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ஐநா சபையை எனும் கோமாளிகள் சபையை இழுத்து மூடவேண்டும் என நான் முன்பிருந்தே சொல்லிவருகிறேன். அதை இது உறுதிபடுத்துகிறதுஇக்காமடி சபை சொல்வது உண்மையெனில் சிங்கம், புலி எல்லாம் தொப்பு, தொப்புன்னு மாரடைப்பில் செத்து விழவேன்டும்.
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The results on the prevalence and determinants of anemia among Indian women should be interpreted in their economic and socio-cultural context. By nearly any measure, India remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with a population of over one billion and a fertility rate well above replacement level (World Bank, 2000). There have been impressive improvements in most health indicators in the last two decades, including a reduction in infant mortality rate from 115 in 1980 to 70 in 1998 and a drop in the fertility rate from 5 to 3.2 during the same period (World Bank, 2000). Improvements in nutritional status, however, have been less impressive. More than half of the world's undernourished population lives in India (Krishnaswami, 2000) and half of Indian children are malnourished (Measham & Chatterjee, 1999; Kumar, 2000). Apart from overall poverty, the health status of women in India reflects gender discrimination from birth (Miller, 1981; Murthi et al, 1995; Kishor, 1995), inequitable distribution of health resources (Arnold et al, 1996; Basu, 1995), and early and frequent reproductive cycling and reproductive tract infections (Koblinsky, 1995; Brabin et al, 1998; Bhatia & Cleland, 1995; Bang et al, 1989). The high rates of anemia among Indian women, therefore, reflect their social and biological vulnerability both within society and the household.
We conducted this analysis as a companion to our previous paper, which investigated the determinants of under and overweight among women living in Andhra Pradesh, India (Griffiths & Bentley, 2001). Following the earlier work, we hypothesized that disadvantaged and undernourished Indian women would be more likely to be anemic, reflecting health disparities that are on the rise because of increasing urbanization and improvements in economic development (Diwaker & Qureshi, 1992; Visaria, 1997; Shariff, 1999). We also hoped to identify risk factors that would be helpful for program purposes to prevent anemia among Indian women. What have we learned?
Anemia among women in this large, southern Indian state cuts across social class, place of residence, and other factors that normally discriminate health status. Rich or poor, fat or thin, urban or rural—the prevalence of anemia is high among women in all these groups and differences are only relative. More than 40% of women in the highest socioeconomic group are anemic, as are 62% of urban poor and 54% of rural poor women.
Our hypotheses related to socioeconomic status, urban/rural location and anemia were partially supported. We had expected to find the highest prevalence of anemia among rural women, who are also the poorest, based on the standard of living index. However, the poorest rural and urban women both had the greatest risk of anemia and had similar probabilities of being anemic, with the exception of the poorest urban women who were more likely than poor rural women to be anemic. This supports the findings of other studies in the 1980s and 1990s which revealed a great diversity in the extent and depth of poverty within the urban sector in developing countries and poor health outcomes for the most marginalized urban groups (Harpham et al, 1988; Harpham, 1997; Rossi-Espagnet, 1984; Satherthwaite, 1993; Tazibzadeh et al, 1989; United Nations, 1998). Rates of urban growth are most intense in developing countries, often resulting in poor housing, overcrowding, pollution and increased exposure to infectious diseases (Harpham et al, 1988). The direct effects of poverty that result in low income, limited education and insufficient diet have all been associated with poor health outcomes for the urban poor in developing countries.
Despite greater opportunities for health care in urban areas, the urban poor are often more marginalized than rural populations in their ability to access health services because of constraints in financial and administrative resources that are necessary to access the services in urban areas (Yesudian, 1988; Kakar, 1988;Griffiths & Stephenson, 2001). Likewise, although urban areas theoretically have greater access to a wide variety of food and nutrients through close access to markets, extreme poverty limits the ability of the urban poor to purchase them.
One reason that urban poor women may have higher risk of anemia than rural poor women is their lack of access to their own income or resources because of lower rates of extra-household employment and reduced economic power within the household (Basu, 1995; Bennett, 1991; Sen, 1991; Banerjee, 1995). The urban poor may also experience higher rates of infection related to poor sanitation or high rates of reproductive tract infections, gynecological morbidity, or sexually transmitted diseases (Bhatia & Cleland, 1995; Brabin et al, 1998). Dimensions of autonomy such as freedom of movement, decision-making power and control over finances can also exert a strong influence over service use and service choice in the South Asian setting (Bloom et al, 2001). This results in inappropriate treatment of illnesses.
The apparent protective effect of alcohol on anemia is an interesting finding and we explored this in fuller detail through bivariate analyses. Poorer, rural women and rural women from scheduled tribes (also the poorest) were more likely to consume alcohol, compared to all the other groups. These women are also the thinnest and have higher rates of anemia compared to other women, with the exception of the urban poor. Of scheduled tribe women who do not drink alcohol, 52% are not anemic, 32% are mildly anemic, and 14 and 2% are moderately and severely anemic. Of women from this group who do consume alcohol, the prevalence of all types of anemia is lower, particularly in the most serious classification: 54% are not anemic, 41% are mildly anemic, 5% are moderately anemic, and 0% are severely anemic. Alcohol consumption, therefore, does appear protective against anemia among this vulnerable group. There is an abundant literature on increased iron status and absorption related to alcohol consumption (Turnbull, 1974; Hallberg & Hulthen, 2000; Millman & Kirchhoff, 1996). However, we do not know what it is about alcohol consumption among these women that reduces their risk of anemia (eg fermentation process, iron vessels, alcohol stimulation of gastric acid secretion, promoting solubility and reduction of ferric iron; iron present in the alcohol; enhanced iron absorption, or an unmeasured variable that changes anemia status not related to alcohol consumption).
Our hypothesis on the relationship of BMI to anemia was partially supported. Thin women (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) were marginally significantly more likely to be anemic compared to women of normal-weight. Although being classified at normal or overweight is somewhat protective, more than 10% (see Table 2) of women with a high BMI (
25 kg/m2) are moderately or severely anemic, suggesting dietary deficiency or other problems among women who have no apparent resource constraints (Griffiths & Bentley, 2001). Other problems may include hookworm or malaria infection, acute infections, micronutrient deficiency that interferes with iron metabolism, or poor dietary patterns that compromise adequate iron intake. Among the urban, overweight and higher-income women with moderate to severe anemia, we suspect that diet may play an important role but we are unable to assess its role with the current data.
These results on anemia in women are both similar and different to our previous work related to the emerging nutrition transition in India (Griffiths & Bentley, 2001). In this analysis, we find similar relationships between socioeconomic status and anemia to those found between socioeconomic status and BMI. Poorer women are more likely to be anemic and to be underweight, while better off women are less likely to be anemic and more likely to be overweight. However, the urban/rural patterns for anemia differ from the results we found between urban/rural residence and BMI. Our previous analysis showed a strong association between urban/rural location and BMI, with urban women more likely to be overweight or obese and rural women more likely to be thin or underweight. While the majority of overweight and obese women live in urban areas, socioeconomic status was more important than urban/rural residence in predicting whether women were fat or thin. For the anemia analysis, we found that poor, urban women have the highest rates and risk of anemia compared to the other groups, including poor rural women. The results reflect the effect of poverty on women's nutrition and anemia status, regardless of whether they live in the rural or urban areas.
