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Healthy Indian Food Options: Quick Guide | BuiltLean.com - 0 views

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Healthy Indian Food

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  • Masala is a blend of Indian spices that adds great flavor to a dish. It’s wonderful on its own but, do pay attention as some restaurants will a lot of oil to keep flavors intense OR add cream to their sauce.
  • Makhani is a traditional meat and/or vegetable dish cooked in a tomato sauce with ghee (clarified butter) or cream. Although rich in flavor, this may not be the most waist-friendly dish
  • -Malai is a cream that is used in many Indian dishes (often sweet dishes). So, yes, this also is most likely a heavier dish.
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  • Clay ovens are a large part of Indian cooking. Meat, fish, or chicken are usually marinated, spiced, and cooked to perfection. Usually, it is considered a full-flavored, lower-calorie dish
  • Naan, a favorite of many is offered in array of different flavors (even whole wheat!). One piece will make a small dent (average is around 200 calories)
  • If you have had curry sauce, you know that it is typically well-seasoned AND well-spiced. Additionally, it can also be flavored with ghee making it a heavy dish
  • Coconut milk can add a great deal of flavor and is certainly healthier than a heavy cream. However, its high fat content can make one meal the equivalent of two
  • BUT, like anything, too much of a good thing loses its value. A serving of rice is ½ cup (105 calories). The average served at a restaurant – 1 cup (210 calories)
  • Most Indian desserts are cream or milk-based. This keeps calories and fat high, unfortunately
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 06 Jan 12
       
      This article is a better version of the previous one, as it describes that alterations that can be made to indian food and how we can still eat the food we love, but just with fewer calories. This doesn't only apply to indian food, but to all food in general. Making the healthier choice will be better in the long run!
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Is Indian Food Fattening? | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

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Indian Food Health

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  • The cooking style and ingredients greatly increase the fat in some Indian dishes, such as dairy-based curries, pakora, paneer, fried bread and samosas.
  • Many meat, vegetable and bread dishes are fried or sauteed with clarified butter, coconut oil, milk and cream, which all add a high content of saturated fat to the dish.
  • Saturated fat can increase your risk of developing heart disease
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  • clarified butter, also known as ghee, in many of the recipes brings the calories from fat up to as much as 50 percent.
  • try some healthier Indian alternatives that are roasted, baked or steamed. These include steamed rice, naan, matar pulao, meat tikka or tandoori and curries made with a vegetable or dal base instead of a dairy base
  • choose an Indian restaurant that creates lower-fat versions of dishes
  • Ask the restaurant to cook your food in unsaturated oils instead of clarified butter, coconut oil or milk. Request yogurt-based curries instead of ones made with coconut oil.
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      Aninder S on 06 Jan 12
       
      This is something I deal with on a daily basis, and I'm sure many of you can relate to. Traditionally putting in all the components that make it unhealthier in a dish puts more flavour into the dish, so without the food doesn't really taste good. Also for me especially I have an acquired taste for indian food, in that it has to taste a certain way for me to like it. This article would be more helpful it it explained how to still keep the essence and flavour of the dish but also reducing the fat and oil content. 
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Healthy Indian Food - 0 views

Healthy Indian Food Options: This article not only explains how and why indian food can be unhealthy, but it also gives you alternative options and ideas. It also give you numbers for calories, so...

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Is Indian Food Fatte - 0 views

Is Indian Food Fattening? This article is useful in that it explains why Indian food can be unhealthy and how. It describes that ingredients and cooking styles that should be avoided, but it does ...

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Obesity, diabetes: expanding India faces big problem - 0 views

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india obesity problems

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  • childhood obesity and diabetes have become an increasing problem among the middle classes, who have largely benefited from a decade of rapid economic growth.
  • The high number of cases among South Asian people has been attributed to genetic factors, including a predisposition to storing more fat.
  • Socio-environmental factors, though, are now seen as playing an increasing role in the rising number of cases of Type 2 diabetes.
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  • The condition, which occurs when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it makes, largely as a result of excess body weight and physical inactivity, was previously seen mainly in older people .
  • But Indian people are less concerned about nutrition. They first focus on the spice of the food, the taste."
  • Overweight children with diabetes are at greater risk of developing heart disease and heart attacks, deteriorating eyesight, kidney failure, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      This opens your eyes has to how other places other than Canada, but also India, deal with similar cases of obesity. This also shows is that the way we grow up eating sticks with is as a habit. If we develop a habit of eating fatty foods, then we carry that through our lives. It affects you when you get older and you will continue to spread those some learnings to others. 
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'India in grip of obesity epidemic' - Times Of India - 0 views

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Obesity India

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  • India is now in the grip of an obesity epidemic and the trend needs to be immediately arrested by taxing junk food, restricting food ads and making food labelling clearer, according to a study.
  • India's overweight rates increased by 20%.
  • Currently, almost 1 in 5 men and over 1 in 6 women are overweight. In some urban areas, the rates are as high as 40%.
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  • According to estimates in the study, the annual cost of broad-based prevention strategies tackling obesity and other health threats, such as alcohol consumption, smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol, would be less than $2 per person per year in India
  • Upto 4,42,000 life years could be gained through a combination of prevention programmes in India every year. The cost-effectiveness ratio of a prevention strategy would be $268 per life year gained in good health in India
  • Obesity is the root for several non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
  • Another study in the Lancet on Thursday predicts that by 2030, nearly 70% of all global deaths will be from non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, and respiratory and heart disease. Of these 70% of deaths, 80% will be in the less wealthy nations like India.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 06 Jan 12
       
      My question does focus on Indian food and related health benefits and concerns, but this doesn't mean that other countries and cultures aren't facing the same issues. The world in general is in a state where there are now more overall obese people than starving. The surplus of food has risen, and the cost of food has fallen. We need to control how much we eat and which foods we spend our money on (no McDonald's!)
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