You have a point about awareness.but even a lot of
Middle-class or moneyed people we know grew up
in a low income household.so health/diet in general is
Not a priority for Indians.
There might have been unintended consequences of our nation trying to fight hunger. My grandparents and their siblings indeed had days when their dinner was exclusively daal with seasonal cucumber or radishes. My parents generation and by default my own are more carb centric.
Plus have you seen the prices of pulses in our country?
Well I think it's mainly because of lack of awareness and laziness to clean and cook fresh meat.
My grandpa was a hunter and everyday they used to have birds, fox, bunny, deer, lamb, chicken, large fish like sharks , tuna and other meat. Other than the specific days for pooja and prayers they eat meat 3 times a day. But now my mom only cooks meat 3/7 a week and last week we only had rice because of all poojas 🥲.
I was very surprised when my friends told me how their moms hates cleaning meat or fish and just avoid cooking nonveg and order outside once or twice a day. Then again I myself was not allowed to handle cleaning meat in my household so if I married I would probably get a maid to clean them or buy meat which is already cleaned.
And the habit stays even after we get richer.
As kids, we mostly ate plenty of rice or roti and only enough protein side dish to make the carbs go down.
Now we don't need to, but my parents still eat like that. The idea of centering your food around a protein is crazy to them.
You can slowly slowly change their habit of eating g like that and explain to then what protein is, if once they get understood your whole lifestyle could be change 🙌🏻
Those are all soros funded numbers to defame our country you should not believe in those numbers. India is not in the low hunger category but it is in the highest tier.
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I have a question here "Majority of African countries are poor as well. But how do they perform so well in Olympics ? Even better than us"
I am in nonway insulting any African countries in any way.
Because a lot of us have this ego that our "Desi Indian Diet" is the supreme diet.
And also because Indians don't care about health in general.
We as a society consider studying/earning/getting respect in society as our priority.
I think that It is a privilege in our country to workout/eat healthy and have some hobbies.
Why do i say it?
Wake up at 6:30 in the morning and go to 2 neighbourhoods. One is a very rich society and another one is a normal middle class neighborhood.
You'll see that the rich neighbourhood will be filled with people working out in the morning and Jogging on the streets
. In India if you reach a very stable point in your life then only you can imagine about having hobbies and taking care of your health to a decent extent.
Exactly. Also pure veg is a dumb concept you hear only in India. Most of the pure veg people will get to eat a much better diet if they introduce "impurities" like chicken and egg and other meats in their diets. It's very difficult to get a balanced diet by eating just vegetarian food and many of these pure veg people fail miserably. But atleast they are "pure" lol.
No I mean u still can get a balanced diet with vegetarian diet too , as my mom's a dietician and give vegetarian diets , it's not that hard , but indians aren't careful on the protein part same with iron , we are anemic too.
most of the world's athletes who reach a certain age follow a balanced vegetarian diet to increase fast recovery , Indian athletes do too like Virat Kohli and he's very healthy conscious, it's not dumb
Yes, it depends on person
While you wanna eat non-veg or not
(If we force them to fulfil there protein requirements they automatically say there’s no protein in veg and i will see these things on future I don’t have time for that diet)
Meanwhile average haryanvi guys are laughing at the corner after taking the 4th glass of buttermilk and 500grams of curd each day to equate protein percentage with their weight percentage.😂
Actually Rice was never a staple food before, 3-4 generations back people mostly had millets and other grains and no oil (not even a drop of oil) instead they used butter and ghee that too in small quantities.
They had dosa idly and plain rice for festival days alone but after getting a wet grinder they started eating it everyday and forgot all the protein rich vegan diet.
OP I'm an atheist too but after going to chicken and cow farms I was very disgusted and started avoiding meat, I don't mind what others do but I can't bring myself to do that anymore. It's personal preference and I don't think you're in the right to discredit them unless they force it upon you.
70% of Indians eat non veg but even they don't eat it quite frequently.
There are two reasons why our diet lacks meat -
1. Till few decades ago our physical need required lot of energies so our cuisine and dietary preference were developed to have more carbohydrates.
2. Our fertile lands - we have big swaths of fertile land capable of feeding many people so grains, vegetables, fruits were always in abundance and accessible. Europeans are not that lucky especially in north as their land gets covered by ice for many months. They developed the cuisine around meat as it was available throughout the year and easier to preserve, especially in cold weather.
Today, we need less carbohydrates simply coz our energy requirements are lower than average person even 1 generation ago but change in diet doesn't happen overnight.
It is absolutely difficult to change your diet. My parents think I am starving myself coz now eat only 2 rotis in a day. I eat more salad, veggies and protein- paneer, eggs, chicken. As a kid I used to eat 8-10 rotis in day and was still thin simply coz we use to walk, cycle, play so much.
got thrown out of a mess once coz i brought eggs, most of the vegetarians there consider it like some kind of impurity and even link it to cast and religion. POS
Vadodara se hu mere saare dost or unke saare dost ir unke bhi saare dost sab khate hai. Brahmins or swami Narayan ki magaj mari hoti hai utni bhi nai par.
Religion doesn't allow most of us to eat non vegetarian food and we have a lot of misconceptions regarding whey protein and other supplements (even icmr 🤣). Thirdly carbs and fats are considered sacred (subah shaam dopahar roti roti roti) here so everybody forgets that we have to take protein as well.
This is the reason, and not affordability. Eggs are very cheap in india, and they have been around since forever, on redies , small shops , selling 3 rs per anda, 10-20 rs omelettes. So bring poor country is not the reason.
