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School Canteens Can Blow Up Diet Plans Of Sensible Parents
November 26, 2007 at 3:51 PM
Diet & Nutrition News
Cuffe Parade , Mumbai residents-the Makhijanis , found this out the tough way. In spite of having their 10-year-old daughter, Kinjal, on a nutritionist-prescribed health-food diet, she kept on bloating up.
After a thorough investigation they spotted the culprit- the school canteen. All the fizzy drinks, vada pavs, French fries, burgers and puffs went into diet-monitored Kinjal , negating all well-intentioned efforts by her parents.
Nutritionist Naini Setalvad puts down a 100 gm packet of wafers as carrying 500 calories. An aerated soft drink has 300 calories, she says. “The calorie count would drop drastically if the potato chips and French fries were replaced by healthy, but equally tasty alternatives’, Setalvad suggests.
The simple aloo chaat, or even hot corn- a favorite in multiplexes, are healthier options than fries or chips, opines Setalvad. “A cup of hot corn, even with butter, adds up to only 125 calories,’’ she offers. Fruit smoothies, too, can replace milk shakes and reduce the calorie content by over 50%, Setalvad adds.
Doctors and dieticians alike love to shun fried foods. For one, anything fried can be carcinogenic. Even worse , they cause obesity, which in turn is a known cause of cancer. Two fried medu vadas have a calorie content of 750. “If they’re replaced by two idlis, the calorie count is one-fifth,’’ calculates Setalvad.
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