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Changing food habits & yo-yo dieting

Even if our weight yo-yos, our overall health will keep getting better

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Ambi Parameswaran
First a disclosure and an admission. I am no diet expert. But I am fascinated by the growth of the ‘diet industry’ in India. Two decades ago when someone said “I am on a diet”, that was it. You assumed that they would be eating less of everything, especially sugar and fats. But today those few words lead to a whole discourse: “I am trying the keto diet this year. I had tried the vegan diet earlier. And last year it was the Atkins”. If by chance there is someone else in the room who is on a different diet,
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