Is Indian Food Healthy?
Discussion
1.5 hrs
February 01, 2014 4:00 pm Saturday
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Food is not just a fuel to the body nor just source of nutrients, but it is the "source of life" to sustain. The human body is born and nurtured by the food. Food and medicine are not two different things they are the front and back of one body. The nutritionist has seen a sea change in dietary habits and attitudes of Indians in over 15 years, when she started her practice as a nutrition consultant, only few dietary modifications were required to make the diet balanced, but she observed the whole relationship with food has changed, When did it all change? · Food from being a way of celebration, to a battle at every meal, · From token of love to a cause of concern · From Sadhana to reach our higher self, to counting every calorie as if the world depends on it , · From Prasadm which was worth offering to Gods with prayer and joy, to unhappy guilty gluteney. The focus of discussion is on Indian Food. Due to lack of information and knowledge, Indian food is considered and become the unhealthiest food, suddenly the low fat (probiotic) Idly or Roti is considered as Carb (Carbohydrate) rich unhealthy foods, which need to be replaced Immediately by oats or muesli. Traditional groundnut oil or til oil are fattening and bad for heart which need to be replaced with imported olive oil or Canola oil including vegetables and fruits. Through this discussion she would like to bring out what food really mean to us and how healthy is Indian food. We specially invite elderly for this event, to participate and share their information, knowledge and wisdom on Indian cooking.

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Organizer
Newtrition Clinic
Ms. Suneetha Sapur is nutritionist by profession, worked as nutrition consultant at Apollo hospital, Medinova, L V Prasad Eye Institute. At present she has established Newtrition Clinic, with mission of spreading awareness on healthy food & right eating habits, The stress is on locally available foods and traditional food habits. The present workshop is essential as food is being replaced by food like substances and with chemical substances which will have long term effect on health. The organizer has conducted various workshops for public, in school, in conferences, seminars, and contributed nutrition articles to various new papers, TV channels. She also visits as a consultant to Birth place, and Microsoft. She is the founder of Akkshaya Foundation with vision "let food be your medicine". Shubhangi Surana has worked KIMS and Kamineni Hospital as Dietitian. Has experience of Diabetic officer in Johnson and Johnson, conducted various workshops and awareness programs in many leading MNC's. At present she is associated with Newtrition Clinic and Lecturer at Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry, L V Prasad Eye Institute.
 
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