New nutrition guidelines released by ICMR-NIN
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- Link to the ICMR-NIN guidelines: main.icmr.nic.in/sites/defaul...
India is witnessing a rapidly changing food landscape in the context of lifestyle changes, food habits and scientific findings. New estimates show that 56.4% of the total disease burden in the country is due to unhealthy diets. Food systems are also responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions.
Thus, sustainable eating helps address the problems with our food systems, by consuming foods that are produced in an economically, socially, and environmentally responsible manner.
Set against this, the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN) has issued 17 dietary guidelines to meet the requirements of essential nutrients and prevent non-communicable diseases like obesity and diabetes. The guidelines also advocate for healthy eating habits and lifestyles, and avoiding ultra processed and packaged food. These comprehensive recommendations were created by a diverse team of specialists under the guidance of Dr. Hemalatha R, the Director of ICMR-NIN.
So, what does an ideal diet look like? According to the ICMR’s diet booklet, Indians should derive macronutrients and micronutrients from at least eight food groups for their daily meals. It recommended vegetables, fruits, roots, and tubers to compose about half of the daily food intake with the remaining portion consisting of cereals, millets, pulses, flesh foods, eggs, nuts, oil seeds, and milk or curd. Similarly, vegetarians should eat foods like flax seeds, chia seeds, etc., as there is a challenge for them to get enough B12 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
According to ICMR, the World Health Organization is considering revising its recommendation and reducing calories from sugar to less than five percent kilocalories a day. Hemalatha R told Down to Earth (DTE) that if you consume sugar, at least try to restrict it to around 30 grams a day. She said that sugar should be avoided, as much as possible, especially for children younger than two. If consumed long-term, ICMR-NIN authors said that sugar substitutes such as sweetening agents like aspartame, and saccharin, can lead to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases.
The scientists who drew up the dietary guidelines also advised against consuming high quantities of protein, especially in the form of protein supplement powders due to various risks like kidney damage, dehydration, and nutrient imbalances. According to Hemalatha R, the guidelines would “facilitate the attainment of the goals stated in the National Nutrition Policy and the guidelines are consistent with the goals set in the National Policies on Agriculture and Health.”
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The sleeping giant ICMR finally wakes up after watching food pharmers videos 😂
Why no mention of fermented foods which was eaten daily in the olden days when even vegetarians never had any B12 issues
In Andhra Pradesh , liquor prices are raised because people will consume less and alcohol is bad for health. Similarly we ask shops to raise cost of fried items compared to cooked items or raw item which are naturally eatable. So that people who want to eat fried foods which are bad for health can be reduced and also this will help hotels and street vendors to use good oil as the rates are high for fried items. It is a win -win situations for both.
UPSC aspirants in Delhi consuming most unhealthy foods 😅
Great information with data, I am a Telugu RUclipsr and recently worked on a episode on Thin Fat Obesity and our risk for non communicable diseases - actually it is well received for a small channel like me - and this week I am working on solutions and glad to see this ICMR guidelines.
Great Video! Below are the Timestamped Summaries from ChatWithPDF:
Great news and great initiative.
Thanks d2e 😊, this is good guidelines but what matter is more than half of Indian population which is dependent on subsidies food grain by government how they can afford it ! Yes but awareness is necessarily required.
paper to practise says it all. Good coverage for start. We need to ensure it sees the light.
Even many local plants which we consider weeds are good leafy vegetables. Students should be taught how to grow millets, vegetables and fruits suitable for their area in schools itself.Many of such knowledge should be taught in schools. Many govt schools in Kerala do this.
thanks for providing us the important news. it would be much more helpful if you'd put links to such topics/govt policies etc so that we can enlighten ourselves
Thanks Down to Earth 🌎
Guideline 6 specifically says to eat plenty of vegetables and legumes.
Nicely presented and informative
Having more of F&V, but see the cost of it. How many can afford it?
India is a very lucky country, because for thousands of years you have had Ayurveda for guiding your diet and lifestyle. This wise medicine system has been recognized by UN Organization and here in Western, we are learning Ayurveda, because it has proved it’s effectiveness for generations, with the daily routine in diet and lifestyle to prevent diseases such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, etc. Lucky you!!! 🙏✨
Thank you very much please serve more
I request down to earth to impart such knowledge hindi nd a few local language as well. In video itself they said that package containing information in English is not comprehensible to many.
Very informative @dte
can you share with us the link to this report published by ICMR?