What have we learned that is helpful for program and policy makers in India? The 'bad news' is that many of the risk or protective factors are not amenable to change or rapid intervention. Protective factors include being Muslim, an urban or rural woman of middle or high class, having graduated from high school, consuming alcohol or pulses, or being overweight. Promoting alcohol consumption is not an appropriate public health intervention, particularly in this setting. With the exception of the protective factor of daily pulse consumption, none of the other dietary variables explain any of the anemia outcomes in our multivariate analysis. We conducted a cross-tabulation of daily pulse consumption with socioeconomic status and found a strong correlation. Pulse consumption is likely to be a proxy for higher income. Pulses also have a high iron content and could be directly providing protection against anemia. The lack of relationship between the other dietary factors and anemia, however, does not imply that a poor-quality diet is not part of the problem, nor that interventions to improve dietary quality, quantity or iron bioavailability are unwarranted. This is because our results are greatly limited by the type of dietary data available in the NFHS data and we are not adequately able to explore how dietary patterns or nutrient intake may influence anemia status among the women in the sample.
The finding of the highest risk of anemia among very poor urban women should focus attention on this group for intervention purposes. While most health indicators in India do show that rural women are disadvantaged relative to urban women (International Institute of Population Science and ORC Macro, 2000), our findings for anemia suggest a more complex scenario that is controlled not only by location of residence but also socioeconomic status. This emphasizes the need for within-group analyses.
We believe this analysis strengthens the recommendation of Stoltzfus (1997) for a re-examination of policy on the international cut-offs to assess anemia prevalence for purposes of surveillance and treatment. She argues that prevalence data should distinguish between 'any' anemia (mild, moderate and severe combined) to report prevalence in all three degrees. Although a policy change has not yet occurred, one important example of a change in practice is that the new global burden of disease estimates for anemia will consider hemoglobin as a continuous variable rather than a yes/no variable for mild anemia, as had been done previously (Stoltzfus, personal communication). In this sample, the prevalence of 'any' anemia ranges from 40 to 62% across all socioeconomic and residence groups. The high prevalence of 'any' anemia in this study (49.5%) is similar to that in other developing countries and makes it difficult for governments to target women at risk or to allocate sufficient resources for prevention or treatment (Stoltzfus, 1997). While the majority of these anemic Indian women have mild anemia, 17% are moderately or severely anemic. This compares to 13% of non-pregnant women in Zanzibar, 21% in Nepal, and 3% in Java, Indonesia (Stoltzfus, 1997). In India, this represents millions of women who are walking around with symptoms and risks associated with a serious degree of anemia or anemia related to other causes (eg malaria, hookworm or subclinical infections, or other factors). The NFHS 2 in India allows an analysis by degree of anemia and this provides a benchmark for program evaluation, for examining changes across regions or sub-groups over time, and for mobilizing programs to target interventions to women at most risk.
We believe that improving women's overall nutrition status and their access to resources (income) will have the greatest impact on reducing anemia in India (World Bank, 1993). Very thin and very poor women, particularly in urban areas, have the highest risk of moderate and severe anemia. In the short-term, combined food and iron supplementation programs would be most effective to address both anemia and underweight. The alarming 10% prevalence of moderate and severe anemia among obese women is cause for concern and we need to learn more about the determinants of this outcome among this subgroup of women for prevention purposes. Integrated programs for hookworn eradication, malaria prophylaxis, or that address other micronutrient deficiencies would also be important for reducing the burden of anemia (Stoltzfus, 1997;Gillespie & Johnston, 1998). The results presented here and in our earlier analysis clearly show that making improvements in household socioeconomic status and maternal education will affect maternal health and nutrition in a sustained way.
In conclusion, the high prevalence of anemia among women in India is a burden for them, for their families, and for the economic development and productivity of the country. Iron supplementation programs, for a variety of reasons, have not been effective in reducing anemia prevalence (Galloway & McGuire, 1991;Vijayaraghaven et al, 1990) and operational research on how best to improve existing iron supplementation programs is needed (Yip, 1994). New and innovative strategies are needed, particularly those that improve the overall health and nutrition status of adolescent girls before they enter their reproductive years (Gillespie & Johnston, 1998; Kurz & Johnson-Welch, 1994;Kanani & Poorjara, 2000; Creed-Kanashiro et al, 2000). This will require tailored programs that target women in all socioeconomic groups and who live within both rural and urban areas, but particularly in need of intervention are the urban poor, who are a rapidly growing marginalized segment of the Indian population.
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2015-10-30 8:36 GMT-07:00 செல்வன் <hol...@gmail.com>://. ஜீவகாருண்ய நோக்கில் நிச்சயமாக ஒருவர் புலால் உண்ணாமையை கடைபிடிக்கலாம். அதை நான் வரவேற்பேன்.//அப்பொழுது நான் சைவனாக இருப்பதை நீங்கள் வரவேற்றுத்தான் ஆகவேண்டும், செல்வரே!உடனே, புல்லுக்கும், காய்கறிகளுக்கும் உயிர் இருக்கிறது என்ற தத்துவம் பேசாதீர்கள்.
நீங்கள் என்னை உண்ண முற்படாதவரை நீங்கள் என்ன உண்ணுகிறீர்கள் என்பதைப்பற்றிய கவலை எனக்கில்லை.ஒரு அரிசோனன்
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(ஆனாலும் செல்வன், ஆய்வாளர்கள் ஒரு வரிகூட அசைவ உணவு பற்றிக் குறிப்பிடக் காணோமே ;-))இரத்த சோகையை குறைக்க அடுத்து நம் பெண்களை தண்ணி அடிக்க சொல்லுவோமா? :-))
நல்லது அப்டுத்து நாம் அனைவரையும் இஸ்லாத்தை தழுவ சொல்வோம், பிரச்சனையை சுலபமாகத் தீர்க்கலாம்.
2015-11-01 12:05 GMT-06:00 தேமொழி <jsthe...@gmail.com>:
நீங்கள் கொடுத்த ஆய்வுக் கட்டுரை எழுதியவர்களுக்கு ஏன் அசைவம் சாப்பிடச் சொல்லத் தோன்றவில்லை, எதற்காக
சொன்னால் கேட்டுவிடுவார்களா? சைவம் என்பது மதம், பண்பாட்டுடன் தொடர்புடையது. உயிரே போனாலும் அசைவத்தை தொடதயாரில்லாத மக்களிடம் ஆய்வுகட்டுரையில் "அசைவத்துக்கு மாறணும்" என்பது போல் எழுதுவதில் என்ன பலன்?
சொன்னால் கேட்டுவிடுவார்களா? சைவம் என்பது மதம், பண்பாட்டுடன் தொடர்புடையது. உயிரே போனாலும் அசைவத்தை தொடதயாரில்லாத மக்களிடம் ஆய்வுகட்டுரையில் "அசைவத்துக்கு மாறணும்" என்பது போல் எழுதுவதில் என்ன பலன்?மிக நல்ல கோணம் ...பிறகு நீங்கள் ஏன் தலை தலையாக முட்டிக் கொள்கிறீர்கள், மாட்டைக் கொன்றுவிட்டுத்தான் மறு வேலை என்கிறீர்கள் என்பதை 100 வார்த்தைகளுக்கு மிகாமல் விளக்கவும்.
2015-11-01 12:25 GMT-06:00 தேமொழி <jsthe...@gmail.com>:சொன்னால் கேட்டுவிடுவார்களா? சைவம் என்பது மதம், பண்பாட்டுடன் தொடர்புடையது. உயிரே போனாலும் அசைவத்தை தொடதயாரில்லாத மக்களிடம் ஆய்வுகட்டுரையில் "அசைவத்துக்கு மாறணும்" என்பது போல் எழுதுவதில் என்ன பலன்?மிக நல்ல கோணம் ...பிறகு நீங்கள் ஏன் தலை தலையாக முட்டிக் கொள்கிறீர்கள், மாட்டைக் கொன்றுவிட்டுத்தான் மறு வேலை என்கிறீர்கள் என்பதை 100 வார்த்தைகளுக்கு மிகாமல் விளக்கவும்.
