Gravitas: Colonialism is still taking a toll on your body
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- Experts say South Asian bodies are suffering because of the British Raj. The repeated famines have reportedly made Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis more susceptible to diabetes. Palki Sharma tells you how our body is still paying the price for the Raj's discriminatory policies.
#Gravitas #Colonialism #Diabetes
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I was diabetic at the age of 40, I consulted an ayurvedic practitioner, he didn't give me any medicine, but suggested to stop taking carbs and increase protein and fats in the meals, and take only 2 meals per day. That's it, i am free from medicine and diabetes
Good 👍
For carbs ,what u take? White rice, or corn or anything ?
Wise choice.
That's a KETO DIET. AND am doing it too.. Though I'm not Diabetic.
As asian, you should eat cassava, fish, little meat, beans, fruit.
Rice is good with bean stew and vegetables.
Avoid vegetable oils invented by europeans.
Sugar was rarely used in Indian Cuisine it was always Jaggery which was used for sweetening things like deserts. Sugar usage increased because of British
Sorry it's not just sugar that spikes blood glucose, starchy foods like rice and potatoes, even corn and wheat csn raise blood sugar because these foods become glucose and the pancreas isn't functioning normal so the glucose stays in the blood stream.
Rice bag
@@MultiSoulsearching You are right, but the problem of diabetes is british you simply cannot deny it, there was no diabetes epidemic in India right from Harappan civilisation right upto Maratha empire, it all started during the British Raj
Jaggery spikes blood sugar more than sugar.
@@ninjawarrior6027 have you any proof of it
Interesting. When I was a child, my parents never let me throw away food. That habit became a part me and and I never waste or throw away food. Body and genes learning from environment is true.
Yes, that's true. My parents ingrained it in me to always eat the last rice morsel, and not waste any food. That's despite the fact that we did not have any big monetary issues whatsoever. I mean, if we eat anything, we always ensure to finish everything, and not leave ANYTHING at all on the plate. Till now I thought its because we might have worshipped food, but I realize this is because my parents were taught the same by my grandparents, and so on..... for many, many decades. Over generations south Asians have learned the value of food, and that's why we never waste any. I always thought many Britishers disrespected food by wasting it in large quantities (maybe because food was not worshipped) , but now I realize, they did not have to yearn for food. This is such a big revelation wion.
Even when I eat outside, I always finish everything I ordered. Till now, I felt I did it because I was being cheap, but, I realize I do it because It has been programmed inside me for centuries to finish everything, and respect every morsel of food. Like I also noticed, when I buy subways (sandwiches), Indian customers always take a lot of veggies, and many white people just take less toppings etc. I used to think to myself why? since the price is the same. Once again, I thought its because we Indians like to be cheap, but now I see that there is a more devious reason behind it.
Curse the British, I hope we will teach them a lesson in order to punish them for the plight our ancestors faced.
@@sup1801 We need to remember everything and forgive. Who will you punish? The common citizens? Have some sense.
@Damon Salvatore she is already married
@@varun2250 I think you lack it rather
Well it means when nuclear war happens, India survivors will still survive of the famine in the nuclear world? Africans skin has adapted to resist the sun. The Europeans then may perish?
Our Indian Hindu ancestors had a practice of fasting known as " Ekadashi ", which is the 11 th day of the moon cycle, both from the full moon and from the new moon. Fasting which is termed as " Epigaphy " by a Japanese had received Nobel prize. If this practice is revived by atleast two consecutive generations transformation happens at the cell level, whereby the current generations have a chance of passing good genes to our next generations. Every 11 days once fasting should not be posing a big challenge or a problem. Thanks, Mohan Kesavan, Toronto, Canada
Yes but the fast ends. These people were starved repeatedly.
@@GB-np9eq maybe and it's linked planetory impression on human
Like wd. gann did it with stock market
I am saying by fasting once in 11 days , the accumulated fat is being digested by your own body, rejuvenating over a period of time at the cell level . Instead of doing bull work , by running miles marathon, one could achieve the end goals by following our old practices , since our Hindu forefathers who have passed the same genetic predisposition of diabetes have also passed a solution of practicing " Epigaphy ". If one cares for their own well being and good health. They should do some research on this topic themselves and follow this as as a disciplined soldier to enjoy its benefits.
My apologies for the misrepresentation of the "Epigaphy", the correct coined word is " Autogaphy ". Thanks to GB , who had pointed the error. Thanks GB 👍
One more suggestion to the readers, our forefathers were not eating well polished white colored Rice daily, which is stripped of all it's nutrients. When a human being eats this Rice , he is only getting Starch , when it gets into your body, it shoots up your blood sugar levels. Our traditional organic farming methods are away and we are using heavy fertilizers and pesticides, which is nothing but poison. This is slow poisoning, our death would also be slow but imminent. In India, these days in few pockets , they have started using wild rice and millets, hence there is a hope.
I remember an episode on Discovery at least a decade ago that British Raj induced famines and starvation deformed our body..made south Asians more susceptible of tummy fat and decreased average height of South Asians by 2 inches.
@@ianian9078 While famines did exist prior to the British Raj in India just as in the UK, it was never that frequent as under British Raj. There was a major famine in the British Raj every 5-10 years because the "colonial" adminstration were "foreign" and their motive was never to administer but economic exploitation. I don't remember any Indian ruler saying that "the starvation of any underfed Indians doesn't matter compared to the starvation of sturdy Greeks" - Winston Churchill on Bengal Famine !
The British East India company was a drug trafficking company, they were growing opium, sugarcane & indigo at the expense of food grains as it gave them more profits. In fact Britain was forcing the Chinese with the Opium grown in India & this triggered the Opium wars.
Lack of exercise and eating high glycemic foods like Rice, Wheat leads to tummy fat...
Btw, decrease in height due to starvation doesn't effect your genes.
@@friendlyneighborhoodhuman 🤦🤦🤦
Indian used to be stronger than british before british arrival. After they left india , we have skeleton like body.
@@MMaheshThakur don't know about stronger... no data or evidence about it .
I can understand this because we blacks are still suffering the physical and other affects of slavery. I used to think not so but presentations like this make me realize it is certainly so.
