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...
Morning walk and heart in winter To walk or not to walk in the morning this winter? Don't tell me.' A friend of the health media got a call. "Why?" I asked naturally. "Let's write something about what to do in the cold for those who have or may have heart disease." Oh what a great idea. We were mostly discussing other causes of heart disease. This particular winter month is important for more information. What a good thing you said. In winter, too much cold affects the heart. It is better to give information about this,' I said. Dr. Rajendra Koju "That's why I asked, how many people may be suffering without knowing about it," came the frank words of a journalist friend. As soon as he hung up the phone, something from 17 years ago came to his mind. One cold winter afternoon, I was looking after the patient in the outdoor department after midterm. Around 4 o'clock when it was almost over, a couple of familiar professors came to me. ...