Details regarding the nutritive content of grains, legumes vegetables and fruits are all available pieces of information. But still when it comes to planning a meal/breakfast for diabetes people, when we want to restrict breakfast to say, 40 gms carb, (not to miss out protein and fat) we are handicapped by certain lack of knowledge as to how to arrive the carbs content in dosa or idli, chapatti, 1 cup of muesli or cornflakes with milk. Due to this lack of info, we go by advice of certain people who tell us eat 2 idlis,..or whatever. In a land of diversities where the breakfast, lunch and dinner preparations are quite varied this problem can be very severe.
As a solution to this problem, Dr.Mohan’s Health Care Products has come out with a food atlas titled “Atlas of Indian foods”.
It is primarily a tool of assessing food intake of individuals. The atlas is user friendly and the info is in the form of various portion sizes and their normal nutrition values in terms of energy in kcal, carbs, protein, fat content along with dietary fiber content. (all in gms).
The book says “What one considers as small, medium or large can vary dramatically”.
Hence an attempt is made and presented in easy - to- understand manner. For example, different food portion tools like cups, spoons, ladles (in different sizes) and the quantity in each of these in grams is included along with the photograph of the food item. 200 food items of in various sizes covering snacks, Indian sweets, dairy products and fruits are included along with breakfast, lunch and dinner items available across the country.
To quote an example :
Dosa: 80 gm
Energy: 159kcal/ Carbs: 25.1/Protein 4.1/Fat 3.0/Dietary Fiber 1.1 (all in grams)
Dr. Mohan’s institution has made a sincere attempt to standardize Indian foods and bring the information in a very user- friendly manner to the readers.
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