ஆய்வுகட்டுரையின் நோக்கம் உண்மையை உரைப்பது.
என் நோக்கம் சமூக மாற்றத்தை உருவாக்குவது.
நான் எழுதுவதை படித்து நிறைய சைவர்கள் அசைவத்துக்கு மாறியுள்ளார்கள். தூய சைவர்கள் முட்டையை சேர்க்க ஆரம்பித்துள்ளார்கள். என் முகநூல் குழுவில் தமிழ்நாட்டின் எல்லா உடல்நலன் சார்ந்த பத்திரைக்கைகளின் ஆசிரியர்களும், நிருபர்களும் உள்ளார்கள். அதன் பாதிப்பால் தமிழ்நாட்டு மெயின்லைன் ஊடகங்களில் முட்டை நல்லது, சிகப்பிறைச்சி நல்லது என கட்டுரைகள் வருகின்றன. ஓரிரு வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பு இப்பத்திரிக்கைகளில் முட்டை, இறைச்சியை பத்தடி நீள குச்சியை வைத்து கூட தொடமாட்டார்கள். ஹெல்த்னா அது முழுதானியம், பழம் என்ற அளவில் தான் இருந்தது. டிவிஎஸ், டைடன் கம்பனி கேன்டின்களில் பேலியோ லஞ்ச் ஸ்பெஷல் போட சொல்லி தொழிற்சங்கங்கள் நிர்ப்பந்திக்கும் நிலை வந்துள்ளது.
நான் கண்மூடுகையில் அனிமியா, சர்க்கரை வியாதி இல்லாத தமிழ்நாட்டை பார்த்து விட்டு தான் இறப்பேன். அதான் என் கனவு.
நல்லது அப்டுத்து நாம் அனைவரையும் இஸ்லாத்தை தழுவ சொல்வோம், பிரச்சனையை சுலபமாகத் தீர்க்கலாம்.நீங்கள் கொடுத்த ஆய்வுக் கட்டுரை எழுதியவர்களுக்கு ஏன் அசைவம் சாப்பிடச் சொல்லத் தோன்றவில்லை, எதற்காகPulses also have a high iron content and could be directly providing protection against anemia. என்று சொன்னார்கள். நானும் முன்னரே எதை சாப்பிட்டாலும் சரிவிகித உணவு முறையைக் கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும், நொறுக்குதீனி சாப்பிடும் உணவு முறையைத் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும் என்று எழுதிய ஞாபகம்...... தேமொழி
இதை ஒப்புக் கொள்கிறேன் ..... ஆனால் அவ்வாறு உண்மையைச் சொன்னவர்களைக் குறை கூறியது எதற்காக? உங்கள் வரிகள் கீழே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது...
Article date: May 31, 2011
By Stacy Simon
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization, has concluded that using cell phones may possibly cause cancer. The agency classifies exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields, which includes cell phone use, as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” Also in this category are gasoline exhaust and coffee.
செல்வன் என்ன சொல்லுறார் எனில், நம்மால் இவ்வளவு கட்டுப்பாடாக உண்டிப்பழக்கம் கொண்டொழுக ஒல்லாது. அத்னால் வேளைக்கு இரண்டு எலியை விழுங்குவதே எலிது என்கிறார்.
அதனால் அவரது பழமை உணவுக்கு பலரும் பலே சொல்லுறாங்க
2015-11-01 12:55 GMT-06:00 தேமொழி <jsthe...@gmail.com>:இதை ஒப்புக் கொள்கிறேன் ..... ஆனால் அவ்வாறு உண்மையைச் சொன்னவர்களைக் குறை கூறியது எதற்காக? உங்கள் வரிகள் கீழே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது...
அவர்கள் தொடர்ந்து காமடி செய்து வருவதால்
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/who-says-cell-phones-possibly-cause-cancerWorld Health Organization Says Cell Phones a Possible Cause of Cancer
//உணவு என்பது அது அவரவர் உணவுத் தேவைக்கான ஒன்று எனச் சொல்லிவிட்டு செல்வது தானே உத்தமம்.. அதை விடுத்து அசைவ உணவு உண்பவர்கள் ஜீவ காருண்யத்தை மறந்தவர்கள் என்பது போல கொண்டு செல்வது.... ம்ம் எனக்கு இது ,மனதிற்கு ஒப்பவில்லை.சுபா//
//நீங்கள் என்னை உண்ண முற்படாதவரை நீங்கள் என்ன உண்ணுகிறீர்கள் என்பதைப்பற்றிய கவலை எனக்கில்லை.ஒரு அரிசோனன்//
ஆய்வறிக்கை கூறும் தகவல்கள் = நகைச்சுவை பதிவுகள்போகிற போக்கைப் பார்த்தால், இனிமேல் ஆய்வாளர்கள் தங்கள் ஆய்வறிக்கைகளை ஏதேனும் ஒரு நகைச்சுவை இதழில் வெளியிடுவதுதான் சரி என்ற எண்ணம் எனக்கு வந்துவிட்டது.
Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behaviour. (Journal of Experimental Biology)
Swearing as a response to pain. (NeuroReport)
Pigeons can discriminate "good" and "bad" paintings by children. (Animal Cognition)
The "booty call": a compromise between men's and women's ideal mating strategies. (The Journal of Sex Research)
Intermittent access to beer promotes binge-like drinking in adolescent but not adult Wistar rats. (Alcohol)
Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time. (PLoS One)
ஜர்னல் கட்டுரைகளில் பதிப்பிக்கபட்ட நகைச்சுவை ஆய்வுகளுக்கான சில சான்றுகள்
Meat is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet - you would not be reading this if, millions of years ago, your hominid ancestors had not begun to eat flesh. Source: Reuters
On Friday morning at the gruff and greasy Frank’s Cafe in central London, bacon sales were booming. “I heard that stuff about it giving you cancer,” said a man named Joe from behind the till.
“We had a customer come in and joke that he felt guilty for eating it. One minute something’s good for you, the next it’s not.”
You hear this weariness a lot nowadays. Last week the World Health Organisation (WHO) labelled processed meat “carcinogenic to humans” and red meat “probably carcinogenic”. The world reacted with exhausted outrage. “#JeSuisBacon” trended on Twitter. In the WHO rankings ham and sausages are now classed alongside arsenic and asbestos.
The announcement was misguided for several reasons. First, the grading system measures not how much cancer something causes but whether it causes cancer at all. This seems destined to confuse people and lead to sensationalised reporting. Unusually, even the WHO panel was divided. Of the 22 members, seven disagreed with the conclusion or chose to abstain.
“People are going to read the headlines and think bacon is as dangerous as cigarette smoke,” says Ian Johnson, of the Institute of Food Research.
“The WHO system lends itself to misunderstanding.”
Almost one in three heavy smokers develops lung cancer, compared with one in 100 non-smokers. And smoking is blamed for 1 million cancer deaths a year worldwide, while processed meat allegedly accounts for 34,000.
How might bacon cause cancer? The nitrates that make it pink are often blamed.
Some observers expressed serious doubts about the research used by the WHO. “They were largely observational studies,” wrote the British nutrition author Zoe Harcombe.
