists ask for scientific validation on 'Dixit diet plan'|date=March 3, 2019|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-man-with-the-diet-plan/articleshow/68239119.cms |title=How Dr Jagannath Dixit became a messiah for the obese and diabetic in Maharashtra |first=Murali K. |last=Menon |website=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |language=en |date=Mar 3, 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> However, Dixit's claims have been challenged for lacking scientific validation, and he has been accused of providing potentially harmful advice to those with diabetes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/fact-check-dr-dixits-two-meals-a-day-diet-for-weight-loss-diabetes/ |title=Fact-check: Dr. Dixit's 'Two meals a day' diet for weight-loss & diabetes |last=Parikh |first=Rakesh |date=December 26, 2018 |website=[[AltNews.in]] |language=en-GB |access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The [[Indian Medical Association]] has noted that Dixit is neither a dietician nor a diabetologist.<ref name=":0" /> A 2018 article at the [[JAMA Internal Medicine]] journal concluded that the hypothesis of carbohydrate stimulated [[insulin]] secretion being the primary cause of common obesity, was difficult to reconcile with available evidence.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hall|first1=Kevin D.|last2=Guyenet|first2=Stephan J.|last3=Leibel|first3=Rudolph L.|date=August 1, 2018|title=The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity Is Difficult to Reconcile With Current Evidence|url=http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2920|journal=[[JAMA Internal Medicine]]|language=en|volume=178|issue=8|pages=1103|doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2920|issn=2168-6106|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixit, Jagannath}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian health activists]]
[[Category:Educators from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

Jagannath Dixit - Revision history

DwainKilgore21 at 20:10, 25 May 2025