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Is the food oily? I am more or less a vegetarian, and have always wondered why Chinese food is seemingly able to hold down obesity as compared to Indian food (
by sn41 8y ago
Is the food oily? I am more or less a vegetarian, and have always wondered why Chinese food is seemingly able to hold down obesity as compared to Indian food (I'm Indian) - well, modern Indian food at least. I am not sure whether the traditional Indian food of 70-80 years ago was as oily, fatty and unhealthy as today's fare.
- GordonS 8y agoSomething I've observed in India is that (probably due to industry meddling), there have been campaigns to get people to switch from ghee to vegetable and palm oils, saying that ghee is unhealthy. At the same time, obesity and diabetes rates have rocketed. Of course, this is the only cause, but we had similar campaigns in the west against butter and lard, steering people towards vegetable oil.
- temporoei 8y agoOne thing I noticed when I was in India, is that local curry has a lot of butter in it. Much more than I ever expected. It tasted delicious, but has its health costs.
- slacka 8y agoYes, every vegetable dish was drenched in an oily sauce. That one of my first observations and it held true in many different provinces.