“People were often asked what they’d eaten 20 years ago — that information is notoriously unreliable. Those who ate processed meat were three times more likely to smoke and twice as likely to have diabetes. Even adjusting for those factors, you couldn’t separate a person eating grass-fed steak from one guzzling cheap burgers on white processed bread, washed down with Coke. Overall, it was disgraceful scaremongering from the WHO.”
These are the facts. About 5 per cent of Britons will develop bowel cancer in their lifetime, making it the fourth most common form of the disease. If we accept the WHO figures - though many believe we should not — then 100 people eating an extra 50g of processed meat daily will lead to one more of them getting bowel cancer. Processed meat here includes everything from tins of the finest foie gras to the grimmest match-day hot dogs.
Since the average Briton eats just 17g of processed meat a day, less than a slice of bacon, the risk for most of us is negligible.
“People eating more than 50g daily — very few of us in practice — should switch to fresh red meat,” says Dr Carrie Ruxton , a dietitian for the Meat Advisory Panel, an industry-funded body.
In any case, avoiding red meat is unlikely to protect you from cancer. One study has found vegetarians are more likely to develop bowel cancer than meat-eaters. (People following a pescatarian diet seem to have the lowest rates of the disease.) The WHO has admitted it has no idea how processed or red meat may be giving people cancer, though this is likely to be of scant comfort to farmers.
Meat is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. You would not be reading this if, millions of years ago, your hominid ancestors had not begun to eat flesh, which is far more calorie-dense than plant matter. This allowed their guts to shrink and brains to grow. Meat contains easily digested complete proteins, good fats, micro-nutrients including B vitamins, iron and zinc, and dozens of other things necessary for good health.
Vegans may well be philosophically correct about the ethics of eating meat, and everyone is right to call attention to the monstrous suffering at factory farms. But strict vegan diets need supplementation, especially of vitamin B12, for proper health, and vegetarians have to make an effort to ensure they get enough iron, not least because the iron in vegetables is absorbed less easily by the body than that in meat. One in four British women does not eat enough iron.
“I’m the first to agree that we shouldn’t be eating heavily processed meat,” says Harcombe.
“But there is a world of difference between naturally reared organic beef or pork and a packet of ‘value’ bacon.”
One porcine rule of thumb: if your bacon shrivels and leaches whitish liquid into the frying pan, don’t put it anywhere near your mouth. That soup of additives bulks out the meat.
It is commonsense to indulge only occasionally in processed meats.
How might bacon cause cancer? The nitrates that make it pink are often blamed. The expensive, happy-pig bacon I sometimes buy, which cooks to an unappetising grey, extols itself as “nitrate-free”. But 90 per cent of the nitrates we eat occur naturally in our own saliva. Rocket, lettuce and beetroot can contain hundreds of times the levels of nitrate that you find in streaky rashers.
It may be that cooking the nitrates at high temperatures causes them to form carcinogenic compounds. Or chemicals added during the processing of the meat may be to blame. The science is moot, and many people think it more likely that processed meat is simply correlated with cancer — not its cause.
Worldwide, people are getting ever more fat and unhealthy. The public understanding of food and nutrition has never been more confused; each new story about red wine or coffee giving us or protecting us against cancer is met with a jaded shrug. So it is ironic that the answer to the prevailing question — what should I eat? — has never been simpler.
Eat real, unprocessed food. Load your plate with all the vegetables you like, dressed in butter and other natural fats. Enjoy whole-grain carbs, plenty of beans, fish, nuts, fruit and good-quality red meat without guilt. Avoid sugar. Drink a glass of red wine if you like, though not much more. And ignore alarmist headlines generated by international bodies that should know better.
“I’m still going to eat it,” said Joe, handing me a delicious, if unethical, bacon sarnie. As I squirted on the HP sauce, he added: “They’ll have us all living in bubbles soon.”
The Sunday Times
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உலக சுகாதார மையத்துக்கு எல்லாம் தெரியும்
அவர்கள் சொல்வதே வேதவாக்கு
அவர்கள் சொல்வதை எதிர்த்து கேள்வி கேட்பதும், மறுப்பதும் தப்பு
அவர்களுக்கு தெரியாத விஞ்ஞானமா, அறிவியலா?
பெரியவர்களை கேலி, கிண்டல் பண்ணகூடாது
15 அறிவியல் அறிஞர்கள் சொல்வதை ஒப்புக் கொள்ள விரும்பாத நீங்கள் "ஒரு" "செய்தித்தாள்" "எழுத்தாளர்" சொல்வதற்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுப்பதன் காரணம் என்ன ?அவர் சொல்லும் தகவல் உங்களுக்கு பிடிப்பதாலா?எழுதியவர் credentials உங்களுக்குத் தெரியுமா? அவர் தகுதி என்ன? என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரை அவரும் உங்களைப் போல ஒரு opinion / கருத்து சொல்பவரே.
சிந்திக்கத் தெரிவதால்தான் ஆடு மாடுகளை அடித்துத் தின்பதைவிட இலை தழையை ஒடித்துத் தின்பது உடலுக்கு உகந்தது என முடிவு செய்து அதனைப் பின்பற்றி வருகிறோம் செல்வன். :-)
கலிலியோ அந்த துறையில் ஆய்வு செய்தவர். உங்கள் செய்தித்தாள் நிருபரும் அந்தத்துறையில் "ஆய்வு" செய்தவரா?
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-இனியொரு விதி செய்வோம்
துரை.ந.உ ஆடு,மாடு எல்லாம் குட்டியே போடாதா துரை அண்ணாச்சி :-)
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//அண்ணாச்சி..நீங்களோ, நானோ காந்தி அல்ல...எல்லா இந்தியருக்கும் சட்டை கிடைத்தால் தான் நானும் சட்டை போடுவேன்னு சொல்ல :-)
உங்களால இறைச்சி வாங்கி சாப்பிட முடியும்னா, சாப்பிடுங்க. அடுத்தவங்களை பத்தி கவலைபட ஒரு எல்லை வரைதானே நம்மால் முடியும்? :-) உலகம் முழுக்க பேலியோ டயட்டுக்கு மாறும் என்பதெல்லாம் கனவுதான். அப்படி மாறினால் அதற்கேற்றமாதிரி விவசாயம், பொருளாதாரம் எல்லாமே மாறும்.//
//Care to explain how Arizonan sir?//
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:23 AM, செல்வன் <hol...@gmail.com> wrote://Care to explain how Arizonan sir?//
- You main aim is proving saiva type of food is inferior to the food you are commending, which is meat eating.
- Mr. Durai put for the a valid question: If everyone were to become meat-eaters, how to sustain the world?
- Had you written, "I do not know, I hope everybody gets meat," it would have been a genuine response.
- Instead, your reply was: அண்ணாச்சி..நீங்களோ, நானோ காந்தி அல்ல...எல்லா இந்தியருக்கும் சட்டை கிடைத்தால் தான் நானும் சட்டை போடுவேன்னு சொல்ல :-). உங்களால இறைச்சி வாங்கி சாப்பிட முடியும்னா, சாப்பிடுங்க. அடுத்தவங்களை பத்தி கவலைபட ஒரு எல்லை வரைதானே நம்மால் முடியும்? :-)
- In other words, let us not worry about it, Let us eat meat without caring for those people would convert to meat-eating.
- Though your reply was ficitious, it dismissed Mr. Durai's genuine question.
- It was very unlike you, who used to respond appropriately for each and every quetion posed to yo.
- Therefore, I expressed my view on how your reply sounded.
