Appemidi: The Mango That Became an Inheritance
Every mango is expected to ripen, soften and become sweet. Appemidi refuses. This small, intensely sour mango from Karnataka’s Western Ghats is picked while it...
Category : Food
Knol-Khol for Diabetes: Eat It This Way, Not That Way
A knol-khol sits in the vegetable shop looking like a cabbage that has swallowed a tennis ball. Most shoppers examine it, suspect it of having...
Fish vs Fish Oil: Which Is Better? Benefits, Omega-3, Best Indian Fish & Expert Guide
A patient walked into my clinic carrying a bottle of imported fish oil capsules that cost more than the fish sold outside my neighbourhood market....
Curd: What Science and Ayurveda Really Say
The funniest argument I hear in my clinic is not about medicines. It is about curd. One patient insists it causes cough. Another swears it cured...
Does Milk Raise Blood Sugar?
“Doctor, one last question.” Every doctor knows those four words can add another ten minutes to a consultation. This gentleman had already collected his prescription,...
The Great Indian Salt Panic
The patient unzipped her handbag with the seriousness of someone carrying gold through airport customs. Out came a Tupperware. Inside were five small packets of salt, each...
Your Protein Anxiety Is a Business Model. Your Dal Is Fine.
She came in with a food diary. Seventeen pages. Hand-written. Colour-coded by meal. Across the top, in red ink pressed down so hard it had...
Can High Cholesterol Patients Eat Ghee? A Doctor Answers Honestly.
She had done everything right. That was the problem. She walked every morning. She slept seven hours. She had not touched a piece of bakery...
Can Nuts Really Lower Cholesterol?
The funniest thing about cholesterol is that it rarely scares people; what scares them is the thought of giving up biryani, so they run to...
Is Bread Omelette Healthy Every Day?
Some foods arrive with fanfare. Others just show up, do their job, and quietly take over the morning. Bread-omelette belongs to the second category. It...