True👍👍
A study of grandchildren of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust discovered that even three generations down, people can have schizophrenia if their grandparents suffered trauma. What happens to a woman, the information if stored in her eggs and passed down.
Yeah there were probably other wars and famines, but not a systematic parasitic transfer of resources via railway to the sea and shipped strait to Europe.
@@ianian9078 there weren't any famines before that..food shortage maybe..
India had control of 23% of world trade at the time..
If u go back further before the islamic invasion it was even higher..
There would be wars but prosperity nonetheless..
@@ChigginsComposting you just described a bee 🐝 hive mentality of sustaining a colony’s survival . 🧐🤔😆
Native Americans in the USA suffer from the same genetic predisposition to be very efficient at storing fats. Their diabetes numbers are through the roof, too.
Many Africans and Polynesians, too
Native Americans are alcoholics
Too much simple carbohydrates especially flour products and sugar which is the main culprit. Low activity lifestyle is also a big problem.
@@jenniferprince3153 OH YOU MUST BE EXPECTING THE NOBLE PEACE PRIZE BECAUSE YOU KNOW SOMETHING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY HAS FAILED TO REALISE IN THIS CONTEXT,,,, WHEN IN FACT INDIANS EAT ATLEAST 3 TIMES MORE FRUIT AND VEG THAN AVERAGE AMERICAN AND ALOT LESS JUNK FOOD, ANOTHER 30 SECOND GENIUS
@@nzbrotrev9028 Indian drunk least as compared to western countries.
Wion is taking the phrase "never forget" very seriously
and for good reason
I appreciate it
I appreciate it dearly. No matter if how much money they make and for which side they are leaned politically, they are speaking the harsh truth which was kept under the desk for 70 years
First, the people who died in Bengal famine, apart from Midnapore area rest of majority was Muslim dominated. So Death of Muslims >> Death Of Hindus . And also those who died belonged to poorest of poor section. Middle class and Rich never suffered rather flourished. Hope our Loreto Convent educated western outfit wearing Palki Karen Sharma will not bat for Muslims now.
Second point, Which doctors are telling these ? Care to point out any research paper on it ? Literally no middle class to rich suffered due to famine BUT nowadays in India obesity plus diabetes are higher among them. Poor are not much suffering from that bcz of high physical activities. So again Palki’s fakery exposed.
@@choudhurysaheb8326 aa gaya madrasa chhaap. In 0:28 she mentioned India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, all three nations. After that, she referred to it as British India, the combined landmass before 1947. You Muslims don't know anything other than victimising yourselves and making everything about yourselves. Every human being on the subcontinent was physiologically and genetically affected.
This is just petty
It's a shame that we as humans looks up,to those who have mistreated our ancestors time and time again 😢.
Interesting report, love how Wion shows different & unusual news...
You love how they blame British people for every little thing? 😂🤦 This is exactly why China are out competing India because they are not stuck in the past and taken responsibly for their present!
Let's say important news! And learn something from it
When I read the video title, I thought Wion is taking it a bit far. But Palki actually has a point
The point is the traditional Indian diet is upto 80% carbohydrates, carbohydrates = suger. Indians today sit around all day in offices unlike their ancestor's who worked outside and where able to burn the suger off. Indians who live a traditional life style don't get diabetes because they're farmers who work hard all day and only eat once a day.
The indian diet is to blame, blaming the British is just a shameful justification for poor life style choices
@@UnknownUser-sc6jx they reported higher susceptibility. This type of job is there in every part of the world
Her point was mainly to blame the British for India's own problems. WION apparently practices the leftwing habit of collective guilt and grievance mongering.
@@UnknownUser-sc6jx
Not discounting the role of diet.
But if that the most significant factor then,
why is usa not the diabetes capital?
There was 2 Hitler's in Europe.
Churchill and Hitler.
Churchill was on the winning side so his supporters say otherwise
Moronic
Same issues in the West Indies!!!!
It would be intersting to know what it would take to reverse these detrimental genetics and how long it will take. I recognize the role of colonialism in this but we need to know how to move ond recover.
So if you want to get a little crazy and medical about it their theoretically should be jeans in your DNA that causes this action so it's not as much you evolving as a human to store fat as much as there's a gene in your DNA that was altered added deleted whatever for your body to do this function and add more fat or hold on to fat better so in theory with this in mind you could do gene therapy but remember your cells replace themselves at the rate that they do so it would take probably months almost years to replace this Gene and or genes in order to fix this issue in your body. I imagine there is no gene therapy for this but it can be done if there was ever a want to look into this specific type of issue
@@DeadlyCyanide1 It won't be a gene that is added or subtracted - that is a mutation and here we are talking about a stable evolutionary adaptation. This is one or more genes being activated during development in the mothers womb, probably by a hormone produced due to starvation. This activation should, presumably, go away if the feotus does not encounter this hormone because the mother never produced it because she was never seriously hungry for an extended period of time.
Would intermittent fasting or periodic fasting trigger the same? If the answer is 'yes', then millions globally are setting up their future generations for illness.
I believe that ayurveda herbs can help to burn more fat . The problem is that indians believe more in "english medicine" than in ayurveda . And another problem is that the new generation of ayurveda doctors are now lacking of knowledge .
It's genetic. Over the generations as the ability to store fat is no longer necessary for survival it won't be selected for. Or we could cure it with gene therapy. Until then diet, exercise and insulin is the only way out.
Insightful report.
I worked in blood glucose monitoring equipment, The Indian market was noted in 2005 as the next big market for a certain US pharma company to sell its BG Meters and BG strips, so here, that you are finding reason for that large market is interesting, to follow up what is contained in this article in regard, do famines have an influence of diabetes in a population? here's follow up to substantiate your report.
This is over 5 years old I'm sure there are medical journals with more in-depth investigation from more recent times available:
International Diabetes Federation, 2017
According to the 2017 estimate by IDF, Ethiopia has 2.57 million (5.2%) adult people aged 20-79 years with diabetes, making it the largest diabetes population in sub-Saharan Africa.
so Ethiopia which suffered a massive famine in the 80's and hardship is never far away , seems to also suffer in similar ways for diabetes prevalence.
I think this phenomenon will be corraborated for both long-term endemic situations and short term events.
Great info- do you think any special diet can help (carb free, Paleo)
@Damon Salvatore 😂😂😂
Thank you for your insightful and evidence backed comment.
