India, Feb. 19 -- Dr Asis Mitra, MD- General Medicine, MRCP (UK), Senior Diabetologist said in his clinical practice, one misconception continues to surface repeatedly: that diabetes simply means "too much sugar in the blood." If only it were that simple.

Modern medicine has undoubtedly made remarkable progress. Today, we have powerful drugs that can control blood glucose with impressive precision. Yet, let us be clear: most medicines manage diabetes; they do not cure it. Tablets and injections can lower numbers on a lab report, but they cannot substitute for metabolic repair.

The real metabolic engine of the body is skeletal muscle. When we move, exercise and build muscle strength, our body becomes more efficient at using glucose. When...