Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
Causes of uric acid and how to control it Uric acid is one of the acids in the blood. It is present in small amounts in the body and is soluble in water. It is excreted by the kidneys in the urine. But when the uric acid that is produced in excess in the body cannot be removed properly by the kidneys, then the uric acid in the blood increases. When the production of uric acid in the body increases, the kidneys cannot eliminate it completely. Due to which it starts accumulating in the joints and tissues. When the amount of uric acid in the body increases, not only joint pain and swelling, but also many other problems can occur. Cause of uric acid The level of uric acid in the body can increase due to many reasons. Uric acid is more common in kidney problems. Because uric acid is produced in the body, it is produced from the food we eat. The same thing has to be 'filtered' by the kidneys and come to our urine. But in kidney patients, uric acid does not filter, that's why uri...