#38 Can Indians Eat Low Carb? with Shashi Iyengar and Anup Singh

08/16/22 • 47 min

Can Indians Eat Low Carb? R&T #38 with Shashi Iyengar and Anup Singh
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The benefits of a low carb diet are very well understood. But for many of us who grew up in India or in South Asia more generally, the diet is built around carbs. Rice, roti, idli, naan - these are our staple foods. My guests today are two people who have been thinking deeply about how to manage this issue in the Indian context. Indians can indeed eat low carb.
00:00 - Mostly Vegetarians
00:26 - Intro
01:45 - Anup's Journey
08:53 - Shashi's journey
13:10 - Who's receptive?
16:25 - Eggs and cholesterol
18:28 - Vegetarians can do it
20:33 - Dietary strategy and walking
26:40 - D Life History
32:35 - Diabetes in India
36:00 - How diabetes happens
37:20 - The way forward
41:00 - Cholesterol (again)

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#37 WHAT IS FAMINE CUISINE? Indian Food History and Diabetes with Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya

WHAT IS FAMINE CUISINE? Indian Food History and Diabetes with Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya
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Diabetes was first diagnosed in India centuries ago. More recently colonial policy left India with a legacy of famine which has greatly influenced Indian food cultures. What is famine cuisine and how is it related to our tendency to develop diabetes? Dr. Manoshi Bhattacharya joins me to discuss.
00:00 - Reversing diabetes in 600 BCE
00:43 - Famine cuisine
01:06 - Intro
02:43 - Dr. Manoshi's background
05:10 - Studying diabetes and nutrition
08:46 - Problem with nutritional data
09:20 - No Food Off Limits
11:10 - Why do Indians eat a diabetogenic diet?
12:48 - First identification and treatment of diabetes
14:50 - Food history of the Mesolithic
17:02 - Were there Mesolithic vegetarians?
20:41 - Life stages of a traditional Hindu
23:40 - Link between colonialism and vegetarianism
27:50 - What is famine cuisine?
30:08 - The myth of vegetarian India
31:20 - Why don't vegetarians eat vegetables?
38:40 - (re)learning how to eat from history
45:08 - Feasting and fasting
51:52 - New foods
53:40 - How to be a healthy vegetarian
55:00 - Indian Feasts

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#39 Bart Kay on the Randle Cycle and Carb Toxicity

WHAT CARBS DO IN THE BODY: Bart Kay on the Randle Cycle
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Are carbs healthy? Are carbs toxic?
Bart Kay is a nutrition and health expert from New Zealand. In this conversation we discuss the role of dietary carbohydrates, the Randle cycle and why the best way of eating might be on that avoids carbs altogether.
00:00 - Glucose is toxic
00:53 - Intro
02:16 - Interview begins
03:38 - Bart vs Authority
08:14 - Where nutrition science went wrong
12:35 - The "Science" of Epidemiology
21:03 - The Randle Cycle Explained
31:20 - Evolution and the Randle Cycle
34:20 - Cholesterol and ASCVD
41:21 - Food Culture vs Fact
51:13 - Advice