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5 foods that make us fat, and 5 that help us lose weight

6/28/2011

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The New England Journal of Medicine published a report on 120,000 American men and women who were not obese at baseline and free of chronic disease studied by nutrition researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (including Dr. Walter Willett, of whom I'm a fan thanks to his book "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy"). 

As presented in an amazingly well-made Atlantic Monthly slideshow, the researchers distill for simplicity's sake 5 foods that help us gain excess body fat (i.e., make us fat) and 5 foods that help us from gaining excess body fat (or stay lean). Read on to see the foods and accompanying graph.


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The Healthy Indian Diet book is now on Amazon.com!

6/26/2011

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As of Saturday, June 25, The Healthy Indian Diet, a labor of love that took a year from beginning to end, is well-researched with over 200 footnotes, reads easily, and contains over 30 great recipes, is now on sale at Amazon.com. Check it out! 
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Should a Good Diet be considered alternative medicine?

6/23/2011

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A debate rages on at The Atlantic Monthly around an essay by journalist David H. Freeman in the July/August issue. He starts writing that much of alternative medicine doesn't work based on scientific study, but by the end he endorses alternative medicine thanks largely to the placebo effect.

Midway through his essay, he supports his position that alternative medicine is good and wrongly dismissed by critics by citing that good diet, regular exercise, and stress relief are effective ways to maintain good health or restore it based on scientific study. I'm glad Freeman highlighted the fact that good diet, exercise, and even stress relief are effective, but I'm put-off by his categorizing these Lifestyle Habits as "Alternative Medicine." 



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Healthy Indian Diet mentioned in Forbes magazine

6/12/2011

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Well, it was only a mention. Forbes magazine recently interviewed my coauthors about ShowMeTheCurry.com for their series on YouTube-based businesses, and they mentioned our book "The Healthy Indian Diet"! 

http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelhumphrey/2011/06/07/show-me-the-curry-two-cooks-two-cameras-23-million-views

Congratulations Anuja & Hetal!


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Dr. Kalia's "Triple Threat" in modern Indian food

6/6/2011

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Dr. Alok Kalia, a pediatric nephrologist who has a weight management practice named Bluebonnet Health in Houston, is an exciting speaker on health. In March he addressed what in the food many Indian-Americans eat everyday causes the noticeable belly fat, heart disease and diabetes seen in the community (see the flyer). What is it? Hint: It is not ghee.


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