“The recent research finding has led to alarming interests from heart patients asking “so can we eat a pack of wafers since sugars are dangerous for heart while fatty foods are fine !”
I am sure many folks like me are struggling hard to help patients understand what is required and how much is required and how to prepare!
Here is a small note for all my dear colleagues and regulars Suphala blog readers:
I think Nutritional Science is evolving with changing times and cannot just label previous research. Having said that it’s equally important to educate confused patients about what is good and what is bad. There is one single food which is super food and rest a junk. We are coming out with such extreme theories and generalizing it on mass populations irrespective of cultural and environmental divide. For instance if you look at a normal middle-income South Indian to an equal American, the amount of food a south Indian consumes is rich in carbohydrates and rich in several anti oxidants and minerals , despite he is genetically more predisposed to Diabetes we cannot ask him to stop all carbs since these tend to rise blood sugars, nor we have a stringent rule of making his diet sugar-free which might lead to hypoglycemia. While the American counter part who is exposed to a larger meal, with more refined foods and ready to eat food stands at equal risk of chronic disorders like diabetes, obesity and hypertension, since his food is doubly rich in carbs, protein, as well as fat. Fine balance is helping them understand and adopt to foods in balanced proportions. Can you stop all the stores that sell cup cakes and burgers , answer is NO. I think even before such research comes to light bringing fats as one cause for heart diseases for 5 decades and now we conclude that ooh no its sugars now. I think the missing link here is that in 5 decades we have learnt to make not only graveyard of animals in our gut but also graduated to consuming large portions of sugar rich diets. The vegan trend has helped us contain with animal foods to some extent but has probably directed us to soothe our tongue and tummy on sugars. Why do we need sugar, cream, yoghurt to make a fruit smoothie can’t we much and eat one nice juicy fruit as is ?
Fresh salads seasoned with lime juice is best option why do we add loads of honey and fresh creams and cheese and do sugar and fat fortification. The problem is not with new research but with new-found cooking methods and our adaptability to eat loads of fatty and sugar rich foods and paving way to not just heart attacks but to several life style diseases and disorders.
I am sure there must be so many feeling happy about the sugar story and heart attacks and enjoying a double dose of fatty chicken burger shunning the home-made pan cake for its sugar and then jam / maple syrup on it ! No no its bad for health will lead to heart attacks. Sooner we shall also see bill boards screaming sugar-free list of desserts inviting more chemicals in our foods and probably another 5 decades down we read an article if we survive 🙂 that synthetic sugars are found major culprits ! leading cause of heart attacks ! ” Go for natural sugars its healthy ! So to conclude which type of foods lead to more heart attacks will only mislead people by dwelling into wrong food habits.
So my fellow health and Nutrition consultants let there be sophisticated nutritional sciences research for areas less explored. We all very well know that human body is a magnificent creation of some super natural power and the digestive system is designed with host of enzymes and acids that synthesize foods from various food groups and most importantly we need to tune a fine balance of foods from all food groups. Lets provide a holistic perspective of food that will nourish and not to scare our innocent patients with a specific food group. Promote and encourage cooking food at home and it shall surely bring in balance in what we all eat. ! So please eat sugars, fats, proteins and all foods giving vitamins and minerals as we need all of these in different, small/ large portions.
“Lets make an effort learn to fine tune and balance our bodies by eating not too loose or too tight but eating just right !”
Good one !!!!
Thanks Asritha