In November 2011, 30 year-old Kandivli resident Mayank Bhatia (name changed on request) was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. A weightlifter and a passionate body builder, doctors advised him to stop his rigorous workout regime. “My sugar levels were 300, and I felt lethargic all day,” says Bhatia.
In February 2012, he came across a one-day seminar on ‘reversal’ of diabetes in Mumbai. A week later, he landed up at the venue to hear the “impossible”.
Founded by Pondicherry-based homeopath, Dr Nandita Shah, Sanctuary for Health and Reconnection to Animals and Nature (SHARAN), a non-profit organisation with the goal of spreading health awareness and an ecologically sustainable lifestyle. It first conducted a workshop Reversing Diabetes in 2009.

Participants enjoy a healthy, whole plant-based fare at SHARAN, a 21-day workshop, held in Delhi in August 2012. The workshop teaches patients how to reverse diabetes through a whole plant-based diet
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