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Someone please tell India's ~40% of their population of 1.25 billion that they have serious health issues and need to change their diet or they might die. And
by nikatwork 11y ago
Someone please tell India's ~40% of their population of 1.25 billion that they have serious health issues and need to change their diet or they might die.
And no, this is not a poverty issue. I work with some very successful expat Indian developers who are strict vegetarians.
- adrianN 11y agoIron deficiency is prevalent in India http://www.researchgate.net/publication/255701994_Prevalence_of_Iron-Deficiency_Anaemia_in_India_Results_from_a_Large_Nationwide_Survey http://www.researchgate.net/publication/255701994_Prevalence... B12 deficiency is prevalent in India http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19676146 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19676146
- DanBC 11y agoMalnutrition is incredibly common in India. http://wfp.org/content/malnutrition-widespread-indian-children-report-finds http://wfp.org/content/malnutrition-widespread-indian-childr... > Roughly 42 percent of all Indian children under age 5 suffer from malnutrition, a sobering reminder of the persistence of poverty and hunger in the world’s largest democracy,
- nikatwork 11y agoVegetarianism in India is partly driven by religious and cultural values. That article does not link vegetarianism with malnutrition. My city has a flourishing expat Sikh community who are largely (though not exclusively) vegetarian, they are for the most part robust and successful individuals. To categorize vegetarians as intrinsically at risk of health issues needs evidence before I'll buy it. And I say this as a meat eater.
- eimai134 11y agoGreat point! According to research done on "Blue Zones," the healthiest community in the U.S. is a group of Seventh Day Adventists who are vegetarian. It would be so interesting to see what their diet has in common with vegetarians in Indian and Sikh communities.