FoodFacts - Guru Prasad Das

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10/08/2020

Achieving a desirable height is a dream of every teenager. Parents 👨‍👩‍👦express worries and feed their child with all kinds of food 🍱 stuffs. Well in this context, I must say that maternal nutrition profoundly affects the growth and development of the child. Mother's womb🤰 decides the nutritional fate of the growing fetus,because intrauterine period is critical for organogenesis and the development of the skeleton. There are concerns regarding the intakes of key nutrients by children, which either are too low or too high.

Is it not the responsibility of the family members to feed a pregnant women rich in nutrients such as protein, fat, Ca, P, Mg, K and folate, which have been shown to predict height, BMC, bone area and BMD of the growing fetus.

Deficiencies in children are associated with stunting or short stature and therefore requires adequate supplies of energy, amino acids and the main bone-forming minerals. (Ca, P, Mg, Zn) and of other ions (e.g. Cu, Mn, carbonate, citrate) and vitamins (e.g. vitamins C, D, K) that are involved in crystal and collagen formation, cartilage and bone metabolism and/or Ca and phosphate homeostasis.

There is a rapid skeletal growth ☠️ immediately after birth, then slows down and increases again later in infancy.The skeleton appears to be more responsive to Ca, protein or exercise before the onset of puberty (Bonjour, 2003; Davies et al. 2005).Adolescence is a particularly critical period for bone health because the amount of bone mineral gained during this period typically equals the amount lost throughout the remainder of adult life (Bailey et al. 2000).

Plan ahead during pregnancy than later to optimize the height of the growing kid.

27/07/2020

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24/07/2020

I have heard👂many of them saying"🗣️ can I eat pomegranate or drink beetroot Juice🍹 daily to increase my hemoglobin count". I look and give a smile☺️at them, ask them politely" why don't you try other foods.

No doubt pomegranate contains a fair amount of iron, but one can consume dry dates (khajoor) and raisin(khismis), which has considerable good amount of iron compared to other fruits.

Bajra, johar, ragi, amaranth seed, quinoa can be included. Pulses are equivalently good and how can we miss green leafy🌿. Take rasi or gingely seeds with jaggery and give a boost👊 to the total iron content of your daily diet. If you're a non-vegetarian you can opt for organ meat like liver and spleen.

Two component's of haemoglobin are heme ( non-protein) and globin ( protein). Globin component synthesis depends on protein intake. So one has to take adequate amounts of protein food. Pulses an be a nice option for protein and iron. So have some roasted bengal gram( desi chana) and jaggery together.

Ascorbate and citrate converts iron into more soluble form for better absorption. Organic iron ( heme ) and non organic ( non heme) are two different forms of iron available to us. Organic iron is obtained from animal products which more easily utilised compared to inorganic iron from plant products. So a blend of organic and inorganic can solve the problem purposefully.

22/07/2020

"Every time you eat, is an opportunity to nourish your body".

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21/07/2020

"Have you gone mad❓lost your sense,out of your mind! how can a diabetic patient eat fruits❓ 🤔Just stay away from this !😠Commonly asked by close relatives. As if they are eating poison instead of nutrients.

Lots of confusion😕, diabetics should not eat this, should not eat that. As if a phobia for carbohydrates (commonly known by the name sugar, irrespective of its different scientific name) has developed.Ofcourse people other than nutritional professional have drawn a 𝐋𝐚𝐱𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐚 for people suffering from diabetics. In true sense people don't even understand the fact that a little knowledge related to nutrition can drag them into big troubles.

Do you have an idea of the fact that Arhar, Moong, Masoor , biri dal , rajmah, chana which is a part of the daily diet also contains sugar. I will be repeatedly using the term sugar as a common terminology in this article for better understanding. People have a mindset that diabetics cannot eat 🥕 carrots, pumpkin and a endless list of food items. What would be your opinion for green vegetables which have 3-4g of carb in average. Dairy foods like milk even contains sugar ( lactose). So the fact is that, patients lack proper knowledge about the type of carbohydrate and there bioavailability.

You need to know that carbohydrates so called sugar are available to us in various forms. Talking about simple carbs like glucose, fructose, galactose which are easily absorbed without processing (cooking) or complex carbs like starch or cellulose which would require a minimum to maximum processing(cooking) to be used by our body. Eating a raw 🥔 potato is equivalent to adding🥕 carrots to your 🥗 salad's and won't raise your blood glucose levels.

Diabetics need to know about the term 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 . Rather than hovering over wrong concepts and should take experts opinion. Just stay away from the myths related to a carbohydrates.

We have a common saying "Empty vessel sounds more".