- No offence meant whatsoever about you or your position on meat-eating.
- Finally, there is no need for you to address me as 'sir'. We are friends.

அந்தக் கோழி போட்ட முட்டையில் இருந்துதானே சேவல் வந்தது - இது தாய் சேய் பாசப் பிணைப்புப் போராட்டம். உங்களுக்குப் புரியாது செல்வம். சரி இப்படி வைத்துக் கொள்வோம். இனக் காப்புப் போராட்டம்.கோழியும் சேவலும் ஒரே பறவையினம்தானே.அதில எதுவும் மாற்றமில்லையே?
இல்லை சொல்லா மக் கொள்ளாம / கொல்லாம (கொன்று விடாமல்) ராவோட ராவா மாத்திப் பிட்டாங்களா?
சொன்னா கேளுங்கப்பா...முருகன் கொடில இருப்பது கோழி அல்ல. சேவல் தான் :-)
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அந்தக் கோழி போட்ட முட்டையில் இருந்துதானே சேவல் வந்தது - இது தாய் சேய் பாசப் பிணைப்புப் போராட்டம். உங்களுக்குப் புரியாது செல்வம். சரி இப்படி வைத்துக் கொள்வோம். இனக் காப்புப் போராட்டம்.கோழியும் சேவலும் ஒரே பறவையினம்தானே.அதில எதுவும் மாற்றமில்லையே?
இல்லை சொல்லா மக் கொள்ளாம / கொல்லாம (கொன்று விடாமல்) ராவோட ராவா மாத்திப் பிட்டாங்களா?
நீங்களே நல்லா யோசிச்சுப் பாருங்க செல்வன், ஈ, கொசு, கரையான், கரப்பான் பூச்சி, யானை, பூனை, ஒட்டகச் சிவிங்கி, திமிங்கிலம், முள்ளம்பன்றி, என எத்தனை எத்தனை விலங்கினங்கள் துக்குளியூண்டு அளவு முதல் இம்மாம் பெரிசு வரை .... உலகில் மனிதர் உணவிற்காக வேடையாடாதவை /உணவுக்காக பண்ணை முறையில் வளர்க்காவை இருக்கின்றன . இவற்றை உண்ண மனிதர்கள் ஆர்வம் காட்டாததால் இவையாவும் அழிந்தா போகின்றன?
2015-11-04 11:59 GMT-06:00 தேமொழி <jsthe...@gmail.com>:நீங்களே நல்லா யோசிச்சுப் பாருங்க செல்வன், ஈ, கொசு, கரையான், கரப்பான் பூச்சி, யானை, பூனை, ஒட்டகச் சிவிங்கி, திமிங்கிலம், முள்ளம்பன்றி, என எத்தனை எத்தனை விலங்கினங்கள் துக்குளியூண்டு அளவு முதல் இம்மாம் பெரிசு வரை .... உலகில் மனிதர் உணவிற்காக வேடையாடாதவை /உணவுக்காக பண்ணை முறையில் வளர்க்காவை இருக்கின்றன . இவற்றை உண்ண மனிதர்கள் ஆர்வம் காட்டாததால் இவையாவும் அழிந்தா போகின்றன?
ஆமாம். உலகில் பல உயிர்கள் அழிந்து வருவதாக தான் சொல்லி விஞ்ஞானிகள் கவலைபடு கொண்டிருக்கிறார்களே? ஆனால் ஏன் கோழி, ஆடு, மாடு எல்லாம் அருகிவரும் உயிரினம் என விஞ்ஞானிகள் சொல்லுவதில்லை?
இது உலகின் புகழ்பெற்ற பிரம்மன் வகை மாடு ஆகும்.
முதலில் கரப்பான் பூச்சி ஏன் அழிவதே இல்லை. ஈசலை பிடித்துக் கூட சாப்பிடுகிறார்கள். கரப்பானை யாரும் வளர்ப்பதில்லை, அவை அழிவதாகவும் தெரிவதில்லையே ஏன்?வாழ்வாதாரத்தை அழித்தால் உயிர்கொல்லி போல ஏதேனும் வாழும் சூழ்நிலையில் நுழைந்தால் எந்த இனமும் அழியத் துவங்கும்.
The truth is... humans need not assume the God player role. Live and let live.
ஐயோ... ரப்ச்சர் தாளாலையே...என்ன செய்வேன் ....நீங்களே நல்லா யோசிச்சுப் பாருங்க செல்வன், ஈ, கொசு, கரையான், கரப்பான் பூச்சி, யானை, பூனை, ஒட்டகச் சிவிங்கி, திமிங்கிலம், முள்ளம்பன்றி, என எத்தனை எத்தனை விலங்கினங்கள் துக்குளியூண்டு அளவு முதல் இம்மாம் பெரிசு வரை .... உலகில் மனிதர் உணவிற்காக வேடையாடாதவை /உணவுக்காக பண்ணை முறையில் வளர்க்காவை இருக்கின்றன .
அடுத்து என்ன புலி, சிங்கம், பாண்டா இவற்றின் இனம் அழியாமல் காக்க மனிதர்கள் அவற்றை உண்ண வேண்டும் என்று கோரிக்கை வைக்கப் போகிறீர்களா?
2015-11-04 10:08 GMT-06:00 Malarvizhi Mangay <malarm...@gmail.com>:அதனால் இனக்காப்பு செய்ய கோழி அதிகமா சாப்பிடணும் என்பதுதானே சரி?
அடுத்து என்ன புலி, சிங்கம், பாண்டா இவற்றின் இனம் அழியாமல் காக்க மனிதர்கள் அவற்றை உண்ண வேண்டும் என்று கோரிக்கை வைக்கப் போகிறீர்களா?பன்றி, ஆடு, மாட்டிறைச்சியின் சுவை இவற்றுக்கு கட்டாயம் வராது.
யோசித்து பார்த்தால் கோழிக்கறி கூட ரொம்ப பிளாண்ட ஆக டேஸ்ட் இல்லாமல் தான் இருக்கு. அதனால் அதை நான் சபபிடுவதை நிறுத்தி பலகாலம் ஆகுது. சாப்பாட்டுகடை இழையில் கோழி, மீன் ரெசிபியெல்லாம் பார்த்து பலநாளாகியிருக்கும் :-) சுவையில் ரெட்மீட்டின் சுவைக்கு கோழி, மீனெல்லாம் பக்கத்தில் வரவே முடியாது. அதனால் கோழிக்கறி, மீன்கறியை தடுப்பதானால் கூட தடுத்துவிடலாம். பர்சனலா எனக்கு ஆட்சேபம் இல்லை
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2015-11-04 23:40 GMT+05:30 செல்வன் <hol...@gmail.com>:அடுத்து என்ன புலி, சிங்கம், பாண்டா இவற்றின் இனம் அழியாமல் காக்க மனிதர்கள் அவற்றை உண்ண வேண்டும் என்று கோரிக்கை வைக்கப் போகிறீர்களா?பன்றி, ஆடு, மாட்டிறைச்சியின் சுவை இவற்றுக்கு கட்டாயம் வராது.அண்ணாச்சி ...எனக்கொரு டவுட்டு ....அதெப்படி ????
