Jagannath Dixit

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Jagannath Dixit is an Indian professor who is known for propounding a diet plan to reverse obesity and type 2 diabetes. Physicians, diabetologists, and experts from the Indian Medical Association have said that the diet is not supported by scientific evidence. But new evidence supports some of his views such as lifestyle modification can reduce HbA1c (signifying extent of diabetes) in patients.{{Cite journal|title=reduction in HbA1c through lifestyle modification- t|date=September 23, 2023|pmc=9480679 |language=en |last1=Dixit |first1=J. V. |last2=Badgujar |first2=S. Y. |last3=Giri |first3=P. A. |journal=Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=3312–3317 |doi=10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1677_21 |pmid=36119208 |doi-access=free }} Dixit is a professor at the B J Medical College, Pune,{{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}} and he was named the brand ambassador for the Government of Maharashtra's anti-obesity campaign in Maharashtra in 2018.{{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}}

The Dixit diet plan, where a person eats two meals a day, was originally conceived by Shrikant Jichkar.{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}} The Indian Medical Association has noted that Dixit is neither a dietician nor a diabetologist. 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Hall|first1=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}}