Indian/asian higher carb diets

Don't know what Indian food you are talking about. I would hardly call the
food the worst possible combination of sugars, starches and certainly not
greasy fried foods. You mention a man in his 40's having a bi-pass, so what
else is new. These problems are usually not food related at all, they are
heredity and inactivity mostly.

What a silly post.
Curt


"marengo" marengo@ cox.net wrote in message
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"Wozza" wrote in message

|| I'm trying to work out why countries with rice/dhal/lentil diets
|| seem to have fewer obese people.
||
|| Is it
|| - low incomes means they don't consume many calories at all
|| - vegetarian diet prevalent in India
|| (an advantage because ??)
|| - less beef/more fish consumption?
||
|| Whats the 'official line'?
||
|| gtoomey

India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world. I
personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who had to
have
quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine is the worst
possible
combination of sugars, starches and greasy fried foods.

Those stubborn, ingrained old myths (beef is bad for you) are hard to
die,
aren't they?

--
Peter
270/219/180
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:37 -0500, "marengo" marengo@ cox.net wrote:


India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world. I
personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who had to have
quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine is the worst possible
combination of sugars, starches and greasy fried foods.

To refine it further, vegetarian Indians have a higher rate than
non-vegetarian Indians.

If you have ever been to India you will have noticed that, once you
eliminate the substance diet under-class, India has a worse obesity
problem than the US.

curt wrote:
Don't know what Indian food you are talking about. I would hardly call the
food the worst possible combination of sugars, starches and certainly not
greasy fried foods. You mention a man in his 40's having a bi-pass, so what
else is new. These problems are usually not food related at all, they are
heredity and inactivity mostly.

What a silly post.
Curt

I totaly agree. An ignorant and silly post. I would expect more from
Peter.

Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are sitting in
front of computers more now. They have a huge business with computer
trouble shooting for some very big US based companies. Just call Dell
support and you will be talking to India.

As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That is BS, it
has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

Curt


"Robert Klute" wrote in message
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:37 -0500, "marengo" marengo@ cox.net wrote:


India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world. I
personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who had to
have
quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine is the worst
possible
combination of sugars, starches and greasy fried foods.

To refine it further, vegetarian Indians have a higher rate than
non-vegetarian Indians.

If you have ever been to India you will have noticed that, once you
eliminate the substance diet under-class, India has a worse obesity
problem than the US.

Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are sitting in
front of computers more now. They have a huge business with computer
trouble shooting for some very big US based companies. Just call Dell
support and you will be talking to India.

As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That is BS, it
has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

Curt


"Robert Klute" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:37 -0500, "marengo" marengo@ cox.net wrote:


India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world. I
personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who had to
have
quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine is the worst
possible
combination of sugars, starches and greasy fried foods.

To refine it further, vegetarian Indians have a higher rate than
non-vegetarian Indians.

If you have ever been to India you will have noticed that, once you
eliminate the substance diet under-class, India has a worse obesity
problem than the US.

curt wrote:
|| Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are
|| sitting in front of computers more now. They have a huge business
|| with computer trouble shooting for some very big US based companies.
|| Just call Dell support and you will be talking to India.
||
|| As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That
|| is BS, it has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

No...it has more to do with eating too much food.

||
|| Curt
||
||
|| "Robert Klute" wrote in message
|| ...
||| On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:37 -0500, "marengo" marengo@ cox.net
||| wrote:
|||
||||
|||| India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world.
|||| I personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who
|||| had to have quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine
|||| is the worst possible combination of sugars, starches and greasy
|||| fried foods.
|||
||| To refine it further, vegetarian Indians have a higher rate than
||| non-vegetarian Indians.
|||
||| If you have ever been to India you will have noticed that, once you
||| eliminate the substance diet under-class, India has a worse obesity
||| problem than the US.

curt wrote:
|| Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are
|| sitting in front of computers more now. They have a huge business
|| with computer trouble shooting for some very big US based companies.
|| Just call Dell support and you will be talking to India.
||
|| As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That
|| is BS, it has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

No...it has more to do with eating too much food.

||
|| Curt
||
||
|| "Robert Klute" wrote in message
|| ...
||| On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:37 -0500, "marengo" marengo@ cox.net
||| wrote:
|||
||||
|||| India has one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world.
|||| I personally know a man from India who is a strict vegetarian who
|||| had to have quadruple pass surgery in his 40's. The Indian cuisine
|||| is the worst possible combination of sugars, starches and greasy
|||| fried foods.
|||
||| To refine it further, vegetarian Indians have a higher rate than
||| non-vegetarian Indians.
|||
||| If you have ever been to India you will have noticed that, once you
||| eliminate the substance diet under-class, India has a worse obesity
||| problem than the US.

"Roger Zoul" wrote:

curt wrote:
|| Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are
|| sitting in front of computers more now. They have a huge business
|| with computer trouble shooting for some very big US based companies.
|| Just call Dell support and you will be talking to India.
||
|| As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That
|| is BS, it has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

No...it has more to do with eating too much food.
||
|| Curt

I agree. Increased activity will drive greater hunger, and less
activity will lessen desire for food. It's just common sense that the
body would work that way... look at animal hibernation for a perfect
example of how activity level lowers the need for consumption. The
problem is more about WHAT we are eating and probably social
engineering or psychology than everyone is just a lazy slob.


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Atkins since Jan 12, 2004
Maint. not counting (CCLL=50-60)

"Roger Zoul" wrote:

curt wrote:
|| Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are
|| sitting in front of computers more now. They have a huge business
|| with computer trouble shooting for some very big US based companies.
|| Just call Dell support and you will be talking to India.
||
|| As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That
|| is BS, it has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.

No...it has more to do with eating too much food.
||
|| Curt

I agree. Increased activity will drive greater hunger, and less
activity will lessen desire for food. It's just common sense that the
body would work that way... look at animal hibernation for a perfect
example of how activity level lowers the need for consumption. The
problem is more about WHAT we are eating and probably social
engineering or psychology than everyone is just a lazy slob.


DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
350/267/Dec-264/225
Atkins since Jan 12, 2004
Maint. not counting (CCLL=50-60)

DigitalVinyl wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" wrote:
||
||| curt wrote:
||||| Yeah they are probably gaining weight over there because they are
||||| sitting in front of computers more now. They have a huge business
||||| with computer trouble shooting for some very big US based
||||| companies. Just call Dell support and you will be talking to
||||| India.
|||||
||||| As with anything, everyone thinks it is the food people eat. That
||||| is BS, it has much more to do with sitting on your can all day.
|||
||| No...it has more to do with eating too much food.
|||||
||||| Curt
||
|| I agree. Increased activity will drive greater hunger, and less
|| activity will lessen desire for food. It's just common sense that
|| the body would work that way... look at animal hibernation for a
|| perfect example of how activity level lowers the need for
|| consumption. The problem is more about WHAT we are eating and
|| probably social engineering or psychology than everyone is just a
|| lazy slob.

No one ever gains weight from doing nothing or not moving.