THE GHOST OF “INDIAN FOOD SOURCING HABITS”
Good Food of the Past
Some 15 years ago, my parents owned a little farm and produced Brinjal, tomatoes, Gongura, ladyfingers and especially Rice. My mother used to make me pick the vegetables from the plants. Father used only the compost made of Neem and other locally-available trees for pesticides and so there was a fresh air in the farm. We also had an indigenous cow and its calf which gave us healthy milk. We lived on fresh, delicious and unadulterated food.
Changed Scenario
We knew what we were eating. That it was from our farms or from the forest. But now I went to a graduate school and had food I didn’t know about. Drought haunted my village and my parents ate the Rice and Dal from Ration. Then, I go to a city, like Bangalore (which I am) and then, other, and have to eat what they give us there.
Wait, what about it? What difference such a common thing makes?
Well, here are a few unbelievable facts about the food sourcing in India:
MILK
· Fact: The ‘new’ milk kills our immunity. And, 68.4% milk in India is adulterated with detergents and others.
Science behind the Fact: There are two types of milk. A1 and A2 types.
o A1 milk has BETA-CAESIN which degenerates immune system.
o When A1 enters, our body cells breaks it down to Beta Casomorphin-7 (BCM7) and this oxidizes the cholesterol heavily causing most Heart Diseases.
Our parents give their kids give lots of milk every day and they don’t know that the BCM7 in milk ACTUALLY causes POOR THINKING!
Forget about the antibiotics given to cows and the preservative formalin which can eat your Kidneys!!!!
RICE & other STAPLE FOOD
An extreme case. In Kozhikode district, Kerala, a new brand of rice is in market. It’s allegedly made of potatoes, sweet potatoes and a polymer from china. IT’S PLASTIC RICE. Jaw-dropped, khya?
· Fact: Rice, produced using pesticides
Pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, molluscicides, nematicides & Growth Regulators etc.) should affect the TARGETED party, but rather they work on NON-TARGETED parties like the farm and the humans.
The World’s Health Organization (WHO) says, ‘Many developing countries are supporting extensive use of pesticides and every public section is affected by pesticide poising. Serious health hazards due these are overlooked.’
The food we eat in our canteens and hotels, our favorite dishes in cafes, bars, pizza huts and bakeries.
Yessss...Vinay you said naked truth..this zz thing which everybody should get to know nd concentrate on it...otherwise this will arise question to lives...that polymer rice especially made to destroy indian youth..it's like a wanted nd targeted Action.
ReplyDeleteDo u know this appreciable thing..Our Himalayan state, Sikkim become the first organic cultivation state in Bharat
Appreciate your interest in the issue, Rajesh.
DeleteLife of common man in society has become '1Dimensional' as he cannot control most of the fundamental things that are part of his life. Food, Utility services and whatnot. Because many of us are 'Artificially Uneducated,' it's becoming harder than ever to deal with those things.
As we talk about the issue with each other, we have no idea what we are drinking or eating!!!
The issue has longer and uglier consequences if WE INDIANS don't take action somehow about it. We need to go back to nature.