Gandhi on Diet and where NITIE is heading to...

Food is a matter of choice. We usually eat what we feel is best suited to have an adequate supply of energy and keep us healthy. But it rarely goes beyond that and it is more predominant in NITIE. Unless one has a resolve of Gandhi. For Gandhi, food was not something that just satiated hunger. It was an integral part of shaping the human consciousness. Just this line says it all, but in college life we have all of the most economically best suited MESS in country. But still are they or I must say we ever think food in the way Gandhi thinks. I am not any health specialist but just inspired by Anna Kingsfords "A perfect way to diet" and Gandhi's way of linking Food with our consciousness. It is really admirable that Gandhi did experiments on his diet for 35 years to achieve the strength what he perspire for.


Gandhi On Milk:


Though Gandhi is associated with vegetarianism and milk, he actually abstained from milk for a period of six years, considering it an animal product. In 1917, when he was bed-ridden, doctors compelled him to take milk. He, however, did not want to break his vow of not consuming cow's milk. Thus began his now-famous goat-milk diet. And the idea seems to be catching on. (Available data suggests that over 440 million goats worldwide produce an estimated 4.8 million tons of milk, consumed locally or converted into cheese. This clearly shows a growing preference for goat's milk.)  Unlike cow's milk there is no need to homogenize goat's milk. While the fat globules in cow's milk tend to separate to the surface, the globules in goat's milk are much smaller and will remain suspended in solution.It also has less allergic content than cow milk.nGandhi has specifically asked for a substitute of milk(ofcourse vegetarial) if it exists in hi aautibiography. We are in alarming situation in our colleges as tea is more consumed than milk here.

Gandhi On SUGAR:


With so much of hue and cry for sugar, specially in Mumbai where sugar industry decides whose Govt. will form , down comes the Gandhi's preference for jaggery over sugar. Because sugar goes directly into blood, raising the sugar level, and the excess sugar gets converted into calorie or fat. Jaggery, however, takes more time to masticate, thus resulting in a slower rise in sugar level. What an irony it shows, people fight here for sugar and the cream lies elsewhere. In mess we actually take sugar as per our choice and so it does not count as per my view in general as a wrong practice. But still for those who play with those shiny cubes it's a reminder.



Gandhi On Food content:(My View)


Gandhi emphasised wheat and rice in a diet, with cereals holding the second place. He felt that cereals should be taken relatively dry for mastication and proper digestion. This was followed by fruits and vegetables. He stressed that fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables should be eaten raw. I agree to somewhat extent to this as his view were applicable for his time, but with the rich protein content in Cereals it should not much but form a part of diet.


As in our college we have a great consumption of cereals in form of daal and that gravy dish, but are we aliging in that terms, there is more depth study to be done, it is full of spices, of course Marathi eats tons of spice but the real issue of Diet vanishes off. I request to people "Spices should be in your life not in your food" .

MY Concern


In "educated world" we always talk about sustainability, we talk about optimisation, do we actually do it. just in case of Diet, we take cereals as well as Milk but Doc suggests that if you take milk or its products you can take of cereals from your diet and let the price fall so that poor can afford it.


We talk about the Data analysis , Critical examination but have we ever go in record of Calorie we consume. It really start with us , we are responsible for the Starvation all over the world. Every another student here walk here with a tummy(including me) , are we aligning ourself with Gandhi's thought of consciousness by eating. The talk is just common sense what we talk here in our labs , we should get over it.


I also request you to have a reading of "Diet & Diet Reforms " by Gandhi, a man who was remembered most recently on 30jan with garlands but we are still far away in practising his teachings.




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