Dr R K Sanghavi

    # RKS: GI CONUNDRUM “GI - THE FAD-DICTATING CARBS CONSUMPTION” RKS / 2026-2027 / Ser 9 / Blog 3 1st June 2026 THE GI IMPLICATIONS LAID THREADBARE GI ASCERTAINING & UNDERSTANDING Dear Reader, Diabetes is a disease under the radar for the healthcare providers, Dieticians and common man alike. So much has been the spread of its awareness, including the complications and so much has been professed about diabetes by self-created and projected experts that the unwitting lay population has fallen easy prey to even information viralled by unqualified Dieticians or even housewives! The latest craze is discussions on the Glycemic Index (GI) of various carbohydrates (carbs) contained in food items and the scare about the same has even put to shame the roar of lions and tigers.  Healthy, non-diabetics and with no even any risk factor have become unnecessarily worrisome regarding the GI of the foods they consume! This is a longish mathematically-intense blog to fathom how GI o...

   # RKS: SUGAR ENTRAPPED BELIEFS “ADDED SUGAR” RKS / 2026-2027 / Ser 9 / Blog 2 1st May 2026 ALL THAT WARNS ON PACKAGED FOODS IS NOT ENCOMPASSING THE HIDDEN ‘SUGARS’ GLEEFULLY CONSUMED Dear Reader, The packaged food industry has come under a cloud of ill-health and the snacking facilitated has been equated to “junk” food. Food is called "junk" when it is high in calories, fats, sugars, or salt while providing little to no essential nutrients like fiber, vitamins, or minerals. Calories are a result of content of fats and sugars but the latter too, along with salts, are in today’s era have become the bane for Dieticians, housewives, and doctors from healthy lifestyle perspective! The upcoming 6-blogs series discusses the futility of shunning packaged snacky foods just by evaluating added sugar, fat content and salt quantity present.  SUGARS Approximately 66% to 90% of packaged food items in India contain added sugars, with high prevalence in biscuits, snacks, sauces, and e...