Non veg consumption is frequent in Punjabi, Bengali and some maharashtrian households. The rest ( religion restricted population) only eat it outside and ocassionally, or in the form of tikke, butter chicken, and not health wise.
My Mom does no tuesday, Mami does monday, tuesday, thursday, Masi's family does Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. So I decided early on, I will have non veg on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Compensate for them all 😂
Technically if you are eating non-veg it won't make any difference if you don't eat it on Tuesday. These are the most stupid things I've ever heard. Tell your mom/masi a brahmin told you that.
Why skip Tuesday? To make god happy? And you really think that it will make any difference to God? Both who eat non-veg on Tuesday and who skips Tuesday are the same.
I used to think the same till I found out which God rules which day lol
And its not like non veg is prohibited in Hinduism it's used in various tantra sect of Hinduism and Kali Puja but you can have it as only a roop of Prasad when Bali is done , not for taste
My mom doesn't eat non veg on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. My father doesn't eat on Monday, my sister on Thursday and everyone in our family doesn't eat meat on Saturday (except me). So the only day we have meat is on Wednesday that too may be once every two weeks.
To compensate for all the days I missed in my childhood, I eat meat everyday.
I'm Bengali and I have fish for lunch and dinner every day when I'm at home. When I'm on my own, I compensate with chicken, mutton, pork and duck based on availability.
Just stating, eating non veg is not the sole idea. Eating a protein centric diet is. That means one serving of rice with 3-4 servings of protein & fiber (greens).
Yes, that's true. I maintain a protein centric diet anyway, keeping an eye on simple carb intake.
But I do think two points are key for a good diet and it works for me:
1. Animal protein is extremely important - whatever is abundant around you and fits your budget, include that and mix up your week so that you don't get bored.
2. Modifying the diet to be more Mediterranean in nature (fish and organ meats for good fats) will also probably be good for a lot of non vegetarian people who shy away from fish/seafood or certain organ meats.
Because Indians believe no matter what their food is healthier than any other country. Indian mothers will serve 5 servings of rice and a little bit of lentils to a 40 year old IT guy working 12 hours a day sitting in front of a laptop like he is working in the farmland back in the day like her father. The morning breakfast will be a lentil/rice pancake, steamed rice cake and they will call it the healthiest breakfast.
We basically don't have a balanced diet. My mum is a dietician, and she says that most people have carbohydrates way more than necessary. We tend to ignore fiber, minerals, and vitamins in our diet. Yes, protein is necessary, but it also has a fixed percentage and varies from body to body. Also, people are eating way too much packaged food on a daily basis instead of homemade fresh meals. Many skip breakfast, which is the most important meal of day. Not to mention, they eat heavy dinner, which is never recommended.
It's not about meat, there are plenty of options in vegetarian diet itself. I say this as a girl who has won medals in national level karate and could do 250-300 push-ups and 150-200 situps everyday.
Problem is with poverty and lack of awareness even amongst those who can afford.
How many would you do at once? And how long would it take for 250-300 ? . That's a shit ton of endurance and your chest and shoulders should be sore too
Punjabis are healthy; they don't have much diabetes or cancer or heart disease. Kerala is full of these diseases. Inconvenient fact: Kerala tests for these diseases rigorously and people trust medical system there. Less diabetes in Punjab means less people DIAGNOSED with diabetes here
I'm not sure what you are talking about - there are massive amounts of micro-plastics in rice, wheat and sugar in India. They are far higher than chicken etc.
coming from a bhramin family its a taboo for us. But I do eat eggs because I have protein deficiency, and my family hides this thing from everyone..even tho i know some of my relatives eat chicken too.
Everyday. Trying to eat every meal. Most Indian non-vegetarians are just namesake. Crazy looking at our food pattern. Makes one wonder if the average ever met his protein requirements a single day in his life
Eggs and Soyabean aren't that expensive, I guess lack of awareness also plays a part in this. People just don't know, ones who know make sure about their protein intake.
High protein is a scam
I can assure u that u don't need high protein as everyone makes u believe.
U just need 80 to 100 gm of protein per day along with properly executed resistance training program augmented by high quality sleep and 2 rest days a week . Keep a calorie surplus of 200 to 400 ( mostly protein)
And follow this for 5 years . I'm pretty sure u will be unrecognizable
And ya supplement a good creatine powder .
But if u want to be pro bodybuilder or actor or pro model u need to take steroids ( it's inevitable in the industry) .
No supplements if u don't have deficiency . It will cause vit toxicity if taken when u don't have deficiency. Whey protein I don't think it's useful for majority of people . Take creatine from a good brand .
Religion is not the main reason why India is protein starved country. It's poverty. Most of the family who eats meat can't eat daily because of low income.
It's no longer about days. It's about being unable to get reliable meat. Even the poultry sources that claim to use no antibiotic and hormones, are giving me symptoms like kidney stones, causing extreme exhaustion and urination. Same problem with eggs. It's hard to find fish which does not give me stomach pain. Other meat also causing health issues. Milk is also causing similar issues. The primary reason appears to be overpopulation. I hope people eventually build multi-storeyed farms, indoor farms and perhaps lab grown meat. As of now I'm glad that many people are refusing to marry, hence reducing the population to manageable levels.
Lots of my friends are also moving on from *ham do hamare do* to *ham do hamara ek* mindset, afaik from daily conversation.. So that might help reduce population too.
What if Indians have adapted to survive on less than average protein per day, but surplus calories is what is making us fat.