@Damon Salvatore no no keep going marry her 🤣
Take love from Bangladesh for telling some important but unspoken truth!
❤️❤️🇧🇩🇧🇩
Did Bangladesh also suffer from diabetes
@@divyanshdwivedi9751 Yes it did, and it still does!
You have to understand that the present Bangladesh was also ruled by British Colonialists since Bangladesh was a part of British empire along with most of the parts of present day India!
The British were definitely responsible for many famines and atrocities in India opposed to Ayurveda and Indian religious beliefs. However, the high carbohydrate diet of eating rice, wheat and potatoes and not doing much exercise is another cause of diabetes. The body is inherited from the pitrs/ancestors and their genes. My Indian ancestors had diabetes and I have to follow a strict diet and exercise daily to keep the blood in good circulation. because I don't take medication and now have prediabetes. I have no weight issues because of diet, exercise and meditation. I will not blame the British for diabetes even though they made Indian citizens suffer.
If it weren't for England, Indians couldn't migrate to US, Indians couldn't speak English, no roads, railroads 😡
@@animeee4380 no roads? Really? You already know 😂😂 you r shameless
@@animeee4380 You don't need to be colonized by a country to build road, many like Japan built it without colonization. This is the sickest joke
@@alchemist7412 she was making a point,you wouldn't have it the way it is now,some of those railways are great feats of engineering,remember many were built without all the mechanical stuff we use now,tunnels through mountains and large bridges over great rivers,it was no easy task when they done it,it's still difficult to build these things today
@@robertmontague2225 ohh man shut up....how ignorant arse can u be...one Indian king was not allowed to enter Rolls Royce an and the next thing he did was bought 100s of em to sweep his city Jaipur. Another industrialist was not allowed to enter a hotel..and he built Hotel Taj which still stands tall and serves millions here and abroad..and you are telling me having such people roads would have been an issue?? Forget a king...or an industrialist...a minister would have bought all of Britain's finest engineers if he deemed it was necessary to build roads.
My forefther had diabetes, my grandfather had diabetes, my father adapted it too at a later stage in his life right now and i recently discovered that i was having it too just last year. I already knew it before watching this that it was passed down from one's gene to the descendents just like low/high blood pressure mostly in the later stage of one's life.
Ps: I lived in the Northeast corner of India.
Yes, Palki forgets to mention that eating lots of sugar products does not necessarily cause diabetes. The genetical factors are more important. I know people that eat a lot of sugary food but do not have diabetes and the opposite.
First, the people who died in Bengal famine, apart from Midnapore area rest of majority was Muslim dominated. So Death of Muslims >> Death Of Hindus . And also those who died belonged to poorest of poor section. Middle class and Rich never suffered rather flourished. Hope our Loreto Convent educated western outfit wearing Palki Karen Sharma will not bat for Muslims now.
Second point, Which doctors are telling these ? Care to point out any research paper on it ? Literally no middle class to rich suffered due to famine BUT nowadays in India obesity plus diabetes are higher among them. Poor are not much suffering from that bcz of high physical activities. So again Palki’s fakery exposed.
@@choudhurysaheb8326 how do you know muslim died with hunger is there any proof them plz give
@@choudhurysaheb8326 the present rich people's forefathers were once poor
@@choudhurysaheb8326 I don't understand why you can't stand someone wearing a formal outfit while being the anchor on a live Tv reporting news like every other nation does. Does it mean one has to stick to his/her traditional or cultural dress 24/7 no matter what their occupation is according to your perspective? Imagine yourself being a lady and wearing saree when performing stunts on a movie or on a motorcycle? Or show up to a job interview with tank tops and shorts.
Incase you haven't knew, which seemed like you probably haven't judging from your comments(no pun intended tho). I just wanted to say that there is an appropriate time and place on how to dress up all while maintaining and not forgeting one's own background, religion, culture and tradition depending upon the time and place.
It's one's duty to dress up appropriately per occupation/job or else it not only looks terrible but also will make it un-watchable. My respond to you might seem mean but i don't mean to offend you in anyway though, i was just replying to your comment with my views and perspective upon how to dress appropriately.
Strongly recommend my fellow countrymen take Karela, or bitter gourd. I believe this will be the active ingredient in any future cure for diabetes.
I do. How does it help
@@bvssrsguntur6338 it massively increases your body's ability to regulate blood sugar
Also, advocate a salad with ivy gourd. Called Kovakkai, or Tendli in Hindi. Guava is another fruit that should be part of the diet.
Neem juice once per week is the father of all medicines, turmeric on open wounds is father of all antiseptic, but they don't work overnight, you'll have to make a lifestyle, if you are eating shit for all your lifetime and want results in 6 second, then Indian ayurveda is not the eno you are looking for
Add bitter gourd to rassgulla and gulab jamun?
I don't know much about this particular news. But, being a South Indian i agree that British colonialism is the reason for this. They caused famines and changed our dietary habits. Previously India used to produce different kinds of cereals and millets and are consumed heavily in place of rice. There used to be perfect balance.
Now I look at farms and keep asking my grandfather about why they ain't producing such millets, he says there is less demand for these healthy things today. People changed and forgot!
These quote and quote scientific research are not reliable they have less sample size and comparr apple with Orange's. Lifestyle changes cures all.
Last year for 2 months I had just 2 full meals plus lassi , fruits to substitute for lunch . I was very healthier at that time than I have been in recent years.
My great grandparents ate 2 meals only even though they had ample money . Also we had huge fasting inbuilt in our culture which people stopped.
My paternal great grandfather could walk for 4kms at 1lage 100 though 20 year old don't want to walk 2km today.
We need to change our lifestyle ,our sleep patterns ,our diets ,increase physical activity and decrease food intake .
Still waiting when will UK pay back our $ 45 TRILLION.
That's only principal.. we have waived off the interest over it to remain them capable to eat.
It wasn't 'yours', it was your ancestors and they are no more. This concept of reparations for what was done to people long dead is insane, are European and middle eastern countries going to seek reparations from Italy for being enslaved by the Roman Empire?
Make the British pay back what they stole and also pay reparations for their crimes. Keep reminding them of their barbarity
@@glochidiatus 😂😂😂😂 ever heard a word "inheritance".
