Diet cults! – Do not practice blindly. All are fascinated by the instant results but never tried to assess the impact on body composition and its morbidity but the ultimate long term effects.
National Nutrition Week 2018 – This year’s theme is ‘Go Further with Food’. As the theme emphasizes on exploring nutritious food sources which is natural and healthy. Today most of our lifestyle revolves around erroneous eating habits and anecdotal information that we perceive from online or offline. We have left behind our traditional foods for various reasons which has resulted in the rise of nutritional deficiencies and lifestyle disorders. According to the recent data by Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, Diabetes has caused 70.5% deaths and India has the highest prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia at 39.86%.
Remember food is also a medicine. There are a plethora of different diets and the word ‘Diet’ is better replaced with eating right to avoid an imbalance in one’s actual nutritional requirement. If you are following such diets then better seek an advice from healthcare professional who will monitor you closely and prevent you from detrimental effects of Cult Diets. Such diets only work for a finite amount of time, whereas a healthy lifestyle and eating right helps to maintain long-term wellness results.
Edwina Raj
Head of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics,
Aster CMI Hospital
#43/2, New Airport Road,
NH-7, Sahakara Nagar,
Hebbal, Bengaluru, 560092,
Ph: 080-43420100