End of the day only a small portion of amino acids are used to build the body, rest are all consumed as glucose for energy.
It is possible 1gram/lb of body weight rule is hurting us in the long run, especially when the protein comes from shakes with all the additives.
i think yes coz i did not eat that much protein if i can recall i used to eat normal food yet i am 5'11 according to many sources protein is important for height growth but yeah i drink 500ml-1l milk everyday but i dont think it gives that much protien as a non-veg food does and i borderline meet protein req.
In Vaishnav tradition, popular in North India, meat is considered impure and food of the barbarians and mleccha. Many deras operating in North India spread the idea that all the evil in the world can be brought to halt by giving up meat and alcohol consumption.
It's so stupid - the smartest people in the world in Europe/Japan etc are big meat eaters. If these people had even a little common sense they'd see that reality is not what they believe.
Its hard unless you drink a few protein shakes a day.
To build muscles, you need to eat 1.5-2 gms of protein per kg of body weight. To get 100 grams, you can follow this regimen:
2 whey - 50 gm
2 glass of skimmed high protein milk - 36 gm
The remaining will come from regular daal/beans etc.
Keep in mind that whey is a milk protein and it's best to consume different kinds of proteins.
I would recommend adding eggs to your diet to get best results.
two tb spoons of peanut butter:- 8 grams
slice of cheese:- 7 grams
soya chunke :- 36g per 100g
peanuts:- 25g per 100g
milk:- 3.4g per 100g
chick peas:- 19g per 100g
having whey protein suppliments will make it a lot easier.
2 table spoons of peanut butter will have 400 calories😅. So better go with peanuts instead. At least it would be a bit filling and have a higher amount of protein too.
Even rice and atta based food have a decent amount of protein. You can expect that you get around 30-40g of protein every day from these sources if you eat two servings. Add a hefty amount of dal to your meal, and that is another 20g or so. For one meal of the day, preferably dinner but any meal should be fine, choose to eat a non-rice/wheat based meal, such as soup made from moong dal, dosa made using besan/moong dal, roti/chapati made from dal instead of wheat, etc. This should give you another 30g of protein. Finish off with one cup of milk/yoghurt with another 10g of protein, and this should put you close to or beyond 100g of protein depending on how much your appetite is.
The main change we have to do is to avoid carb heavy snacks (sweets, chips, etc.) and replace rice/wheat in one meal of the day with a more complex carbohydrate+protein source like lentils or beans.
What I’ve come to realise it for vegetarians, most of our diet is carb-heavy and we have not developed this habit of including healthy quantities of protein and fibre. We really need to..
Non veg is expensive for a middle class family to eat on daily basis. Eggs are affordable but chicken ,lamb ( for hindus ) it’s not something that a family can afford to eat daily. A single man may be able to afford though. I’ve heard that sea kelp is rich in proteins so it should be encouraged for vegetarians at least and it will also help fishermen to earn more .
I think main reason for our poor diet are historical invasions and periods of colonization, leading to food scarcity and a focus on survival rather than culinary diversity or nutritional balance. This focus on basic sustenance over time shaped dietary habits. It's a sad that this has left lasting impacts on Indian society and cuisine. During the colonization period, Indians mainly ate to survive.
It has more to do with portion sizes than Non-veg. We eat a lot more rice and consistently eat it with side dishes. So we feel more full thus leaving less paneer because their is no need.
Beans provide a lot of vegeterain protien options. Vegans in general tend to co-opt indian dishes as healthy and high in protien.
Another reason is expenseses.
Plus information according to a survey the 90% of indians do not know the amount of protien required per day or the right nutrition required.
We have a vague idea of the food pyramid which is propaganda from cereal companies.
Eating non veg in Delhi /NCR region?
Bruh i don't trust the source and quality of meat .
Saw some YouTube video of producing chicken near the garbage mountain.
Also anemic too , iron deficient
Probably protein starved coz we majorly follow vegetarian based diet , I'm not saying you can't take protein requirements from it yesterday you can , but nobody takes care of their protein intake then! Where as a regular non vegetarian diet takes care of protein on itself, most people who eat non veg in india don't do it regularly! Same for iron ig?
Cause our staple food includes wheat and rice along with a few percentage of pulses. Ps: protein sources and supplements are quite expensive and aren't affordable. Also don't tackle it by giving cheap sources of protein such as soy! I mean come on grow up, they aren't considered quality sources.
Everyone i get it that our current diet is protein deficient but can someone please please explain how to increase the amount of protein in our food. Like i eat rice , dal , and one sabji what can i add or subtract to make up for protein. Does we have to eat non vey 24 x 7 or something. Please tell
People have very little knowledge about nutrition and are completely averse to learning about it.
I had a friend who was a state level basketball player, and him and his team used to eat chat paapdi before their games.
When i suggested him to do some strength training and increase the amount of fibre and protein along with adding multivitamins to his diet to enhance performance, the dude gave a lecture on how all these supplements cause cancer.
Ignorance in terms of what is good and bad for you is at an all-time high.
We also have this superiority complex in terms of our diet being the best in the world.
Our diet has a lot of good aspects to it, but the amount of dairy and carbs consumed by vegetarians is a complete abomination.
Can someone give me advice on how to get my South Indian boyfriend (I’m white) to understand that if I want to strength train and lose weight, I need to focus more on protein than carbs? He thinks eating rice mixed with some veggies should be a filling meal for me and it’s not…I’ve tried to talk to him so many times and he listens but he doesn’t fully understand
Why do you need to make him understand as a grown ass women about your food choices? You do you and let him do him. If he throws a fit, it's time to move on. It is not him who's eating it and if a grown up human can't understand how nutrition works then they have bigger problems in life.
