Cycling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to spread awareness on diabetes, FFD’s Veeranarayan Kulkarni comes to Pune

 Pune (Voice News service): In an effort to spread message on diabetes Veeranarayan Kulkarni from Freedom from Diabetes  is cycling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.He made a pit stop in Pune at Freedom From Diabetes (FFD) Clinic at Prabhat Road on Tuesday morning. Dr.Pramod Tripathi, founder of FFD was present on the occasion.

Veeranarayan Kulkarni said that the aim behind this initiative is to spread awareness on diabetes. People should be aware of the lifestyle, exercise, eat right and do away with junk food. 

He will be cycling covering a distance of 4000 km in 40 days. The initiative was officially flagged off in Pune at a special event organized to mark ten years of FFD after which Veeranarayan Kulkarni travelled to Kashmir to start cycling .

Dr.Pramod Tripathi said that this is a commendable initiative to spread the message of diabetes. At a time when India is becoming the diabetes capital of the world, those diagnosed with higher blood sugar levels should not get worried. Instead they should consult doctors and health professionals and fight it with determination by making significant lifestyle changes. That’s the real way out of diabetes.