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'''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, and Dixit has been accused of providing harmful health advice.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Dixit is a professor at the [[Government Medical College, Latur]],<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> | '''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, and Dixit has been accused of providing harmful health advice.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Dixit is a professor at the [[Government Medical College, Latur]],<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 | 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=":0" /><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=":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|last=Hall|first=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}}</ref> | ||
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