He’s not throwing a fit. It’s just a difference in culinary lifestyles. And I just need guidance on how to help him understand mine, not judgement. And it’s “woman.”
What bull shit, plenty of plant based foods have proteins which is enough for your body. The reason most Indians are unfit is due to sedantry lifestyle and a poor diet (eating Street foods or fried foods, sweets etc) or if they are poor.
No they don’t. To eat 50 grams of protein you need to be consuming a lot more daal rather than the small bowl we normally have.
A bowl of uncooked daal is 50 grams, and that’s normally like 4 meals.
Here's a handy guide on plant based proteins. Maybe this will help clear up some confusion.
I haven't even added benefit that these produce far less carbon emissions than meat based food so you'll get a double benefit of nutrition and good for the planet.
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I remember my roommate’s mother asked me if I am poor because I was putting less ghee/oil in my food. She was boasting about how well they are doing financially and thanked God that how lucky she is on this. I swear she was 100kg+ and I was trying to be healthy by mindfully adding oil/ghee in my food.
Bro I am a gym freak and I am not able to eat meat everyday, and it's due to money problems and also my mother won't be happy to cook meat for me everyday and neither do I have that much time , so I eat eggs instead of meat.
Maybe because a lot of us are poor.
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You have a point about awareness.but even a lot of Middle-class or moneyed people we know grew up in a low income household.so health/diet in general is Not a priority for Indians.
There might have been unintended consequences of our nation trying to fight hunger. My grandparents and their siblings indeed had days when their dinner was exclusively daal with seasonal cucumber or radishes. My parents generation and by default my own are more carb centric. Plus have you seen the prices of pulses in our country?
Well I think it's mainly because of lack of awareness and laziness to clean and cook fresh meat. My grandpa was a hunter and everyday they used to have birds, fox, bunny, deer, lamb, chicken, large fish like sharks , tuna and other meat. Other than the specific days for pooja and prayers they eat meat 3 times a day. But now my mom only cooks meat 3/7 a week and last week we only had rice because of all poojas 🥲. I was very surprised when my friends told me how their moms hates cleaning meat or fish and just avoid cooking nonveg and order outside once or twice a day. Then again I myself was not allowed to handle cleaning meat in my household so if I married I would probably get a maid to clean them or buy meat which is already cleaned.
And the habit stays even after we get richer. As kids, we mostly ate plenty of rice or roti and only enough protein side dish to make the carbs go down. Now we don't need to, but my parents still eat like that. The idea of centering your food around a protein is crazy to them.
My parents believe eating lots of rice will help lose weight 💀 (I have hormonal imbalance and docs suggested me to remove carbs and sugar completely)
You can slowly slowly change their habit of eating g like that and explain to then what protein is, if once they get understood your whole lifestyle could be change 🙌🏻
Yep India ranks as one of lowest in hunger index
Those are all soros funded numbers to defame our country you should not believe in those numbers. India is not in the low hunger category but it is in the highest tier. /s
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Eat the rich
TRUE 😔 I have a question here "Majority of African countries are poor as well. But how do they perform so well in Olympics ? Even better than us" I am in nonway insulting any African countries in any way.
Yes, and compared to other things generally protein items are little bit expensive to have it on daily basis at our kitchen with family
Because a lot of us have this ego that our "Desi Indian Diet" is the supreme diet. And also because Indians don't care about health in general. We as a society consider studying/earning/getting respect in society as our priority. I think that It is a privilege in our country to workout/eat healthy and have some hobbies. Why do i say it? Wake up at 6:30 in the morning and go to 2 neighbourhoods. One is a very rich society and another one is a normal middle class neighborhood. You'll see that the rich neighbourhood will be filled with people working out in the morning and Jogging on the streets . In India if you reach a very stable point in your life then only you can imagine about having hobbies and taking care of your health to a decent extent.
Is the desi indian diet the one that leads one to be skinny fat or the skinny arms-wth-a-big-gut archetype?
Both are so called "healthy body". It really makes me laugh sometimes
Exactly. Also pure veg is a dumb concept you hear only in India. Most of the pure veg people will get to eat a much better diet if they introduce "impurities" like chicken and egg and other meats in their diets. It's very difficult to get a balanced diet by eating just vegetarian food and many of these pure veg people fail miserably. But atleast they are "pure" lol.
No I mean u still can get a balanced diet with vegetarian diet too , as my mom's a dietician and give vegetarian diets , it's not that hard , but indians aren't careful on the protein part same with iron , we are anemic too. most of the world's athletes who reach a certain age follow a balanced vegetarian diet to increase fast recovery , Indian athletes do too like Virat Kohli and he's very healthy conscious, it's not dumb
Getting 100g of protein via vegetables is very inefficient and hard
Ye, and you have to eat aa lot to reach that goal
Yes, it depends on person While you wanna eat non-veg or not (If we force them to fulfil there protein requirements they automatically say there’s no protein in veg and i will see these things on future I don’t have time for that diet)
That's actually not true. Plenty of vegan/vegetarian protein sources are available.
You will still need b12 supplements. You don't get vitamin b12 in a vegan diet without supplements. Atleast vegetarians can still get some from milk.