The money is of India even I am saying.
@@glochidiatus Dont worry there will be more brexit to come and destroy that country as Karma. It doesn't have to happen right away but slowly there will be civil war and distress one day for all the atrocities they committed. 😂😂
@@glochidiatus tell that to the banks. if your father couldn't pay the credit card bill and dies, you have to pay for it. No Empire in the world drained natural and human resources to this extent as the British Empire did. You're not even sorry for that. Well, let the right time come, you will be. Our job is to keep reminding the next generation that even the computer you're using to type the comment here is ours.
I completely agree with you Palki, but we Indians need to do something about this, just sulking and criticising Britishers won't help. We know what happened to us and we know how to do better for us.
with out britishers and no ruler imagine how we are ? its a long story and suffer my friend ,every one should know about it
@@ianian9078 Not many famines before the British came into India.
@@mlg1279 What about African countries which suffered more famines than India???
You don't see them blaming others
@@friendlyneighborhoodhuman Were the famines in Africa caused by the British? If so, then they should start blaming.
Blaming is not a solution. But u can't disregard the science which is saying that famines cause metabolism disorders like diabetes in the next generations
@@mlg1279 You can't see a single research and come to conclusions...
Research on diabetes is being carried out since decades, it never said that starvation state causes that drastic change.
Research should give the same results even if it is conducted in other countries not just India, then we can say there is association between Starvation and Diabetes...
When Americans get obese, they get fat from all sides, hands legs stomachache face etc everything swells up.
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when Indians get fat, only our belly comes out why? Is it because we eat more rice and also over-eat? I challenge, many indians do eat even when their stomach is full like I do.
You are absolutely true.
We need to control over dietary habits instead of blaming others
It's not cuz of rice but our genes which remembers the lack of food days. So when it gets surplus food it tries to store it at Tummy. If rice caused tummy fat then most Chinese and s.e Asian countries would have had more tummy fat than us. They eat rice way way more than us. It's a bro gym science knowledge which you and pavan are rambling about that rice causes tummy fat🤦
@@Valkyrie1941 Overeating rice cause tummy fat
@@friendlyneighborhoodhuman tell that to Chinese and s e Asians..they eat rice 3-4 times a day.unlike us Indians who mostly eat rice only at lunch.
@@friendlyneighborhoodhuman i dont eat rice everyday..still i get belly fat..what's your arguement then?
People in the comments section missing the point here. The increased susceptibility to diabetes is not BECAUSE of the famine. It's because there was famine which our bodies adapted to quite well and then suddenly after the British left, there was so much food that we couldn't stop "relatively overfeeding" ourselves, and that's what's causing increased diabetes. So there's two ways to look at this now:
1) You can kinda be thankful that Indians (/South Asians) have a genetic ability to survive even in less food conditions. And so, we can try to maintain a healthy lifestyle by consuming moderate amounts instead of binging on it just because we can.
2) Or, you can see a hopeful future in the fact that a few generations of habits can result in a more adapted genetic pool. So, you can still continue to consume more food in a controlled manner such that your future generations get resistant to Metabolic syndromes.
*Controlled manner being eat more but also work more.
Agreed.
Your analysis is laughable to say the least.
First, South Asia doesn't only include India. It includes Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri lanka etc.
Second, your analysis is laughable because it is coming from "first world" where overeating and obesity is a problem. Not every problem begins with overeating, my friend. Although you won't be familiar with this statement but sometime the problem is hunger and starvation. Here in Pakistan, India, Sri lanka or any of the SA countries poverty and hunger has been a challenge.
Third, yes we are optimistic not just "hopeful." With the efforts of our INDEPENDENT government we are drawing out policies that are directed to the benifit of our people. Unlike what happened during the RAJ rule.
Fourth, it is high time for Britain and other colonial countries to get out of it's colonial hangover and ask for forgiveness to the people of Africa, South Asia, South East Asia, South America for the heinous crimes it has commited.
P.S. No hard feeling. Here, I hate the sin not the sinner as MKG said.
@@ellachirulife7325 Indians were persecuted cruely on the basis of caste even Before British and Mughals........
So why is India only ranked about 50th in the world for per capita diabetes while countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Cambodia etc. not near the top either? The highest rates are amongst Pacific Island countries that have not suffered famine?
@@ellachirulife7325 Lol, I'm from India, so no, my analysis isn't coming from a "first world".
Also, I didn't say the problem is "overeating", I said "relatively overfeeding" ; relatively because our bodies were probably more adjusted to starvation and famine and as the British left, there was relatively more food available for consumption.
And I understand starvation and hunger, but that's not exactly the point here. The point is the rapid transition from starvation to overfeeding. Best way to explain this is: The African American population in the US has higher rates of getting diabetes than the whites there, but if you see in Africa where a lot of countries are still living in starvation, the diabetes rates there are very minimal.
See, being a doctor by profession, I may not understand a lot of things, but I do understand the basics of how metabolism and genetics behind it work. So, I'm not trying to make my own opinions here, I'm just analysing based on whatever I know from scientific data.
Edit: Also, the British apologising to the countries it colonised is reasonable, but that's not going to solve biological issues, so there's absolutely no reason to bring that up here.
*Yes, however, the high carbohydrate diet of eating rice, wheat and potatoes and not doing much exercise is another cause of diabetes.*
Famines do not cause diabetes
Fasting a day with water only, and voila, now you can eat anything you want
@@varnadorel it dose
Babies with diabetes?
This is known as the THRIFTY GENE HYPOTHESIS. It is good to go on fasting now and then. Also, exercise is important.
Great video and topic again !! Please keep on publicizing the world-wide crimes committed by Europeans in general and the British in particular.👍🏻👍🏻
My relatives died during the Bengal feminine and we lost our fortunate as well and were forced to go down the path of poverty.
But they never apologized not to us and not to the African people.
The British didn't cause the Bengal famine.
@@snowflakemelter1172 Was Churchill not British????????????????????????
@@noneedofhatersoverhere2401 Churchill didn't cause the Bengal famine, it was many factors including 1/2 million refugees from Burma, overpoulation in Bengal and rice crop failure.