யோசித்து பார்த்தால் கோழிக்கறி கூட ரொம்ப பிளாண்ட ஆக டேஸ்ட் இல்லாமல் தான் இருக்கு. அதனால் அதை நான் சபபிடுவதை நிறுத்தி பலகாலம் ஆகுது. சாப்பாட்டுகடை இழையில் கோழி, மீன் ரெசிபியெல்லாம் பார்த்து பலநாளாகியிருக்கும் :-) சுவையில் ரெட்மீட்டின் சுவைக்கு கோழி, மீனெல்லாம் பக்கத்தில் வரவே முடியாது. அதனால் கோழிக்கறி, மீன்கறியை தடுப்பதானால் கூட தடுத்துவிடலாம். பர்சனலா எனக்கு ஆட்சேபம் இல்லை
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அய்யயோ. இந்த.தேமொழி கொடுக்கற பட்டியல் அப்பறம் துரை போடற படம் இவற்றையெல்லாம் பார்த்துட்டு ஒவ்வொரு ருசியும் சரியில்லைன்னும் இனத்தக் காப்பாத்து
- கிறேன்னு மனித இனத்தை நினச்சுக் கவலைப்படப்
போறார் செல்வம்னு. எனக்கு கவலையில அழுவாச்சியா வருது.
இருந்தாலும், அவர் இருக்கற எடத்துலேந்து ஆயிரம் மைல்களுக்கும் அப்பால இருக்கறது மனசுக்கு ஒரு நிம்மதியைத் தருது.
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!!!! ஏன் இயற்கையை மாற்ற விரும்புகிறீர்கள் செல்வன்?சிங்கம், புலி, மாடு, ஆடு, கோழி, புறா, மனிதர், சிட்டுகுருவி, கிளி, பூனை, நாய், பாம்பு, ஒட்டகம், குதிரை யாவரும் அவரவருக்கு எது இயற்கையோ அதை உண்ணட்டும்.ஆனால் நாம் செய்வாய்க்கு எல்லாம் ராக்கெட் அனுப்பும் தொழில் நுட்பம் தெரிந்தவர்கள்.அதில் பிற விலங்குகளுக்கும் நமக்கும் வேறுபாடு உண்டு.நாம் அவற்றைவிட, ... சூழ்நிலையை நமக்கு ஏற்றவாறு மாற்றிக் கொள்ளும் அளவுக்கு.... முன்னேறியவர்கள் இல்லையா?
எனக்கொரு சின்ன சந்தேகம்.நமக்குப் பயன்படற ஜீவராசிகளெல்லாம் பயன்படாம முதுமை அடைஞ்சுட்டா, அதையெல்லாம் வெட்டிகூறுபோட்டு சாப்பிடணும்கறது ஒருதரப்பு வாதம்.அப்போ, மாடா உழைச்சு, ஒடாத் தேஞ்சுபோபோன மனித முதியோர்களையும் --எனக்கு Soylent Green படம் நினைவுக்கு வருது.செல்வர் அப்படி ஒரு திட்டத்தை முன்வைக்காதவரைக்கும் சரி.
அக்கா ...இப்படி இந்த உயிரினங்களை எல்லாம் பட்டியல் போட்டு ’போட்டு’க் கொடுத்து ஆபத்தில் தள்ளிய உங்களை வன்மையாகக் கண்டிக்கிறேன்
2015-11-05 11:35 GMT+05:30 Oru Arizonan <oruar...@gmail.com>:இருந்தாலும், அவர் இருக்கற எடத்துலேந்து ஆயிரம் மைல்களுக்கும் அப்பால இருக்கறது மனசுக்கு ஒரு நிம்மதியைத் தருது.
//ஹா ஹா ஹா .. ஐயா பார்க்க நல்லா அமுல்பேபி போல வேற இருப்பீங்க
(@ அண்ணாச்சி : சும்மா :))
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//பின்னர் சைவ உணவு என்றால் எவை எவை என அரை மணி நேரம் உரையாடிக் கொண்டிருந்தோம் .. இன்னும் 2 வாரத்தில் வரச்சொல்லி அழைப்பு வந்துள்ளது. நான் சொன்ன வகையில் எனக்காக பிரத்தியேகமாக தயாரித்து மதிய உணவு வழங்க அழைத்திருக்கின்றனர் இந்தப் பெரியவர்கள்.
அவர்களின் அன்பு என்னை மெய்சிலிர்க்க வைத்தது.//
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நீங்கள் ஓர் அசைவ-உணவு-மிஷ்னரி. உலகத்தை அசைவத்தை நோக்கி செலுத்த முயலுவது உங்கள் மிஷ்ன். அதனால், உங்கள் பேச்சில் வாதங்களுக்கு இணையாக ஒருவிதத் தீவிரமும் ஒலிக்கத்தான் செய்கிறது. அதில் தவறும் இல்லை.
ronsaunders47/FlickrIn Sunday's New York Times Magazine,there's an extremely evocative article on life on the Greek island of Ikaria, pop. 10,000, whose "jagged ridge of scrub-covered mountains rises steeply out of the Aegean Sea." The focus is on the unusual longevity and good health of the people who live there. The author,National Geographic writer Dan Buettner, specializes in reporting on what he calls "blue zones"—pockets where populations manage to avoid succumbing to debilitating modern health scourges like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Buettner assembled a team of academic researchers to look hard at the island's demographics. They concluded that Ikarians are "reaching the age of 90 at two and a half times the rate Americans do." The situation for men is even more extreme: Ikarian men in particular are nearly four times as likely as their American counterparts to reach 90, often in better health. Buettner continues:
But more than that, Ikarians were also living about 8 to 10 years longer before succumbing to cancers and cardiovascular disease, and they suffered less depression and about a quarter the rate of dementia. Almost half of Americans 85 and older show signs of Alzheimer’s. (The Alzheimer's Association estimates that dementia cost Americans some $200 billion in 2012.) On Ikaria, however, people have been managing to stay sharp to the end.
Genetics can't explain the phenomenon, Buettner argues. On the next island over, he writes, people "with the same genetic background eat yogurt, drink wine, breathe the same air, fish from the same sea as their neighbors on Ikaria," but "live no longer than average Greeks." So, the obvious question here is, what are the Ikarians doing differently? The typical American impulse would be to identify some wonder substance driving the Ikarians' good health, concentrate it (if not synthesize it in a lab first), stick it in a pill, market it heavily—and then find out the wonder substance is all but worthless. We've learned that isolating nutrients, stripping away the context of their presence in whole foods, is not a recipe for health, as Michael Pollan showed in his In Defense of Food. Consuming beta carotene in the context of a carrot is good for you; gulping down a beta carotene pill, it turns out, not so much.
[A] breakfast of goat's milk, wine, sage tea or coffee, honey and bread. Lunch was almost always beans (lentils, garbanzos), potatoes, greens (fennel, dandelion or a spinachlike green called horta) and whatever seasonal vegetables their garden produced; dinner was bread and goat’s milk. At Christmas and Easter, they would slaughter the family pig and enjoy small portions of larded pork for the next several months.
So they're eating a low-meat, relatively seafood-rich, nutrient-dense diet with plenty of greens and (he emphasizes elsewhere) olive oil. Buettner also mentions a warm beverage they drink which he translates as "mountain tea," "made from dried herbs endemic to the island," a rotating, seasonal list that includes wild marjoram, sage, mint, and dandelion leaves. Buetnner had samples of the greens tested in a lab, and they proved to be "rich sources of polyphenols" with "strong antioxidant properties."
