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...
Eating fatty foods does not increase body fat Everyone gives the same advice to obese people. "Fat has increased, reduce fatty foods." Because of this, many people believe that fat is the root cause of obesity, not eating fat. Is fat really very harmful for the body? Does the body not need fat? Health experts say, 'This understanding is wrong, as the intake of other nutrients is necessary for the body. Similarly, fat is also one of the essential nutrients for the body. Nutritionist Kamna Acharya says that the body is not fat by eating fat, but not knowing how to eat properly can lead to obesity. Fat does not make the body fat as soon as it is eaten. And, in order to lose weight, fatty foods should not be removed from the diet,' she says, 'If you eat more fatty foods than the body needs, the body cannot use them and obesity can become a problem.' According to Harvard Medical School, if we eat more fat than we need, it definitely increases the body weight. Over...