Nov 14 is World Diabetes Day. This is part of a series of articles on alternative therapies that can beat diabetes. As we have seen a variety of techniques and therapies work together to keep the disease at bay and lifestyle changes are crucial here. Mr Ketan Shah the Acupressure practitioner strongly recommends oil pulling for improving one's metabolism. Dr Raman the Homoeopath recommends an Ayurvedic medicine along with Homoeopathy and the required levels of allopathic medication. Maybe diabetes might turn out to be the catalyst for integrated medicine bringing together the strengths of all systems for the good of