Vannakkam: I just finished watching a news report on our local TV. It was about at South Asian community here having about 4 times the risk of heart problems compared to other ethnic groups. The insinuation was that South Asians from India, Sri Lanka,and Pakistan have a genetic predisposition to heart problems, and an already existing high rate of diabetes.
I was appalled that the researching doctor didn't once mention that diet was a possibility, or even a factor. They even interviewed one guy who thought the blame should be put on refined sugar, "Back home we ate natural sugar."
Meanwhile there are movements afoot to tax sugar the way we tax alcohol and tobacco, fulling knowing that its not good for you.
But how do we approach someone who has an ingrained habit like this, and don't want to break it? Pretty hard to convince someone, I've tried. Same goes for salt.
Before cane, and the cane operators promoting the amazing healthiness of it (like the tobacco plantations with them, or the meat and dairy producers of today) was the Indian diet that sweet?
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxifi...diet/sugar.htm
http://rheumatic.org/sugar.htm
Aum Namasivaya