@@snowflakemelter1172 but in all those factors, he was the dominant one, he exported all the foods to his homeland for stock , like people were dying here and he stocked our foods
@@noneedofhatersoverhere2401 that's not true, no food was exported, nothing could move on the seas during wartime without armed escort, Britain itself was under severe rationing at the time. Churchill prioritised the war effort, that's all he did.
The next time I see someone with a paunchy, round belly, I'll think twice before judging them .. & won't blame it just on their unhealthy eating habits.. 💜
And now I can provide a scientific historic-context/forward this video for someone trying to body-shame Indian(s)..
😂😂😂 do you really believe this pseudo science non sense ? We went from an agrarian country working in the fields…to sitting for 10-12 hours and easy access to high calorie processed foods.
Carbs and sugar....pretty much the standard “civilized” diet that is causing most issue of health around the world.
No it's not....
Interesting. Then how come Africans (which stated poor under British, possibly survived famines too) develop more muscles than Europeans/Asians.
There has to be more than this simple hypothesis of surviving famines vs lesser physical benefit per minute of exercise.
Good analysis.
What British did to India, and what it does even now through theories by which it justifies colonial wrongs, is immensely wrong, unforgivable, so much so, unless with extreme compassion, unusual it cannot be let unpunished.
U go slap any indians making excuses for them too coz they exist
What punishment do you think?
Do all historic wrongs needd some form of punishment?
@@grahampritchard5284 the punishment could only be rejecting, resiting & unwinding the still remaining colonial racist mindset that begun from Europe and corrupted humanity, and the rest of the humanity distrusting Europe & its ideology however camofleged it is. Because it is not merely a story of the past, it exists in further sophistication. Russia is right because intuitively it resits that racism, china too feels the hurt. Africa, Middle East, Native Americans and the whole lot of humanity should reject historical continuity, the privileges, still existing forms of symbolic dominance & polluting externalizations and make them pay for it.
West is predatory in its orientation, then & now. It has to be resisted. It is not a story of the past.
@@grahampritchard5284 shamelessness flows through the veins of white people. Brits never even apologized.
First, the people who died in Bengal famine, apart from Midnapore area rest of majority was Muslim dominated. So Death of Muslims >> Death Of Hindus . And also those who died belonged to poorest of poor section. Middle class and Rich never suffered rather flourished. Hope our Loreto Convent educated western outfit wearing Palki Karen Sharma will not bat for Muslims now.
Second point, Which doctors are telling these ? Care to point out any research paper on it ? Literally no middle class to rich suffered due to famine BUT nowadays in India obesity plus diabetes are higher among them. Poor are not much suffering from that bcz of high physical activities. So again Palki’s fakery exposed.
Damn, this reporter is out there trolling the british till death
What britain has given to world:
Loot
Invasion
Famine
War
Massacre..
What Britan gave to India alone.
20,000 miles of railway open to all classes of Indians
The 130 billion rupee tea industry
The civil service and legal system
The structure of the current military and police
The car industry started on the Morris Oxford
The investment to start TATA.
The first decent road network
Massive irrigation projects ( the British era pumps still in operation )
Postal services
Stopped the burning alive of wives
The list goes on and on....
This gives us some advantage too.This was the reason we survived so many wars and we are not afraid of any sanctions.I think there should a cap on consumption of alcohol and there should be a mandatory fitnessscore for every citizen .
Preservatives in American food has given our People high diabetes in our communities... The British food also
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@@lesmorley9628 I suggest that you relieve yourself then it's not healthy to hold that stuff in Less More ..leyy
@@dextermorganbloodspattersp6382 bro Indians eat lots of rice in 1 meal have seen it walking through the street where there are many street vendors
@@workbook17 I too eat rice often it surprised me to learn of the sugar 🦅Im a first Nations Native (Indian ) 🦅 Kristopher kolumbus was lost
@@dextermorganbloodspattersp6382 Im from South east asia and we know here that eating too much rice and carbs and sugar results to diabetes but we dont point to someone when our health deteriorates cause we know we are the one who is eating not them
@@workbook17 colonial foods have had an impact here ... traditional foods served we better is my view.. BlessUp you and your relations StaySafe
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Finally, some real news on this channel.
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Indian Habits and Belief system have changed. Our ancestors used to wake up before sun rise. Work hard. Avoid eating after sunset except for having milk.
Brown rice and millets were important part of the diet.
Fasting during Ekadashi and also during some festival season. Certain food items were avoided during certain days and months.
100 years from now we'll still be trying to undo the damage that the colonial era wrought upon the world.
Probably. It's sad. sigh
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It wasn't just the British, several western European nations, along with Russia, the US and Japan engaged in it.
Famine isn't the fault of colonialism inherently but these sorts of famines are the result of mismanagement and biases in how the administration values the lives and other interests of different parts of it's empire.
Forcing people to grow cash crops for export when they're not able to feed themselves, or forcing people to export the food they need to feed themselves aren't natural famines, they're the result of man made policies.
Fascinating and educational.
Return our more than$45trillion money.
Few months ago you blamed the vegetarian diet for diabetis
She is quoting report. She is not blaming. And what about 35+ feminine created by british to wipe out indians
Only solution: fasting for a day of week on water and lemon. That way fat burns and lever cleans.
But very very hard.
Never drink lemon water while fasting, it will weaken your body, drink more normal water, not too hot not too cold, I've experienced it while saavan month
Fasting for a day of week ismore than enough
We went on a float trip and there was an india family there. I LOVE LOVE HOW THEY SIT ON THE GROUND AND EAT TOGETHER. I hate sitting at a table to eat. But I think I could sit with family on the floor and do it.
I dont agree. The main reason for rise in diabetes is the fact we eat white rice. Before brown or wholegrain rice was the staple. The wholegrain rice was ideal in that it releases less sugar in our body.
What a coincidence I was thinking about health issues and my mind has pinpointed this issues to my school years where we use to get free snacks from western countries the use to handout those snacks at lunch time.
I always wondered how Bengalis like 95% of them that I met all look fat and has a round body. I wonder if its because of the begal famine the British forced on them since she said people got adapted to store more fat in their body. They were one of the latest victims by the British in terms of causing famine so that could be the reason I suppose.
bengalis eat a lot of rice, tend to smoke and also don't exercise.
