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The Global Cost of Diabetes has Reached Unprecedented Levels

Diabetes has been a global health issue for the past two decades and the situation has only deteriorated with the latest reports from the Imperial College of London, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The World Health Organization as well as the International Diabetes Federation calling for a global emergency. Over 415 million people suffer from Diabetes in the world, a significant increase from the 108 million in 1980. This still pales in comparison to the 2040 estimates soaring over the 640 million mark.

Source: International Diabetes Federation

Diabetes Mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases caused by a prolonged period of high blood sugar (Glucose) levels.…

The Tree of the 21st Century

The neem tree (Azadirachta Indica) is an evergreen and part of the Meliaceae (mahogany) family, celebrated for its remarkable healing properties as far back as 5,000BC by the Harappa and Mohenjo civilizations. Described in ancient Indian Ayurvedic texts as ‘Sarva roga nivarini’ (the universal healer of all ailments) and ‘Nimba’ (giver of good health), neem’s name is ‘Arista’ in Sanskrit – meaning ‘perfect, complete and imperishable’. Fast-forward to the present day and neem is becoming renowned for its contributions to sustainable agriculture, as well as for its applications in the medicinal and environmental sectors worldwide.

Nearly two years old, the neem tree above is well on its way to producing 60 pounds of fruit each year

Though known for centuries in rural settings across Asia as the ‘Village Pharmacy’, and while research into neem has been underway in India since the 1920s, it was only in 1959 that a German entomologist in Sudan made a groundbreaking observation.…