I grew up in India surrounded by a whole bunch of general health and nutrition advice which seems to be an aggregation of centuries of culture specifically suit

I grew up in India surrounded by a whole bunch of general health and nutrition advice which seems to be an aggregation of centuries of culture specifically suited to my culture, location and genetic makeup. There's no evidence for any of it, but it is what seems to have been learnt over the years. I have somehow always trusted it more than these ever changing fads that the newspapers were too eager to push at me. I know though that by the scientific yard stick these traditions don't stand up to scrutiny but I studied enough science to understand that these general advisory guidelines were as likely to be hocus pocus as my grandmother's so called wisdom. Mind you this is not about western medicine, just about food and lifestyle recommendations. #justsaying.