The Bengal famine was not caused by the Britsh. Read a book. If you can.
@@snowflakemelter1172 sorry to interept but do you know about Churchil 😅
First, the people who died in Bengal famine, apart from Midnapore area rest of majority was Muslim dominated. So Death of Muslims >> Death Of Hindus . And also those who died belonged to poorest of poor section. Middle class and Rich never suffered rather flourished. Hope our Loreto Convent educated western outfit wearing Palki Karen Sharma will not bat for Muslims now.
Second point, Which doctors are telling these ? Care to point out any research paper on it ? Literally no middle class to rich suffered due to famine BUT nowadays in India obesity plus diabetes are higher among them. Poor are not much suffering from that bcz of high physical activities. So again Palki’s fakery exposed.
So let's blame the British for all the ills of the world!...don't forget that India was ruled by leaders who went to war each year, treated their citizens as slaves etc...Britain united India and it is only a united nation because of that!...colonialism isn't perfect, but neither was the divided princedoms and caste rules that were abolished!
Huh. Lol. Every word a lie.
Seems u read that via British history . Recheck
My thoughts too bud,the maharajas and ones at the top of the caste system treated the rest like dirt,this was their system not one imposed by a colonial power
@Abhishek K When in this day and age Indians stop slaughtering each other because of their beliefs you can THEN start lecturing the British and make sure you know which of the British your aiming your barbs at.(The ones responsible)
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Really proof for your trash claim.
Own upto your crimes bigots instead of blaming the victims.
This makes things very much clear. Many people around me have generational diabetes. We're part & parcel of our ancestors DNA. And the effect surely can be seen. Even when you visit Jalyanvala bagh in Amritsar. The aftereffects of the tragedy is still evident with the people living around the area.
Wow. It is the fault of the British. India experienced famines before British took over. OK. Amazing. Everyone was scarred. Surviving one famine increases over the generations.
administrative
I have been cut off. So sorry that the people of India cannot breathe freedom
The British Raj left 75 years ago. We need to stop blaming the British and instead do things the proper way!
Lol. The Irish blame the British for alcoholism.
I appreciate that Nehru wasn't blamed
British had the best population control policy , so sad that we can't do that now .
Thank you for this research article and broadcasting this.
Please also make a video how British , introduced Aluminium as utensils for cooking and eating, Aluminium which is an inductee of most disease, and silent killer.
Also how Ayurveda was destroyed by making bhang as illegal which was the base of all ayurvedic medicines, and were forced to use alcohol as base for ayurvedic medicines, which made the medication less potent.
This was to promote allopathic medicine in India
BS .
Not to lessen the atrocities of British, but
India has just 5% diabetic population, compared to UK 7%, China 9%, USA 11%.
Usually Diabetes happens when one develops insulin resistance, that happens when liver fails to sense fat cells and they end up staying the way they are, resulting in pancreas being overworked overtime causing diabetes, the more poor carbohydrates and processed foods one takes, the more the chance of developing Diabetes, it's a lifestyle disease and there are multiple factors to it, Indian food is comparably more carbohydrate rich given that we have abundant rice and wheat and we take the grains more than Vegetables, actually it should be the other way around.
The western diabetes is cleverly hidden to ensure their food and medicine industry remains untouched, that's capitalism.
Your comment is interesting! Are you into medicine?
@@saurabhkesharwani6143 No
@@yogeshcyr31 ok!
This may be a reason but as an indian i have to admit that we eat a lot of carbs and sugar. Per person protein intake is very low. Reducing carbs n sugar and trying keto diet with intermittent fasting and regular HIIT exercise will help a lot.
Sure all the sugar Indians consume in sweets has nothing to do with it its the British raj 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣
2 of my friends who are indian have diabetes and I should say they are more into spicy stuff rather than sweets. They rarely ( when I say rarely its like once or twice a year rare ) eat sweets meanwhile I'm a sweet tooth and I dont have sugar or diabetes.
1:43 3 mln people in india died by famine, in europe in 1942-43 10 mln people died by famine (in Poland, Greece, former soviet union under German regime) in 1932-32 6 mln people died by famine in soviet union (modern Ukraine, south of Russia and Kazakhstan) so do not cry that only India suffer such disaster.
so why people in europe do not have such high problems with health ?
That was natural, not man-made. It resulted in a higher frequency of famines in these regions
@@sourabhslb4275 You mean famine in central europe in 30's and 40's of 20th century? no it was made by people, by soviet regime and German regime. add to this that around 50mln of people died by war.
HISTORY OF FAMINE GOES WAY BACK BEYOND BRITISH RAJ, WHEN TAJ MAHAL WAS BEING BUILT IT CAME AT THE COST OF BASIC ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE, THERE WERE MULTIPLE FAMINES IN THE 300 YRS OF MOSLIM OPPRESSION.
Yeah our problems are always someone else’s fault. 🤪
Also, palm oil is present in every indian snack. You won't find one snack without palm oil. Palm oil is a major contributor in cholesterol
Its good to blame others for our eating habits and lack of exercise
Nobody blamed anyone for anything. She just presented facts from a study and asserted that south Asians having gone through so many famines in such a short duration has led to them being more succeptible to diabetes and other cardiovascular disorders. Not everyone has a lazy attitude but still a lot Indians are diabetic compared to the european counterparts.
Just tell me one thing
Did india took revenge on British for famines
And is it mentioned in our history books
I would like to inform you that indians love there sweets and love to eat fry food. Which is the main cause of diabetes. Eating fried food snacks which is causes of heart dieases. It is not the British colony fault it is what we eat they who force feed these items.
Ms. Palki Sharma this is a spurious claim lacking in tangible insight. Many South Asians refuse to take care of themselves. Obviously, when they look in the mirror it will not be a pleasant sight. One must put time, effort and energy to strive for an aesthetic birthday suit. If you worked out Palki, your aesthetic appeal would get an upgrade. You already have radiant facial features. Just go for it!
That's ridiculous. The spurious assertions and personal smear are all on you. These diabetes studies have been going on for decades, and these sorts of conclusions also apply to many other peoples: Polynesians, many Africans, probably Scandinavians et al.. We're just getting a better understanding of the role of starvation events, both recent and endemic, and traditional bare-subsistance lifestyles in these phenomena. Genes play a part, but I would guess that epigenetics are probably also involved to a large extent.
