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,...
Category : Food
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...
Curd Before Exams: Superstition, Science, or Gut Intelligence?
Long before science wrote theories, culture built habits, and behaviour became data, a simple spoon of curd and sugar carried its own quiet logic—offered without...
Seed Cycling for Hormone Balance: A Simple Daily Ritual for Women
In every Indian kitchen, there is a quiet democracy of seeds. Flax sleeps in steel dabbas beside forgotten ragi. Sesame waits in tiny jars like...
Fibremaxxing and Ayurveda: Why Gut Health Is India’s New Wellness Habit
It started with protein shakes and ended with psyllium husk. Wellness, like fashion, loves its trends — and fibre has become the new Gucci. On...
Stop Blaming Rice: The Real Problem Is Lifestyle
A young engineer walked into my Bengaluru clinic clutching a diet chart like a court summons. “Doctor, I have stopped eating rice,” he declared. I...