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Food and Moves<\/h3>\n

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As part of South Asian Heritage Month, Feel Good Suffolk<\/strong> wants to celebrate the wonderful flavours of the subcontinent!<\/p>\n

We all love South Asian food and it\u2019s influence on the British palette is unquestionable. But it can be dominated by starchy carbs, which when eaten in excess get metabolised into fat. Then there is \u2018ghee\u2019 and fried food, a favourite in South Asian cooking. What is important though is that a South Asian diet, just like any other, can be a healthy one, it just takes some small adjustments.<\/p>\n

The impact of unhealthy South Asian food means that South Asian people are at higher risk of developing heart disease and diabetes than the general population. Dr Sandy Gupta speaking to the British Heart Foundation puts this down to a number of factors including body shape.
South Asian people predominantly store fat around their middle as \u2018visceral fat\u2019, this is fat that sits around organs. Pear-shaped people store their fat around their legs and bum, and this is stored under the skin or subcutaneously, putting them at a much lower risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.<\/p>\n

Food<\/h4>\n

There is also an important cultural factor at play here, food is the centre piece of large South Asian family and to turn down food someone has prepared for you isn\u2019t polite.<\/p>\n

The components of the South Asian diet themselves are actually healthy but the problem often arises in the cooking methods. A lot of South Asian foods are fried and contain fats like ghee which is linked to raising LDL cholesterol levels. Let\u2019s take a look at a few examples.<\/p>\n