‘Camel milk can cure diabetes’

KOLKATA: The people of West Bengal, suffering from diabetes, will get an easy and alternative panacea for the disease as camel milk powder will soon hit the markets here.

A doctor in Rajasthan has come out with a new treatment for diabetes, not with insulin injections or bittergourd juices, but with camel milk.

Head of Diabetes Care and Research Centre, Bikaner S P Medical College, Dr R P Agarwal has claimed that the camel milk helps in curing the disease caused due to high level of sugar in the blood. Dr Agarwal, who had been researching since last seven years, recently held a joint research with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and found out that the camel milk helps in reducing the blood sugar level.

Dr Agarwal also claimed that people in Rajasthan, who have consumed camel milk regularly, would never suffer from this disease.