CELEBRATE FREEDOM FROM DEPENDENCE ON REFINED PRODUCTS
India
is stepping in to 72nd year of independence with advancement of
Science and technology using knowledge with highly skilled intelligence and
ever growing research supporting every new finding with substantiate clinical
trials(experiments) has only led us to a
high standard of medical care treatment quality in terms of
interventions(cure).
However advancement of
medical science, technology and drug therapy are only able to solve the problem
faced by millions but still trying to understand the root cause of the
problem. Recent article published a
report stating that “In India, 61% of
deaths are caused due to non communicable diseases such as Diabetes, Cancer
and heart problems”. It also
indicates that United Nation Organization has suggested that we should start taking measures and precaution
due to the risk of premature deaths (23%) increasing.
Non Communicable
Diseases such as Diabetes, Cancer, and Lung related disorders and heart related
diseases are affecting many lives primarily , age group between 30-70 years annually.
After Analysis, risk
factors which lead many to such medical conditions are:
·
Eating pattern ,( choices we often make )
·
physical inactivity ,
·
tobacco and harmful use of alcohol
·
Obesity
·
Raised blood pressure
·
Elevated cholesterol levels.
These factors all have
common cause for the diseases to express called “OBESITY”.
Obesity is when the
amount of fat is more in the individual and obstructs in the natural processes that
occurs in the body creating a negative effect on the body. These effects are
more damaging to our life or sometimes a threat to our life.
Reason
For becoming obese:
Today, the purchasing
ability has increased and time spent on our health is low. We choose quickly,
less time consuming and comforting our senses however we often have
consequences to choices we make. Especially in foods, we have grown and have
showed progress from traditional (GIFT OF NATURE) to Non-traditional (GIFT OF
PROFIT MAKING FIRMS). So, new choices are available called Refined
products.
v Refined products:
Refined products is
defined as removing of outer covering with minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber
in order to suit the requirement of the organization and to also increase the
acceptability of the product in a new form which may attract the consumers.
Refining occurs in many food groups, following are the list of refined
products:
FOOD
GROUPS |
WHOLE
|
REFINED |
*Cereals:1)
Rice 2) Wheat |
Brown
, Boiled ,Hand pound rice, Steam Whole
Wheat (BROWN COLOUR) |
White
rice (polished rice) MAIDA
(WHITE COLOUR) |
*SUGAR |
BROWN
IN COLOUR |
WHITE
IN COLOUR, CORN SYRUP,HIGH FRUCTOSE
SYRUP |
*SALT |
CRYSTALLINE
FORM |
POWDERED
FORM |
*OIL |
CHARACTERISTIC
SMELL,COLOUR |
FORMATION
OF REMAINS,COLOUR CHANGE |
REFINED
PRODUCTS & HEALTH:
v Refined
products are designed in such way to make us crave to eat more and crave more
due to their small content packaging which disturbs our natural otherwise
healthy processes. Impacts on health as
follows:
*When
these foods are consumed over a long period of time it starts to deposit fat
and if the person’s physical activity is less and overall energy is less used , it starts to accumulate
in the organ making the it difficult to flow and thereby organ functioning is
affected.
*Because
of this a person could develop issues like elevated cholesterol, elevated blood
pressure and finally leading to disorders like diabetes, heart problems.
*Ideally
when such foods are consumed the micro organisms in the digestive system are
flush out of the micro organisms and washes of them.
These
micro organisms also contains useful micro organisms which helps in digestion
is lost which affects in digestion, immunity which creates a positive
environment for the disorders to attack.
*Also
when body is exposed to such high amount of such products is either creates
higher amount of anxiety and depression due to the sugar levels spike.
v REFINED PRODUCTS AND SKIN:
These products when
consumed fasten the process of ageing
by degrading the skin protein called collagen and makes one look older than the
age.
v REFINED PRODUCTS AND SALT CONTENT:
These products are
laden with extra salt which disturbs existing pump which could increase the
risk of heart related ailments and
blood pressure disturbances.
v REFINED PRODUCT AND DIETARY FIBER:
Due to process of
removal of the outer most covering , loss of dietary fiber the digestion that
needs to take place does not occur and there by the digestion is not completed
and nutrients are not provided so body is deprived of essential nutrients.
Hence the cumulative
cause of all non communicable diseases is refined food products .So, create
dependence on natural whole foods and STAY
HEALTHY AND MAKE OUR COUNTRY WEALTHY!!!!!!!