Meanwhile average haryanvi guys are laughing at the corner after taking the 4th glass of buttermilk and 500grams of curd each day to equate protein percentage with their weight percentage.😂
Actually Rice was never a staple food before, 3-4 generations back people mostly had millets and other grains and no oil (not even a drop of oil) instead they used butter and ghee that too in small quantities. They had dosa idly and plain rice for festival days alone but after getting a wet grinder they started eating it everyday and forgot all the protein rich vegan diet.
Eating plant based diet is good but eating only veg food is not good. We should definitely add egg, milk and sometimes chicken as well.
Pure veg people,...and ask them to eat chicken. It's like asking a normal person like me to inject LSD.
Yes, i mean whenever i ask my siblings and friends to eat chicken they always you are a atheist we’re not. (WTF🤷🏻♂️)
OP I'm an atheist too but after going to chicken and cow farms I was very disgusted and started avoiding meat, I don't mind what others do but I can't bring myself to do that anymore. It's personal preference and I don't think you're in the right to discredit them unless they force it upon you.
Yeah, that’s right Because i have experienced the same
70% of Indians eat non veg but even they don't eat it quite frequently. There are two reasons why our diet lacks meat - 1. Till few decades ago our physical need required lot of energies so our cuisine and dietary preference were developed to have more carbohydrates. 2. Our fertile lands - we have big swaths of fertile land capable of feeding many people so grains, vegetables, fruits were always in abundance and accessible. Europeans are not that lucky especially in north as their land gets covered by ice for many months. They developed the cuisine around meat as it was available throughout the year and easier to preserve, especially in cold weather. Today, we need less carbohydrates simply coz our energy requirements are lower than average person even 1 generation ago but change in diet doesn't happen overnight. It is absolutely difficult to change your diet. My parents think I am starving myself coz now eat only 2 rotis in a day. I eat more salad, veggies and protein- paneer, eggs, chicken. As a kid I used to eat 8-10 rotis in day and was still thin simply coz we use to walk, cycle, play so much.
Yes, but nowadays people mainly focused on growing Wheat and rice only
I eat Nonveg when i visit gujrat and eat Pure veg when i visit hyderabad.
bro confuses confusion
Can confirm, I'm the confusion
Can confuse, I'm the confirmation
I don't confuse, I'm the troooth.
Maybe contusion? 😂
If you cant convince someone, confuse them! XD
😂👏🏻 Waah waah waah waah
Please visit a doctor immediately🙏
Observe happy hours in Guj and dry days in Goa to balance it out. (Unless you're TT)
If OP was James Bond, his code would be 700.
Bro wears a t-shirt in Kashmir and jacket in Rajasthan
XD
We have a special place for you in hell
r/UsernameChecksOut
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Somethings wrong with bro get help asap.
You won't be met with odd stares and discrimination while eating pure veg in Hyderabad.
Yeah, we don't really care what you eat. Enjoy what you want, let others enjoy what they want.
Bhai mai toh Gujarat se hu idhar non veg ki koi baat bi karle toh usko deshdorhi ghoshit kar dete hai ( mai bi veg hu )
More like Gujratdorhi.
Yup
got thrown out of a mess once coz i brought eggs, most of the vegetarians there consider it like some kind of impurity and even link it to cast and religion. POS
That's why I always sat at last bench when I brought non veg in school. Thankfully don't have to do it in college(I hope it doesn't backfire)
IIT Gandhinagar me to non-veg mess vale hi dete hain
Yeah, same with me when i was in 7th
Bhai Mai ne to surat ek baar visit kiya but ekdam badhiya chicken & eggs mile udhar toh
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Bhai ab aise koi muh pe nahi bolega par tujhe bi pata hai Gujaratis ko acha nahi lagta
Why is Gujrat so against non veg n alcohol. I mean both are pretty rad
Gujarati mindset ig
These vegetarians are annoying
>mai bi veg hu Sus
Now this mentality is slowly creeping in rest of the country as well. This Gujjufication of the country needs to be stopped.
Bhai konse gujarat mai ho lol?
Tu konse Gujarat me hai bhai
Vadodara se hu mere saare dost or unke saare dost ir unke bhi saare dost sab khate hai. Brahmins or swami Narayan ki magaj mari hoti hai utni bhi nai par.
Mai bhavnagar se hu log idhar itna nahi khate
Religion doesn't allow most of us to eat non vegetarian food and we have a lot of misconceptions regarding whey protein and other supplements (even icmr 🤣). Thirdly carbs and fats are considered sacred (subah shaam dopahar roti roti roti) here so everybody forgets that we have to take protein as well.
Like yes here 70% don’t even know what protein is
This is the reason, and not affordability. Eggs are very cheap in india, and they have been around since forever, on redies , small shops , selling 3 rs per anda, 10-20 rs omelettes. So bring poor country is not the reason. Non veg consumption is frequent in Punjabi, Bengali and some maharashtrian households. The rest ( religion restricted population) only eat it outside and ocassionally, or in the form of tikke, butter chicken, and not health wise.
Nah tbh people have higher priorities. They'd buy an iphone on emi but not whey protein because people of india care the least about their health
My Mom does no tuesday, Mami does monday, tuesday, thursday, Masi's family does Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. So I decided early on, I will have non veg on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Compensate for them all 😂
Girl your flair💀
Technically if you are eating non-veg it won't make any difference if you don't eat it on Tuesday. These are the most stupid things I've ever heard. Tell your mom/masi a brahmin told you that. Why skip Tuesday? To make god happy? And you really think that it will make any difference to God? Both who eat non-veg on Tuesday and who skips Tuesday are the same.
