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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up on Indian food and now treat it like dessert and eat it very infrequently. The amount of oil used is startling and my system just can't take it. I shudder to think what my arteries would look like today had I stayed on that diet. Like many other many of my relatives have diabetes and most all older Indian women I know carry an enormous amount of belly fat. I'm think the high carb diet causes much of that.

Glad to have a diet of an educated American now. Lots of vegetables, none of my food drowning in oil and lean meats. For carbs we do a lot of sold salads that are often half carb (such as quonia, orzo, and bulgur ) and half veggies. I do cook daal, but once again skip the oil and only use enough to saute onions. I look nothing like the Indian women in my family who still eat a traditional diet, no belly fat and most importantly no Insulin shots![/quote]

I hope you're speaking for yourself.
It would be silly to lump all the diverse Indian cuisines under this description.
I grew up in Southern India in a health conscious family. Nothing was drowning in oil, and we are vegetarians. There are people who love the rich oily food but plenty of folks even in the India of 50 years ago  knew the importance of eating healthfully.
Not everyone eats Indian-restaurant style meals at home everyday.[/quote]

+1 . Also most dishes have the "food combining" going on so you get the complete nutrition profile including proteins. Eg :- idli, sambar[/quote]

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