Really! Everything is Britisher's fault? Japan was bombed with 2 nuclear bombs and came back to be the most successful manufacturer in the world in less than 30 years. Why? they produce the best products and don't cheat you. Simple. maybe India, my country of birth should follow Japan's example. Bhen Bhai Jhute muth bholo.
Japan was most advanced at that time too they had more advanced submarines,destroyer,aircrafts than america back then.
Japanese still have health issue due to the nuking.
Japan is advanced because of money from usa
I am not sure if we are carrying the health issues, but sure some of us still carry the slavery mindset.. be it because of poverty or non- literacy or inheritance..
Chapathi flour made from high GI soft wheat grain in North India, white rice in South India , refined palm oil, condensed milk, Nestle maggi noodles should be banned. Difficult to find wholegrain hard wheat or low GI wholegrain brown rice in India.
We Indians eat so much carbohydrate at a time : Rice, Ruti, chapatti... and less protein like fish, meat. We also use so much oil in our daily meal and most of us don’t exercise at all - its like a taboo.
This is Bogus report. The problem with all of us is we forgot to exercise, cut down on oily food and eat more of boiled food like stews. Everything will be fine. And yes just cut down completely on Sweets. Sugar is the worst enemy to the body. If you don't believe me, check out the villagers especially in Nagaland, places far away from McDonalds and the likes. See the simple food they eat, especially Bamboo Shoot, Jungle Vegetation and Herbs. They are hardworking and fit.
This true of others also.. but why more diabetes here? That's the point.
@@arunprakash4091 lack of hard core exercise and Obesity. I also realise that North Indian Food since I am in Gurgaon, is tasty but very rich in oil and ghee. You got to burn all of that. I gained so much weight here because I love ❤Biryanis. But now I am controlling what I eat, try to follow the food regime I get at home in Meghalaya. I stop drinking Coke and other high sugar drink. And oh yes I sprint and do some workout for about half an hour everyday. Now my BMI from Obesity is back to normal, right at the border line. I still eat Biryanis. Yum yum.
I wonder as an Indian American that the reason my American kids don’t waste single grain of food while their friends leave the plate half full when they are done. Man, I could not relate it earlier but seems like we eat more while our hunger is done and don’t wanna leave anything on plate if we ordered it… Very interesting gene theory!!
A sweeping and unfair generalisation by Ms Palki.
1. Human body is still a mystery and not fully understood. There are so many factors which paly a role. Genetics and family history are just two of those.
2. There were catastrophic famines in the Mughal era (the period of prosperity), too.
3. Diabetes is more common among the high castes, aristocracy and affluent sections of Hindu and Muslim society in India. These people, even during famines, must have had food security.
4. South Asians are also an undisciplined and lazy people. They don't like to exercise. And love to eat junk food.
5. I'm 52. My mother was diabetic but my father is not. So, I am partially predisposed to diabetes. But my blood sugar level is 80-90 (fasting) and 140-150 (post prandial). How come? I have always lived a regulated life and exercised daily.
6. By the way, diabetes is rampant among Americans too.
7. Ms Palki is an eloquent and persuasive speaker.
I am sad to see this.Being a Pakistani i feel all us Indian and Bangladesh had to go through this.
Probably because of junk food, other types of processed foods, all of which have way too much salt.
Salt is no problem! Sugar and cabonhydrats/ starch is!
Can ' fasting ' bring down diabetes..? 😕🙄😕
Yes it can .
Yes! It will help a lot! 👍🏼
Not only in diabetes, and in other health issues as well.
British Raj after watching this video: Yeh v meri galti hai!😕
Don't call them "Raj". Call them "Loot".
funny news, i am an expert in diabetes and am myself also a diabetes patient. We are getting diabetes from sugar and carbs ( bread etc ). When I visited India 2 years I was supprised on the lack of hygene, overused cooking oil ( give cancer ). Countries like Turkey, Morocco have also a high percentage of diabetes. Don't have a feeling that sport is high on the agenda for many people and eating litle bit meat and fat makes the impact on your body from carbs way much higher. See also that the life expectations in India is 15 years lower than many countries. Don't beleave that it is all due to the English, if this was the case than many yewish people would have diabetes because most of them have ancesters who experienced starvesion during WOII. The real reason is no balanced diet, little sport and medical care not availlable for everybody.
I like how western people have theory to cover up their misdeeds.
@@laveenr you are funny ….. still a long way to go my friend
Brits has made Gandhi the great along Indian psudos. India psudos along with CIA have killed India's best Prime minister in 1966 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Indian psudo liberal made Pakstan for muslim but for Indic values there not country. That how we keep fighting against each other.
Our Psudo Liberal so call Chacha Nehru doesn't even bother how Netaji Bose was died....that sums up all. Thank you
Tha Birtish spread diabetes around tha world. We had diabetes in America after they were monkeying around here 200 year ago.
We cant blame British for everything. The climatic conditions of Indian subcontinent and dietary factors is the major factor
Interesting take and info. Wonder what the rates are for other countries and populations that have experienced famines.
@@unitedstatesofassholes6795 The Romans enslaved and starved us. I'm pleased they finally left us in peace though I would like to have had a better grasp of Latin.
The world is suffering from diabetes, Indians are more because of so many factors
Russians suffer a bit less because there body use body fat to keep warm in harsh winters
@@unitedstatesofassholes6795 it’s not just about body weight alone. I see many who are of normal body weight and are diabetic by the age of 20-30 ☹️
I lost my father back in 2002 due to diabetes when I was just 5 years old. 😑
During the British Rule 31 famines happened, mostly created by Brits. Food grains were sent to Europe and Australia to feed beef cattle ( particularly during WW 1 and 2) ,while the population in India starved.
The fact is even without the British Raj Indian just love to eat sweet items and had a penchant for carbohydrate loaded meals ...
but the british raj exported food at gunpoint during famines; and blocked charitable contributions and destroyed infastructure
Interesting but real reason is too much carbs (Rice/Wheat/Sugar based diet) along with frequent eating with less physical work trigger insulin which is a fat storing hormone causing us obese. Also increased exposure to insulin leads to insulin resistance causing diabetes. Solution? eat more fat, less carbs, 2/3 meals without snacking a day, low/no sugar consumption, physical active life, and Fasting like our ancestors does. You will loose weight, no diabetes and low inflammation in the body.