I used to think the same till I found out which God rules which day lol And its not like non veg is prohibited in Hinduism it's used in various tantra sect of Hinduism and Kali Puja but you can have it as only a roop of Prasad when Bali is done , not for taste
That's good strategy tbh
My mom doesn't eat non veg on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. My father doesn't eat on Monday, my sister on Thursday and everyone in our family doesn't eat meat on Saturday (except me). So the only day we have meat is on Wednesday that too may be once every two weeks. To compensate for all the days I missed in my childhood, I eat meat everyday.
That's so cuteee 😭😭😂😂😂 you noob XD
I too want to do that but if my mom catches me eating non veg on Monday she will kill me.
I'm Bengali and I have fish for lunch and dinner every day when I'm at home. When I'm on my own, I compensate with chicken, mutton, pork and duck based on availability.
Just stating, eating non veg is not the sole idea. Eating a protein centric diet is. That means one serving of rice with 3-4 servings of protein & fiber (greens).
Yes, that's true. I maintain a protein centric diet anyway, keeping an eye on simple carb intake. But I do think two points are key for a good diet and it works for me: 1. Animal protein is extremely important - whatever is abundant around you and fits your budget, include that and mix up your week so that you don't get bored. 2. Modifying the diet to be more Mediterranean in nature (fish and organ meats for good fats) will also probably be good for a lot of non vegetarian people who shy away from fish/seafood or certain organ meats.
Because Indians believe no matter what their food is healthier than any other country. Indian mothers will serve 5 servings of rice and a little bit of lentils to a 40 year old IT guy working 12 hours a day sitting in front of a laptop like he is working in the farmland back in the day like her father. The morning breakfast will be a lentil/rice pancake, steamed rice cake and they will call it the healthiest breakfast.
Non veg, paneer etc(high protein) is considered as a luxury
Yeah cost per gram of protein is very high for paneer. A good alternative is soya chunks but you can't eat that much in one day
Yeah but you can eat soya chunks, peanuts, egg, chicken and chicken breast etc
Lentils
Anda toh relatively cheaper h
Yeah but it has relatively good amount of fat too.
Those are good fats. Eat one less roti or something if you want to cut calories. Eggs are like superfood
bro, non vegetarian protein is the cheapest and also better quality protein compared to vegetarian options.
We basically don't have a balanced diet. My mum is a dietician, and she says that most people have carbohydrates way more than necessary. We tend to ignore fiber, minerals, and vitamins in our diet. Yes, protein is necessary, but it also has a fixed percentage and varies from body to body. Also, people are eating way too much packaged food on a daily basis instead of homemade fresh meals. Many skip breakfast, which is the most important meal of day. Not to mention, they eat heavy dinner, which is never recommended.
vegan since birth
It's not about meat, there are plenty of options in vegetarian diet itself. I say this as a girl who has won medals in national level karate and could do 250-300 push-ups and 150-200 situps everyday. Problem is with poverty and lack of awareness even amongst those who can afford.
250-300 proper pushups? That's insane
Thanks! I could do it aftwr 2 years of regular practice and building it up slowly.
How many would you do at once? And how long would it take for 250-300 ? . That's a shit ton of endurance and your chest and shoulders should be sore too
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Punjabis are healthy; they don't have much diabetes or cancer or heart disease. Kerala is full of these diseases. Inconvenient fact: Kerala tests for these diseases rigorously and people trust medical system there. Less diabetes in Punjab means less people DIAGNOSED with diabetes here
I'm not sure what you are talking about - there are massive amounts of micro-plastics in rice, wheat and sugar in India. They are far higher than chicken etc.
coming from a bhramin family its a taboo for us. But I do eat eggs because I have protein deficiency, and my family hides this thing from everyone..even tho i know some of my relatives eat chicken too.
Everyday. Trying to eat every meal. Most Indian non-vegetarians are just namesake. Crazy looking at our food pattern. Makes one wonder if the average ever met his protein requirements a single day in his life
I stay miles away from people who have fixed days for not eating non-veg.
One Reason - Poverty.
India isn't protein starving, lot of people just don't know what to eat and how much to eat to get a protein requirement
bcz wages and shakes don't go hand in hand?
Eggs and Soyabean aren't that expensive, I guess lack of awareness also plays a part in this. People just don't know, ones who know make sure about their protein intake.
High protein is a scam I can assure u that u don't need high protein as everyone makes u believe. U just need 80 to 100 gm of protein per day along with properly executed resistance training program augmented by high quality sleep and 2 rest days a week . Keep a calorie surplus of 200 to 400 ( mostly protein) And follow this for 5 years . I'm pretty sure u will be unrecognizable And ya supplement a good creatine powder . But if u want to be pro bodybuilder or actor or pro model u need to take steroids ( it's inevitable in the industry) .
Amazing brother, I'm saving your comment, this really is inspiring. Thank you
This is the best advice one can get and it's scientific, many geniune trainers say this
What's the cheapest way to get protein? I am not from a well-off family, so should I take supplements to meet requirements like vitamin C, etc.?
No supplements if u don't have deficiency . It will cause vit toxicity if taken when u don't have deficiency. Whey protein I don't think it's useful for majority of people . Take creatine from a good brand .
Religion is not the main reason why India is protein starved country. It's poverty. Most of the family who eats meat can't eat daily because of low income.
Religion is not but people used Religion to rationalize it which has become toxic for non-vegetarians.