Well, the dietary habits we can mimic and approximate; other aspects of the Ikarian miracle are more elusive:
If you pay careful attention to the way Ikarians have lived their lives, it appears that a dozen subtly powerful, mutually enhancing and pervasive factors are at work. It’s easy to get enough rest if no one else wakes up early and the village goes dead during afternoon naptime. It helps that the cheapest, most accessible foods are also the most healthful — and that your ancestors have spent centuries developing ways to make them taste good. It's hard to get through the day in Ikaria without walking up 20 hills. You're not likely to ever feel the existential pain of not belonging or even the simple stress of arriving late. Your community makes sure you'll always have something to eat, but peer pressure will get you to contribute something too. You're going to grow a garden, because that's what your parents did, and that's what your neighbors are doing. You're less likely to be a victim of crime because everyone at once is a busybody and feels as if he's being watched. At day's end, you'll share a cup of the seasonal herbal tea with your neighbor because that's what he's serving. Several glasses of wine may follow the tea, but you'll drink them in the company of good friends. On Sunday, you'll attend church, and you'll fast on Orthodox feast days. Even if you're antisocial, you'll never be entirely alone. Your neighbors will cajole you out of your house for the village festival to eat your portion of goat meat.
Buettner smartly contrasts those ways with our own:
Every one of these factors can be tied to longevity. That's what the $70 billion diet industry and $20 billion health-club industry do in their efforts to persuade us that if we eat the right food or do the right workout, we'll be healthier, lose weight and live longer. But these strategies rarely work. Not because they're wrong-minded: it's a good idea for people to do any of these healthful activities. The problem is, it's difficult to change individual behaviors when community behaviors stay the same. In the United States, you can't go to a movie, walk through the airport or buy cough medicine without being routed through a gantlet of candy bars, salty snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages. The processed-food industry spends more than $4 billion a year tempting us to eat. How do you combat that? Discipline is a good thing, but discipline is a muscle that fatigues. Sooner or later, most people cave in to relentless temptation.
Alas, those temptations are not lost on young Ikarians. "American food culture, among other forces, is beginning to take root in Ikaria," Buettner reports. "Potato chips and sweetened soda are making their way into stores, and sodas are crowing out mountain tea as the beverage of choice for the island's youth." As the old customs fade, "the gap between Ikarian life spans and those of the rest of the world seems to be gradually disappearing," Buettner writes.
Interestingly enough, here in the United States, where we sacrificed nearly all traditional foodways for the promise of convenience foods in the post-World War II era, trends are working in the opposite direction, at least to an extent. "For people to adopt a healthful lifestyle, I have become convinced, they need to live in an ecosystem, so to speak, that makes it possible," Buettner writes. "As soon as you take culture, belonging, purpose or religion out of the picture, the foundation for long healthy lives collapses."
So they're eating a low-meat, relatively seafood-rich, nutrient-dense diet with plenty of greens and (he emphasizes elsewhere) olive oil.
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With more than 50 per cent of the 300 temple elephants in Tamil Nadu suffering from diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, authorities have drawn up a food and exercise regimen for the jumbos and directed the mahouts to strictly follow it.
An official of the Tamil Nadu government’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department said the plan had been drawn up to ensure proper care of the elephants.
It has been made compulsory for the mahouts to take elephants in their care for a six km walk daily and also provide them shower bath twice a day in places where there was no pond or lake or river, to improve their health.
“Some mahouts are being trained at the Vandalur Zoo on the outskirts of Chennai,” he said.
A menu for the temple elephants had also been suggested and it includes 250 kg of grass, 50 kg of mango, neem or banyan leaves, seven kg of rice, 1.5kg of green gram, 1.5 kg of oats, 1.5 kg of jaggery, 100 gm salt, 25gm turmeric powder, 350 litres of drinking water, and 12 bananas.
In addition to this, 3.5 litres of coconut oil, one kg of Ashta choornam (ayurvedic powder), 50 gm dry ginger and pepper, 3.5 kg chyavanpraas (Ayurvedic tonic) and 28 multi—vitamin tablets were also to be given.
“Recently we have started feeding three kg of rice flakes and 400 gms of dates also, to keep the blood of the elephants pure,” he said.
இகாரியா தீவில் நல்ல கடல்மீன்களை உண்டும், பன்றிகளை உண்டும் ஆரோக்கியமாக வாழ்கிறார்கள். அவர்கள் வெஜிட்டேரியன்கள் அல்ல.
Why go veg? Chew on these reasons:
You’ll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets are more healthful than the average American diet, particularly in preventing, treating or reversing heart disease and reducing the risk of cancer. A low-fat vegetarian diet is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely. Cardiovascular disease kills 1 million Americans annually and is the leading cause of death in the United States. But the mortality rate for cardiovascular disease is lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians, says Joel Fuhrman, MD, author ofEat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss. A vegetarian diet is inherently healthful because vegetarians consume less animal fat and cholesterol (vegans consume no animal fat or cholesterol) and instead consume more fiber and more antioxidant-rich produce——another great reason to listen to Mom and eat your veggies!
You’ll keep your weight down. The standard American diet—high in saturated fats and processed foods and low in plant-based foods and complex carbohydrates——is making us fat and killing us slowly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a division of the CDC, the National Center for Health Statistics, 64 percent of adults and 15 percent of children aged 6 to 19 are overweight and are at risk of weight-related ailments including heart disease, stroke and diabetes. A study conducted from 1986 to 1992 by Dean Ornish, MD, president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, found that overweight people who followed a low-fat, vegetarian diet lost an average of 24 pounds in the first year and kept off that weight 5 years later. They lost the weight without counting calories or carbs and without measuring portions or feeling hungry.
You’ll live longer. If you switch from the standard American diet to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 healthy years to your life, says Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. ”People who consume saturated, four-legged fat have a shorter life span and more disability at the end of their lives. Animal products clog your arteries, zap your energy and slow down your immune system. Meat eaters also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a younger age.”
Want more proof of longevity? Residents of Okinawa, Japan, have the longest life expectancy of any Japanese and likely the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world, according to a 30-year study of more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. Their secret: a low-calorie diet of unrefined complex carbohydrates, fiber-rich fruits and vegetables, and soy.
You’ll build strong bones. When there isn’’t enough calcium in the bloodstream, our bodies will leach it from existing bone. The metabolic result is that our skeletons will become porous and lose strength over time. Most health care practitioners recommend that we increase our intake of calcium the way nature intended——through foods. Foods also supply other nutrients such as phosphorus, magnesium and vitamin D that are necessary for the body to absorb and use calcium.
People who are mildly lactose-intolerant can often enjoy small amounts of dairy products such as yogurt, cheese and lactose-free milk. But if you avoid dairy altogether, you can still get a healthful dose of calcium from dry beans, tofu, soymilk and dark green vegetables such as broccoli, kale, collards and turnip greens.
You’ll reduce your risk of food-borne illnesses. The CDC reports that food-borne illnesses of all kinds account for 76 million illnesses a year, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), foods rich in protein such as meat, poultry, fish and seafood are frequently involved in food-borne illness outbreaks.
You’ll ease the symptoms of menopause. Many foods contain nutrients beneficial to perimenopausal and menopausal women. Certain foods are rich in phytoestrogens, the plant-based chemical compounds that mimic the behavior of estrogen. Since phytoestrogens can increase and decrease estrogen and progesterone levels, maintaining a balance of them in your diet helps ensure a more comfortable passage through menopause. Soy is by far the most abundant natural source of phytoestrogens, but these compounds also can be found in hundreds of other foods such as apples, beets, cherries, dates, garlic, olives, plums, raspberries, squash and yams. Because menopause is also associated with weight gain and a slowed metabolism, a low-fat, high-fiber vegetarian diet can help ward off extra pounds.
