Saudi Arabia Health Warning: Do not leave medicine without doctor’s advice, people reach ICU due to wrong diet plan

By Sandy Verma On Jun 17, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry has issued a serious warning. Many people are abandoning their essential medicines due to the popular diet plan trending on social media. Due to this, the condition of many patients deteriorated and they had to be admitted to ICU in emergency.

The ministry said that this warning comes after cases where people abandoned the treatment under doctor’s supervision and adopted non-scientific diets. Especially diabetic patients stopped taking insulin and other essential medicines, which had a very bad effect on their health.

Patients reached ICU

According to the ministry, some people started changing the treatment of their chronic diseases on their own due to the misleading claims going on on social media. It mainly mentions ‘Tayyibat Diet’. Due to this diet, many patients stopped their medicines, after which their sugar level increased a lot and they had to be taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The Health Ministry has clarified that there is no scientific evidence for any such diet that can become an alternative to the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

Important advice from the ministry

The Ministry has issued some important guidelines for the general public and migrants:

Consult a doctor: Always consult a licensed doctor or nutritionist before starting any diet.
Do not change the medicine: Do not voluntarily reduce the dosage of medicines being taken for the treatment of chronic diseases nor stop them.
Avoid misleading things: Do not exclude any food item from the diet considering it completely ‘beneficial’ or ‘harmful’, because this can lead to deficiency of essential nutrients in the body.
Sugar and Fat: Do not believe in claims that consuming too much sugar or saturated fat is safe.

The ministry has said that a healthy diet is one that is balanced and based on scientific facts. Take any health related information only from official and trusted government sources.