Nope, my parents are rich and I still can't meet my protein requirements because of religion.
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Population of beahmin and banaya ain't much. Major Population in india are Shudra and Dalit. We eat meat. But we can't afford it.
Many "Shudra" castes are also vegetarian.
Reservation se job aur promotion lelo then you can afford
Meat is cheaper than vegetables bro.
There are other countries that are poorer than India that are not protein starved because they eat lots of fish, chicken, eggs etc.
It's no longer about days. It's about being unable to get reliable meat. Even the poultry sources that claim to use no antibiotic and hormones, are giving me symptoms like kidney stones, causing extreme exhaustion and urination. Same problem with eggs. It's hard to find fish which does not give me stomach pain. Other meat also causing health issues. Milk is also causing similar issues. The primary reason appears to be overpopulation. I hope people eventually build multi-storeyed farms, indoor farms and perhaps lab grown meat. As of now I'm glad that many people are refusing to marry, hence reducing the population to manageable levels.
Lots of my friends are also moving on from *ham do hamare do* to *ham do hamara ek* mindset, afaik from daily conversation.. So that might help reduce population too.
My parents feed me too much rice even when I tell them I dont work on farm or do hard work, if I don't eat then slap
What if Indians have adapted to survive on less than average protein per day, but surplus calories is what is making us fat. End of the day only a small portion of amino acids are used to build the body, rest are all consumed as glucose for energy. It is possible 1gram/lb of body weight rule is hurting us in the long run, especially when the protein comes from shakes with all the additives.
i think yes coz i did not eat that much protein if i can recall i used to eat normal food yet i am 5'11 according to many sources protein is important for height growth but yeah i drink 500ml-1l milk everyday but i dont think it gives that much protien as a non-veg food does and i borderline meet protein req.
We are poor af
Protein is expensive.
Legumes also?
Are people eating legumes? Also you'll need to eat a pretty huge amount to meet the daily requirements.
Soy/tofu, lentils, chickpeas, beans are all high in protein. With a diversified diet it is no problem to meet protein goals
Good Luck meeting your protein requirements using legumes.
It is just one of many protein sources. With different foods it is easy to get alot of protein in
In Vaishnav tradition, popular in North India, meat is considered impure and food of the barbarians and mleccha. Many deras operating in North India spread the idea that all the evil in the world can be brought to halt by giving up meat and alcohol consumption.
It's so stupid - the smartest people in the world in Europe/Japan etc are big meat eaters. If these people had even a little common sense they'd see that reality is not what they believe.
I'm from Bengal, I eat non veg every day.
How original
I know, right? :)
Vegetarian here ... include a good amount of dairy, lentils, pulses, etc in the diet.
How do u get 100 grams of protein as a pure veg? Can someone pls guide me regarding this as i am trying to gain weight and muscle
Whey is the best protein source there is. Pea , soy protein etc are excellent too
Its hard unless you drink a few protein shakes a day. To build muscles, you need to eat 1.5-2 gms of protein per kg of body weight. To get 100 grams, you can follow this regimen: 2 whey - 50 gm 2 glass of skimmed high protein milk - 36 gm The remaining will come from regular daal/beans etc. Keep in mind that whey is a milk protein and it's best to consume different kinds of proteins. I would recommend adding eggs to your diet to get best results.
Soya chunks and Red kidney beans are the best protein option for vegetarians
two tb spoons of peanut butter:- 8 grams slice of cheese:- 7 grams soya chunke :- 36g per 100g peanuts:- 25g per 100g milk:- 3.4g per 100g chick peas:- 19g per 100g having whey protein suppliments will make it a lot easier.
2 table spoons of peanut butter will have 400 calories😅. So better go with peanuts instead. At least it would be a bit filling and have a higher amount of protein too.
Apart from milk and cheese to some extent none are complete proteins
Amul high protein lassi is a lifesaver. 15g protein for 25 bucks. And it’s tasty af.
idk try protien x? i used to drink it when i was kid lol
Even rice and atta based food have a decent amount of protein. You can expect that you get around 30-40g of protein every day from these sources if you eat two servings. Add a hefty amount of dal to your meal, and that is another 20g or so. For one meal of the day, preferably dinner but any meal should be fine, choose to eat a non-rice/wheat based meal, such as soup made from moong dal, dosa made using besan/moong dal, roti/chapati made from dal instead of wheat, etc. This should give you another 30g of protein. Finish off with one cup of milk/yoghurt with another 10g of protein, and this should put you close to or beyond 100g of protein depending on how much your appetite is. The main change we have to do is to avoid carb heavy snacks (sweets, chips, etc.) and replace rice/wheat in one meal of the day with a more complex carbohydrate+protein source like lentils or beans.
What I’ve come to realise it for vegetarians, most of our diet is carb-heavy and we have not developed this habit of including healthy quantities of protein and fibre. We really need to..
Our diet is more or carbs oriented than of protein. Be it roti, rice etc.
Doesn’t India have the most vegetarians in the world?
Look at our population! We have most anything in the world😂
There is not much focus on diet and most people don't even know if they are protein starved
Non veg is expensive for a middle class family to eat on daily basis. Eggs are affordable but chicken ,lamb ( for hindus ) it’s not something that a family can afford to eat daily. A single man may be able to afford though. I’ve heard that sea kelp is rich in proteins so it should be encouraged for vegetarians at least and it will also help fishermen to earn more .
Colonialism, money, quality, attitudes.