You’ll have more energy. Good nutrition generates more usable energy——energy to keep pace with the kids, tackle that home improvement project or have better sex more often, Michael F. Roizen, MD, says inThe RealAge Diet. Too much fat in your bloodstream means that arteries won’’t open properly and that your muscles won’’t get enough oxygen. The result? You feel zapped. Balanced vegetarian diets are naturally free of cholesterol-laden, artery-clogging animal products that physically slow us down and keep us hitting the snooze button morning after morning. And because whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables are so high in complex carbohydrates, they supply the body with plenty of energizing fuel.
You’ll be more ‘regular.’ Eating a lot of vegetables necessarily means consuming more fiber, which pushes waste out of the body. Meat contains no fiber. People who eat lower on the food chain tend to have fewer instances of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulitis.
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You’ll avoid toxic chemicals. The EPA estimates that nearly 95 percent of the pesticide residue in the typical American diet comes from meat, fish and dairy products. Fish, in particular, contain carcinogens (PCBs, DDT) and heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium) that can’’t be removed through cooking or freezing. Meat and dairy products can also be laced with steroids and hormones, so be sure to read the labels on the dairy products you purchase.
இப்பொழுது சொல்லுங்கள் எதற்காக இது போன்ற கூட்டங்களைக் காட்டி காட்டி அசைவ உணவு உண்பவர்கள் நீண்ட காலம் வாழ்கிறார்கள் என்று கூறி வருகிறீர்கள்.



Want more proof of longevity? Residents of Okinawa, Japan, have the longest life expectancy of any Japanese and likely the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world, according to a 30-year study of more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. Their secret: a low-calorie diet of unrefined complex carbohydrates, fiber-rich fruits and vegetables, and soy.
Pork appears so frequently in the Okinawan diet that to say "meat" is really to say "pork." [...] It is no exaggeration to say that the present-day Okinawan diet begins and ends with pork.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM, தேமொழி <jsthe...@gmail.com> wrote:Want more proof of longevity? Residents of Okinawa, Japan, have the longest life expectancy of any Japanese and likely the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world, according to a 30-year study of more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. Their secret: a low-calorie diet of unrefined complex carbohydrates, fiber-rich fruits and vegetables, and soy.
ஏதோ ஒன்று மிஸ்ஸிங் போல இருக்கே? :-) சாய்ஸில் விட்டுவிட்டார்களா? :-)
இந்தப் பகுதியை கொடுத்ததே உங்களுக்காகத்தான். தாவர உணவு அதிகம் என்பதை காட்டுகிறார்கள் நீண்ட நாள் வாழ ... நீங்கள் அசைவ உணவிற்கு சான்றாகக் காட்டுபவர்கள் இவர்கள்... அதைக் கவனிக்கவும்

There’s nothing wrong with eating meat if you’re doing so in moderation (I for one, will never give up the occasional cheeseburger), but research does show that vegetarians tend to be healthier overall, and even live longer.
Now there’s another health perk vegetarians can boast about. A new study published in the journalJAMA Internal Medicine looked at data from seven clinical studies and 32 other studies published between 1900 and 2013 where participants kept a vegetarian diet and found that vegetarians have lower blood pressure compared to people who eat meat.
Here are some other reasons vegetarians may outlive meat-lovers.
1. Low blood pressure: In the latest study, researchers found that not only do vegetarians have lower blood pressure on average, but that vegetarian diets could be used to lower blood pressure among people who need an intervention.
2. Lower risk of death: A 2013 study of more than 70,000 people found that vegetarians had a 12% lower risk of death compared with non-vegetarians. With none of the saturated fat and cholesterol that clogs arteries, vegetarians may be at a lower risk for chronic diseases overall.
3. Better moods: A 2012 study randomly split participants into a three diets: all-meat allowed, fish-only, and vegetarian no-meat. The researchers found that after two weeks, the people on the vegetarian diet reported more mood improvements than those on the other two diets.
4. Less chance of heart disease: Another 2013 study of 44,000 people reported that vegetarians were 32% less likely to develop ischemic heart disease.
5. Lower risk of cancer: Researchers at Loma Linda University in California studied different versions of the vegetarian diet and cancer risk among people at a low risk for cancer overall and discovered that a vegetarian diet may have protective benefits. Although the study is not the final say on the matter, vegans had the lowest risk for cancers, specifically cancers most common among women, like breast cancer.
6. Lower risk of diabetes: Studies have shown that vegetarians are at a lower risk for developing diabetes. While the diet won’t cure the disease, it can lower an individual’s risk by helping them maintain weight and improve blood sugar control.
7. Less likely to be overweight: Research shows that vegetarians tend to be leaner than their meat-eating counterparts, and that they also tend to have lower cholesterol and body mass index (BMI). Some data suggests that a vegetarian diet can help with weight loss and be better for maintaining a healthy weight over time.
People who don’t eat vegetarian can still be very healthy, and a vegetarian diet comes with its own health risks. For instance, research has also shown that vegetarians are at a higher risk for iron deficiencies, and some expertsquestion whether children who are raised vegetarian get the right amount of nutrients for their growing bodies. Making sure you get the right amount of nutrients is important, and keeping your physician in the loop about your eating habits can make sure you’re meeting all the requirements for good health.
source: http://time.com/9463/7-reasons-vegetarians-live-longer/
முக்கியமாக ஆய்வு அறிக்கைகள் கூறும் தகவல்களின் அடிப்படையில் நீரிழிவு, இரத்த அழுத்தம், இதய நோய், புற்றுநோய் ஆகியவற்றை தவிர்க்க நினைப்பவர்கள் தாவர உணவைக் கடைபிடிக்கலாம்.
Conclusions and Relevance Vegetarian diets are associated with lower all-cause mortality and with some reductions in cause-specific mortality. Results appeared to be more robust in males. These favorable associations should be considered carefully by those offering dietary guidance.
The possible relationship between diet and mortality remains an important area of investigation. Previous studies have identified dietary factors associated with mortality. Those found to correlate with reduced mortality include nuts,1- 4 fruit,5,6 cereal fiber,2 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs),2 ω-3PUFAs,3 green salad,7 Mediterranean dietary patterns,8- 11 “healthy” or “prudent” dietary patterns,10,12,13 plant-based diet scores,14 plant-based low-carbohydrate diets,15 and vegetarian diets.4,16,17 Associations with increased mortality have been found for a high glycemic load,2 meat,6,7 red meat,18,19 processed meat,18,19 eggs,7potatoes,5 increased energy intake,20 and animal-based low-carbohydrate diets.15
Vegetarian dietary patterns may contain many of the above-listed foods and nutrients associated with reduced mortality while having reduced intakes of some foods associated with increased mortality. Vegetarian dietary patterns have been associated with reductions in risk for several chronic diseases, such as hypertension,21,22 metabolic syndrome,23 diabetes mellitus,24,25 and ischemic heart disease (IHD),17,26which might be expected to result in lower mortality. Vegetarian diets represent common, real-world dietary patterns and are thus attractive targets for study.
Previous studies of the relationship between vegetarian dietary patterns and mortality have yielded mixed results. In the first Adventist Health Study, a study of 34 198 California Seventh-day Adventists,27 vegetarian dietary patterns were associated with reduced all-cause mortality and increased longevity.4,17 In contrast, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Oxford (EPIC-Oxford) cohort study did not show an all-cause mortality advantage for British vegetarians (among 47 254 vegetarian and nonvegetarian participants),28 and pooled results have shown reductions only for IHD mortality.16
Our objective, in light of the potential benefits of vegetarian diets and the existing uncertainty in the literature, was to evaluate the possible association of vegetarian dietary patterns with reduced mortality in a large American cohort including many vegetarians.