cowboysfan Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I used to go days in the US without any processed sugar intake but its literally everywhere in Indian food and Indian sweets are basically sugar with some seasoning.Its really a sad state of affairs when you have to tell every waiter to hold the sugar whenever you get coffee or tea outside.please for the love of god stop eating Indian sweets or make it at home with fraction of sugar added,too much will take years of your life. coffee_rules, nevada, LM16 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 That's some rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 12 hours ago, cowboysfan said: I used to go days in the US without any processed sugar intake but its literally everywhere in Indian food and Indian sweets are basically sugar with some seasoning.Its really a sad state of affairs when you have to tell every waiter to hold the sugar whenever you get coffee or tea outside.please for the love of god stop eating Indian sweets or make it at home with fraction of sugar added,too much will take years of your life. Its initial years from your return to India. In three years, you will be the one serving and offering. As for health, we would like to go out on a high I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, rkt.india said: That's some rubbish. please elaborate.looking at the waistlines of Indians nowadays and the Diabetes epidemic i am more than right.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) I am mindful of my diet too. Currently, I am in India and there is nothing much one can do as sugar and pepper are popular ingredients. For my morning tea, I use Darjeeling teabags so no sugar is needed. Other than that I have almost no control over sugar, apart from staying away from sweets but in Gujarat, sweets are popular and I like Shikhand, Kheer, Rabdi, etc. I like to go out on long walks as well to keep fit but here roads are not properly designed for pedestrians so that limits walking. Since my home is in a relatively nicer part of the town, I can’t complain much about facilities. It is cleaner than most areas. I see a BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Range Rover, Lexus, even Porsche (usually Macan), etc. in nearly all major houses in my neighbourhood. That makes me feel that my area has a good “taste” in vehicles (through some may point that is not necessarily healthy for the environment)! Edited August 20 by zen ravishingravi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 One good thing is that most places serve sugarless coffee/tea. Sometimes, I ask them to mix sugared milk with sugarless milk in my coffee to get the taste of coffee, if not it tastes like hot juice. Avoid all sweets , luckily I don’t have a sweet tooth. I do crave and eat Mysore Pak and Holige (puran poli) . It is mostly namkeen otherwise. I do agree that Indians in India eat a lot of sweets and high calorie food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Talking about coffee, I am not a coffee drinker but I like the taste of Nescafé Gold. It tastes good so I drink cold coffee almost every day! I found it at smart bazar. There was a coffee mug as a part of the package so I picked it. Glad that did as the Nescafé Gold aligns with my taste. Feel free to recommend good coffee available in India! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 You are right. I felt the same way this time when i went to India. They used to have a nice mix of savories and sweets. Nowadays sweets are outnumbering savories. Indian sweets are extremely sweet, (Badusha, Jangiri, Mysorepak... etc ). Don't deny they taste good. But they are bad. They just eat "Just one just one" .Only sweet i predominantly eat is peanut chikki (kadalai mittai). It is made of jaggery and peanut. That too limited. Sometimes sesame seed ball. (black and white). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 6 hours ago, cowboysfan said: please elaborate.looking at the waistlines of Indians nowadays and the Diabetes epidemic i am more than right.. have you checked the waistlines in USA? USA has the highest per capita sugar consumption. apart from tea-sugar, people here eat sweets mostly only on festive occasions. there is a limit anyone can eat sweets. Obesity in India is more to do with fast food rather than sugar. India's per capita sugar consumption is less than global average. Edited August 20 by rkt.india Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 5 hours ago, cowboysfan said: please elaborate.looking at the waistlines of Indians nowadays and the Diabetes epidemic i am more than right.. I went for early morning walk in Chennai. I found a lot of guys going for a walk. They are all out of shape. Good to see them going for a walk. But what they do after finishing their walk is pathetic. They eat a lot deep fried items along with sugary coffee right after their walking session diluting all their effort instantly. cowboysfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: I went for early morning walk in Chennai. I found a lot of guys going for a walk. They are all out of shape. Good to see them going for a walk. But what they do after finishing their walk is pathetic. They eat a lot deep fried items along with sugary coffee right after their walking session diluting all their effort instantly. 71% adults in USA are overweight and 41% obese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 minute ago, rkt.india said: 71% adults in USA are overweight and 41% obese. USA is the worst country when it comes to obesity. It is not even a comparison. But why do we compare ourselves with the absolute worst on the planet instead of comparing ourselves with slightly better fit country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 17 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: USA is the worst country when it comes to obesity. It is not even a comparison. But why do we compare ourselves with the absolute worst on the planet instead of comparing ourselves with slightly better fit country. They are still the best country in Olympic sports. being overweight and/or obese are all irrelevant. Eat what you want, what you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 47 minutes ago, rkt.india said: 71% adults in USA are overweight and 41% obese. why are you comparing to the US? India has 101 million people with diabetes!!!.that is a stagerring number and even more are pre diabetic.the cost for managing this disease in India which is not a developed country is way too much,we are better off avoid consumption of processed sugar or atleast cut down on it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 3 hours ago, coffee_rules said: One good thing is that most places serve sugarless coffee/tea. Sometimes, I ask them to mix sugared milk with sugarless milk in my coffee to get the taste of coffee, if not it tastes like hot juice. Avoid all sweets , luckily I don’t have a sweet tooth. I do crave and eat Mysore Pak and Holige (puran poli) . It is mostly namkeen otherwise. I do agree that Indians in India eat a lot of sweets and high calorie food. What does a Kannadiga know about sweets? Mysore Pak lmao. coffee_rules and Lord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) Cut down on processed food, sweet (not just sugar but honey, jaggery, high GI fruits), masala, fried items and junk. Worst of them all, vegetable and seed oil. Also not enough protein in Indian cuisine, even for non veg people. Be mindful of that, and add supplements. Edited August 20 by Gollum cowboysfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 17 minutes ago, Gollum said: What does a Kannadiga know about sweets? Mysore Pak lmao. They are better than Milk-based stale Bengali sweets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicks57 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 22 hours ago, cowboysfan said: I used to go days in the US without any processed sugar intake but its literally everywhere in Indian food and Indian sweets are basically sugar with some seasoning.Its really a sad state of affairs when you have to tell every waiter to hold the sugar whenever you get coffee or tea outside.please for the love of god stop eating Indian sweets or make it at home with fraction of sugar added,too much will take years of your life. Why do you focus on Indian sweets? American or European sweets don't have sugar? All sweets are sugary and bad for your health. coffee_rules and Lord 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 timbits are same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vicks57 said: Why do you focus on Indian sweets? American or European sweets don't have sugar? All sweets are sugary and bad for your health. Not to be offensive, but Indian sweets is not just sugar. Most of them use maida or high GI ingredients and deep fried in ghee or oil . Gulab jamun is fried maida dipped in sugar syrup. Same is jalebi. For the weather conditions and natural metabolism of Indians, it is bad. Older generation had cleansing methods like fasting on ekadashi and correct course. Aaj kal all that is retro and primitive. Edited August 20 by coffee_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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