Obesity epidemic of India

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Obesity in India is on the rise. It has reached enormous proportions. As I sit and count at airports, the number of women who look obviously overweight and obese, the figures I get is 8 out of 10. And this is around same in children of all sexes and around 6 in 10 men show clearcut overweight and obesity that is obvious even to naked eye. Anthropometric measurements might reveal more of them.  What are the likely causes? I have a theory that starts analysing these cases right from the 2000s or previous century. Junk food eating and sedantry lifestyle had already given an upward push to obesity in last century. And this also gave rise to diabetes mellitus in both men and women. Hence, such mothers also had diabetes in pregnancy. Some who did not have diabetes otherwise had gestational diabetes. From 2000 to 2026 prevalence of gestational diabetes has risen in india. It has even spread to rural areas and recent national data gives a figure of 22.4% which is almost 1 in 4 pregnant mot...

Types of breads available in the world based on ingredients

Bread is made of wheat. There are different types of reads available in the market. The goodness of these varies. Let us have a look at the types of breads available in the world markets. These types are based on the ingredients used in making bread 

1. Regular white bread-This is made of refined wheat flour. The flour is made of wheat that is stripped of its nutrients and fiber. Some of these breads are fortified with vitamins A and D in line with national food product fortification programs. 

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2. Whole wheat bread-In this, the flour used is made from whole wheat. The bran, germ, and endosperm all three parts of the whole wheat grain are present in the flour used to make this type of bread. Hence it is healthy and nutritious. Its fiber content is more and so are the vitamins and minerals. It is wholesome. 

3. Brown bread- Brown bread is a general term used for brown colored bread. But if need not necessarily be made of whole wheat though people think that the terms brown and whole wheat are interchangeable. But this is not true. Often, one sees that brown bread is made of refined wheat flour and has added caramel in it to give it the brown color. Thus it is not nutritious. In fact, its taste also might not be good due to the bitter caramel. 

Brown bread. It might contain caramel, coffee, or molasses (Source: Wikipedia) 

4. White whole wheat bread-the normal whole wheat bread is darker in color with a coarse texture and a slightly bitter taste. It is made of red wheat. But white whole wheat bread is made of white wheat. Hence it is whiter in color. But its nutrition is preserved. Also it has a softer texture and tastes sweeter than the regular whole wheat bread. 

White whole wheat bread (Source: Super healthy kids) 

Besides this there is the multigrain bread, sweet bread, milk rye, and fruity bread (with tutti - frutti). 

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