India, Jan. 13 -- Can avoiding roti and rice, and combining this diet with strength training, benefit your overall health and help manage blood sugar levels? According to Akriti Goel, she benefited from this lifestyle choice.

Akriti, according to India Today, transitioned from engineering at BITS Pilani to high-pressure startup leadership roles, to cracking the NEET with an AIR of 1,118, and is now studying MBBS at Hindu Rao Hospital. The health educator took to Instagram on December 31 to share how not eating roti and rice, and substituting them with dal chilas, benefited her health.

In the clip, Akriti explained how she has been avoiding traditional staples like roti and rice to manage her genetic predisposition to diabetes for almost...