Solving India's Growing Fast Food Problem
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The high fat, fast food heavy, standard American diet has infiltrated India. The result? The standard American health conditions that come with it are also affecting the world's second most populated country!
Zeeshan Ali, PhD and "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll explore the consequences of his homeland's expanding appetite for fast food, including exploding rates of heart disease and other preventable conditions.
Plus, hear the inspirational story of one woman who is going to extraordinary lengths to reverse the unhealthy trend. Nidhi Nahata has opened JustBe Resto Cafe, India's first and only whole food plant-based oil-free restaurant! She became inspired after improving her own family's health and now is using her groundbreaking restaurant to help others.
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JustBe Resto Café
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Fight Diabetes with Food: India
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Chuck Carroll
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Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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Physicians Committee
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| 0:00.0 | The consumption of edible oils and meat, fission eggs, has increased. |
| 0:04.5 | People are eating a diet high in calories, highly processed. |
| 0:08.9 | And all these companies like McDonald's and KFCs and Domino's in Pizza Hut are using this |
| 0:16.4 | opportunity to sell fast food products in India. |
| 0:20.6 | America now we are realizing fast food is not good for us. |
| 0:25.2 | For every time, a McDonald is closing out in USA, there's one popping up in India. |
| 0:33.0 | So definitely these are disturbing trends we are seeing. |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:48.0 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:53.1 | This is episode 42 of season 4, number 237 overall. |
| 0:59.4 | And today we will be looking at the challenges that are facing the world's second most |
| 1:04.4 | populous country. |
| 1:06.7 | And as I record this, they have become number 1 for COVID-19 infections, a surge of cases |
| 1:13.9 | that is unrivaled with nearly 400,000 new cases every day. |
| 1:20.4 | And our hearts go out to all of those who are affected. |
| 1:23.6 | And we hope to see the rate of new infections continue to decline and for this pandemic to |
| 1:28.6 | soon be brought under control. |
| 1:32.2 | But on the show today, we will actually be looking at another health challenge facing |
| 1:37.0 | this beautiful country of nearly 1.4 billion people. |
| 1:43.0 | That is, it's growing love affair with fast food. |
| 1:47.6 | And growing may not even be the appropriate term exploding would actually be the more |
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