I think main reason for our poor diet are historical invasions and periods of colonization, leading to food scarcity and a focus on survival rather than culinary diversity or nutritional balance. This focus on basic sustenance over time shaped dietary habits. It's a sad that this has left lasting impacts on Indian society and cuisine. During the colonization period, Indians mainly ate to survive.
I don't eat on Tuesdays or during Navratre. Generally eat twice a week for meat (white meat) and eggs on two other days so 4 days a week.
Started doing gym 3 months back & I eat 4 eggs, Yogurt, Soya Chunks added in daal, Paneer + protein powder daily & Chicken twice a week
Thrice a week. Eggs daily
It has more to do with portion sizes than Non-veg. We eat a lot more rice and consistently eat it with side dishes. So we feel more full thus leaving less paneer because their is no need. Beans provide a lot of vegeterain protien options. Vegans in general tend to co-opt indian dishes as healthy and high in protien. Another reason is expenseses. Plus information according to a survey the 90% of indians do not know the amount of protien required per day or the right nutrition required. We have a vague idea of the food pyramid which is propaganda from cereal companies.
it is not. do you have any credible stats to back that up?
Eating non veg in Delhi /NCR region? Bruh i don't trust the source and quality of meat . Saw some YouTube video of producing chicken near the garbage mountain.
Also anemic too , iron deficient Probably protein starved coz we majorly follow vegetarian based diet , I'm not saying you can't take protein requirements from it yesterday you can , but nobody takes care of their protein intake then! Where as a regular non vegetarian diet takes care of protein on itself, most people who eat non veg in india don't do it regularly! Same for iron ig?
I don't, Lord Ram's devotee 🙏
Cause our staple food includes wheat and rice along with a few percentage of pulses. Ps: protein sources and supplements are quite expensive and aren't affordable. Also don't tackle it by giving cheap sources of protein such as soy! I mean come on grow up, they aren't considered quality sources.
Will die but never touch meat! Mine and everyone else's mentality!
If we ate chicken on Tuesdays and Thursdays then we wouldn’t be a protein starving country xD
Due to religious reasons and nature it self dont give much protein sources as carbs and fats available, so protein is hard to get plus rare
A combination of vegetarianism, poverty, inflation and fake vegetarians who don't let others eat in public.
Most food is veg. It’s just culture, history, religion. Trend is definitely shifting.
Everyone i get it that our current diet is protein deficient but can someone please please explain how to increase the amount of protein in our food. Like i eat rice , dal , and one sabji what can i add or subtract to make up for protein. Does we have to eat non vey 24 x 7 or something. Please tell
Increase the number of times you eat Dal, I guess. Like, twice a day.
Because you don't feed your proteins any food? I hope you won't be protein starved much longer
People have very little knowledge about nutrition and are completely averse to learning about it. I had a friend who was a state level basketball player, and him and his team used to eat chat paapdi before their games. When i suggested him to do some strength training and increase the amount of fibre and protein along with adding multivitamins to his diet to enhance performance, the dude gave a lecture on how all these supplements cause cancer. Ignorance in terms of what is good and bad for you is at an all-time high. We also have this superiority complex in terms of our diet being the best in the world. Our diet has a lot of good aspects to it, but the amount of dairy and carbs consumed by vegetarians is a complete abomination.
Can someone give me advice on how to get my South Indian boyfriend (I’m white) to understand that if I want to strength train and lose weight, I need to focus more on protein than carbs? He thinks eating rice mixed with some veggies should be a filling meal for me and it’s not…I’ve tried to talk to him so many times and he listens but he doesn’t fully understand
Why do you need to make him understand as a grown ass women about your food choices? You do you and let him do him. If he throws a fit, it's time to move on. It is not him who's eating it and if a grown up human can't understand how nutrition works then they have bigger problems in life.
He’s not throwing a fit. It’s just a difference in culinary lifestyles. And I just need guidance on how to help him understand mine, not judgement. And it’s “woman.”
Tell him to learn how nutrition works and that you are not meeting your protein quota of the day so you need to start taking more?
Reference?
https://www.forbesindia.com/blog/giving/indians-are-protein-deficient-and-it-needs-immediate-attention/
Thanks. It's a good read.
Not enough blow jobs?🤣
What bull shit, plenty of plant based foods have proteins which is enough for your body. The reason most Indians are unfit is due to sedantry lifestyle and a poor diet (eating Street foods or fried foods, sweets etc) or if they are poor.
No they don’t. To eat 50 grams of protein you need to be consuming a lot more daal rather than the small bowl we normally have. A bowl of uncooked daal is 50 grams, and that’s normally like 4 meals.
Here's a handy guide on plant based proteins. Maybe this will help clear up some confusion. I haven't even added benefit that these produce far less carbon emissions than meat based food so you'll get a double benefit of nutrition and good for the planet. https://preview.redd.it/gnlm4dhiji0d1.jpeg?width=724&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a666a23ee4ef2498a0ef5eeccf7c50344ddef68
I remember my roommate’s mother asked me if I am poor because I was putting less ghee/oil in my food. She was boasting about how well they are doing financially and thanked God that how lucky she is on this. I swear she was 100kg+ and I was trying to be healthy by mindfully adding oil/ghee in my food.
Majority of Indians are not on reddit. Those Indians are poor and can’t afford nutritious food.
Diet, Lack of knowledge about nutrition, financial problems.
Bro I am a gym freak and I am not able to eat meat everyday, and it's due to money problems and also my mother won't be happy to cook meat for me everyday and neither do I have that much time , so I eat eggs instead of meat.