Obsessive Learner
Humans are habitual creatures. We start making habits from the day we land on earth and continue living around them until the end. Like everything, healthy eating is also a habit – rather a good one. In this post, we see some tips about introducing this habit to our children, so that they cherish it for the rest of their lives. [Read more…]
When Ashwin asked me to do a guest post for his month long series on nutrition, I was a little reluctant since I knew I was no expert. But later when I thought about it, I realised that all living beings are experts in nutrition and food. Here is a short post on listening to your body and understanding what it needs! [Read more…]
We live in an era of speed. Everything including the food is preferred to be made fast. We make a lot of money and put most of our effort into it, but very less effort goes into making the food we eat. Let’s talk today about processed foods, which unfortunately plays a major role in our daily diet. [Read more…]
Let’s start our food education series with a question. What is your Daily Nutrition Requirement? Most of us know that roughly 2000 Calories (for an adult) and 1 heavy + 2 light meals are needed for a day. But do you know further? In this post, we will see the recommended composition of your daily meal. [Read more…]
Education has seen a tremendous improvement in the past decade. Thanks to Internet, the opportunity to learn is abundant. We all received food education during our early days. But unfortunately, we are Unlearning everything related to good eating. Part of it can be attributed to strong marketing about unhealthy foods and the rise of supermarket culture.
There are many arguments if the Cancer rates are increasing over the last few decades or staying flat. Though it is true that the death rates are coming down due to the advancement in medicinal technology, the disease is nowhere on the decline. Primary reasons for Cancer include poor and unhealthy diet, obesity and exposure to chemical substances.
A simple Google search of Obesity in USA will show you that about 2/3 of the Adult population above the age of 20 is Obese. What could be a good reason other than a bad diet and the stupendous rise of fast food consumption?
Do you know how to identify a highly processed food from a natural one?
How do you distinguish good fats from bad ones?
What fruits have a high vulnerability for pesticide residues?
What are organic and locally grown foods?
Some of you may have answers but many don’t.
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