Diet is the problem. For heaven sake
Wow.. It actually make sense...our ancestors survived many days without food. That's the main reason why Indians has Diabetes.
UK must apologise for this!!
doesn,t surprise me ,they blame us for everything else.
Oh look we are so godly
Good reporting but modern poisons such as packaged food toxins and sugar boosts for Indians recovering from colonial PTSD are also important, mental reactions to suppressed memories are also manifested in time cycles as movement of repression and auto heal feedback echo to heal themselves🙏
Most people in India do not eat that.
No that's not the reason. Famines occurred in various countries. We simply eat too much carbs and very little protein that's the issue. Nothing else.
So what's the solution? Make a follow up video and give us the solution please.
So much for unbiased.
Who’s unbiased?
Who would have thought self sabotaging one’s self can make you a victim
People who comment without watching the full video.
@@couchpotato5363 to believe these far fetched claims tabled by the producers/editors of this video is like blaming fast food franchise for morbid obesity and that just totally ridiculous
@@servsyou your analogy is stupid.
Genetics dose'nt work that way dude. It's more about what you got from your parents and not about how you live.
It's a " Gene" thing.
@@couchpotato5363sorry wouldn’t know men I’m not a scientist but if that’s what science is teaching nowadays then I suspect we have a bigger problem on our hands than I’ve previously imagined now I guess being gay or straight or trans is also genetics so I should just blame my parents or Disney right
@@servsyou lmao the comparison is ridiculous. The hypocrites of these days might blame their obesity problem even tho fhey have a choice whether to eat fast food or nah while the famine situation wasn't our choice. It was caused BY the British Raj ONTO us. If we ever had a choice the British crown wouldn't have the Kohinoor now and Britain wouldn't be economically well off either. Cope.
Don’t blame Brits we eat too much carbs especially in South our vegetable diet is mostly dosas idli and up
Many older people who don't have diabetes have been eating dosa, idlis etc, for years y they don't have diabetes?
That's a good one! My wife is a nurse, she gets patients blaming her for their diabetes being out of control! Sounds a bit like that to me! Everyone wants to blame someone else!
True.
So what if US threw nuclear bombs at Japan. Japanese shud not blame US for that, neither they should talk about that.
Perhaps being in Europe or similar parts, WW2 is a big scar, but u cant associate or understand the more than 10x impact of this colonialism on rest of world.
As just a small example, ask germans or Jews about nazis killing 6 million in the period leading to and during ww2. U still hear about that often today or in museums on it.
As it says in this video, just 1 famine alone (in year 1943) starved 3 million indians to death. Is is even comparable??but do u even hear about it or know it as such a big disaster, given that it happened in same time.
And 24 such famines in a 50 year period (1850-1900), people starving everywhere, year after year.
Just 1 pandemic now is impacting the genetics of people, if u don't realize. A research on pfizer vaccine impact indicates it leads to overexpression of certain genes in thise who take it.
Let alone the impact of rest of colonization.
What u don't understand is that it is not about blaming, but understanding, exploring and talking about the true dimensions and impact of such disastrous events of European colinization of rest of world.
Let alone financial, economic and loss of life, it also led to deep destruction of societies around the world (how do u think christianity spread in Africa, parts of Asia etc ) , their ways of life, knowledge and also deep psychological and multi generational impact, all the while narratives were established that on "white man's burden" and that they did a great job, and how good and superior the race of european looters, pillaged and genociders was.
Unfortunately such prejudices and lack of true understanding still exists today and racism is often a result of it.
Talking about it leads to not only better understanding, but also true reconciliation. Not by brushing the truth under the carpet, which has long been the case till now. Since the books and media narratives across the world have been carefully set by Europe and US atleast till year 2000.
As truly open minded person with independent thought and spirit of inquiry, along with objective view- you should be open to take that a finger that points to u, not only when u point to others.
Colonization was big ugly disaster for the world, a period of more than 200-300 years, deep impact visible in many societies till today, which many newly nascent nations were not even aware of, or talking about it would be "too much" or offending "a source" that could help you (since many asian/African nations needed on external grants and aids occassionally) , or address these issues fully.
@@karan257 This is a very dishonest discussion and the comparisons are ridiculous!
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It is numbers/facts I have put, and some even there in the video. Yes it's so shocking and horrendous, so it does seem that way.
And I can put out some more facts/numbers - historical economic data, good detailed books etc. if u like.
Comparison a matter of perspective. If u don't realize the horrors of colonization is because u are far removed from it.
What does it matter to u if the entire (or almost entire) civilizations were wiped off (Australian aborigines, native Americans, Latin America etc).
U dont care for, write of or teach their pains, compared to world wars (or mostly European imperial wars) - because that happened to europe, not by europe to others.
Even just a few months back several churches schools in Canada had mass graves of native children underneath them.
The truth is Europe's wealth is built on loot, pillage, genocide, exploitation and mass murder, over last 3-4 centuries. Before that it was "dark ages" in medieval Europe.
And in absence of that loot and exploitation in last several decades, the world has already moved much closer to an economic and scientific convergence, which will eventually lead to resurgence of rest of the world in decades and century to come.
@@karan257 your facts are a bit off to say the least, that's for sure!
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Well, that's ur opinion (likely based on what u study and established narratives), as per structure of a language.
You need to point out which facts are off in what I said above - and with counter facts and numbers of ur own.
So can you say which ones, and counter facts/numbers ?
And if it is not clear enough, I will support it with more/clearer facts, number and links.
Normally Wion gives logical explanation to almost all subjects. But this sounds biased. Many African and asian countries were under British rule. Even Australia.
Every where there were famine on one or another year during span of so many years. Why only INDIA got Diabetes???? So it seems unlikely to link Diabetes to famine to British rule. My opinion.
Prashant.. this is because of huge population in India as compared to other countries. That's all. 🇮🇳 India is one such country. It is applicable to all colonialized countries.. including Africans, native Americans, native Australians.. Some of them are sticking to natural livelihood and they were able to get out of this. Another problem is chair. Low physical is also taking toll.