Potential for pulses unleashed

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Potential for pulses unleashed
A presentation by Dr Meeta Singh MD
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Food- a divine blessing
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Food- a divine blessing?
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Overview of Nutrition in South Asia
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highest level of undernutrition among all regions
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Overview of Nutrition in South Asia
Source UNICEF, the state of the worlds
children, 2009
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) UN
millenium summit 2000

• The second MDG target, which we refer to as the
  nutrition MDG, is to halve between 1990 and 2015

(i) the prevalence of underweight children (under
five years of age) (ii) the proportion of
population below a minimum level of dietary
energy consumption
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MDG an unachievable dream for the SAR?
MDG - A collaborative responsibility
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Obesity- South Asias bulging crisis
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Obesity- associated chronic diseases

• cardiovascular disease and adult onset diabetes

estimates that diabetics in India will increase
from 19.4 million in 1995 to 57.2 million in 2025.
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South Asian gene

• Increase the risk of heart failure in South
  Asians
• 1 of the world's population at risk
• 60 million people are at risk of heart disease
  due to this mutation
• 4 of people of South Asian descent carry the
  mutation and they would have a lifelong
  predisposition to heart failure
• Study is the work of an international team of 25
  scientists from four countries
• Published online in the 18 January issue of
  Nature Genetics.

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South Asian gene

• Cardiomyopathies (increased fatigue of the heart
  leading to cardiac failure)
• Defective cardiac myosin binding protein C
  (MYBPC3)
• Results in distorted sarcomeres
• Can lead to heart failure, abnormal heart
  rhythms, fluid buildup in the lungs or legs and
  infection of the heart lining

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India- a ticking bomb

• By 2010, about 60 of the world's heart disease
  will be in India

There are many causes, some genetic and some
linked to lifestyle, and they are hard to pin
down, but this study reveals a remarkable large
effect from one simple genetic cause
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Unhealthy trends augur ill.

• Percent change in money spent on Pulses, fruits ,
  vegetables , milk and milk products by Indians
  between 2000-2001 to 2007-8 -16 ( This also
  confirm the fact that per capita consumption is
  going down from some 60 gms pppd to almost 25 gms
  pppd )
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• Percentage change in money spent on   beverages ,
  tobacco , hotels and restaurants by Indians
  between 2000-2001 to 2007-8 63
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• Business india Index page 14- Business india 
  April 5 , 2009

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
..You cant do much about your genes except be
aware of them and accept that reducing risks is
even more important in this group of people than
for others who don't have the gene.   Sir Muir
Gray Chief Knowledge Office of Britain's National
Health Service
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Exercise
Combat Disease with
Diet
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Traditional Asian Healthy Diet Pyramid
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Traditional Vegetarian Healthy Diet Pyramid
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Traditional AsianHealthy Diet Pyramidfor
Children
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Traditional VegetarianHealthy Diet Pyramidfor
Children
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Jack
Bean stalk
Magical Hen
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Once upon a time

• Near East about 10,000 years ago
• Northern Europe about 5,000 years ago
• Ancient civilizations of Asia
• Beans found in tombs of Egyptian pharaohs and of
  the Aztecs in South America
• Spread to Europe by 6,000 BC
• Greeks and the Romans considered legumes as the
  poor man's food
• Today, legumes are an important staple in the
  diets of many countries

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Satvik food - traditional knowledge from ancient
India

• Achieves perfect harmony of mind, body spirit
• Increases your immunity and helps in energizing
  the entire being
• Sprouted pulses and legumes Protein rich
  powerhouses
• Legumes were associated with people of great
  power Kings and warriors
• High octane fuels
• Modern scientific research - "Phytochemicals"

As the food, so the mind as the mind, so the
man - a sanskrit proverb
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Legumes ... the Pulse Of Life
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Why Pulses

• More protein than any other plant
• Low-cost protein (20 to 28 per cent protein per
  100 gm.)
• Low moisture content and hard test or seed-coat
  permit storage over long periods
• Immature fruits have distinctly different
  properties to those of the mature seed

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Why Pulses - High Nutritive value

• 100 gram of pulses contain

• Energy 345 kcal
• Protein 24.5 gm
• Calcium 40 mg
• Phosphorus 300 mg
• Iron 8 mg
• Thiamin 0.5 mg
• Riboflavin 0.3 mg
• Niacin 2 mg

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Why Pulses - High Nutritive value
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Why Pulses Good for you

• Pulses and beans lower blood cholesterol
• Dried beans and canned beans lower
• serum lipids
• Pulses and beans reduce post meal rise in blood
  sugar
• Promotes balanced sexual activity

• Leguminous seeds and beans provide high fibre and
  phytates, tanin, saponins and enzyme inhibitors
• New clinical research released in Feb2009
  documents that Pulses help combat chronic
  diseases such as heart disease, obesity and
  diabetes and contribute to overall good health

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Pulses
a closer look
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Pulses - Structure

• A simple dry fruit that develops from a simple
  carpel and usually dehisces on two sides
• A pulse is an annual leguminous crop yielding
  from one to twelve grains or seeds within a pod
• Calorie-rich material called endosperm

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Pulses Stages
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Storage Life

• 1 year if stored in air-tight containers away
  from heat and humidity
• Cooked legumes will keep in the refrigerator for
  approximately five days
• Or in the freezer for up to three months
• Canned Pulses shelf life of a year
• Traditional Indian methods of storing dry pulses
  2.2 pounds 1 tbsp of mustard oil

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How can Legumes be used

• Pulses are cooked whole (Boiled or/and Pureed)
• Dehusked and split -- gram dal, black lentil
• Powdered and added to other flours for breads
• As daals and curries (Indian cuisine)
• Roasted and had as a dry snack
• Sprouted

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How can Legumes be used

• Pulses are cooked whole (Boiled or/and Pureed)
• Dehusked and split -- gram dal, black lentil
• Powdered and added to other flours for breads
• As daals and curries (Indian cuisine)
• Roasted and had as a dry snack
• Sprouted

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Sprouting

• Process of sprouting increases the vitamins,
  minerals and protein
• Decreases calories and carbohydrate content
  correspondingly
• Improves nutritive value and digestibility(e.g.
  Mung bean seeds contain 25 protein when
  sprouted this increases to 37)

• Starch and proteins are broken down
• Some of the bound iron is converted toa more
  readily assimilate form
• Phosphorus is liberated from phytate
• Vitamin C content rises (from negligible levels
  in the seed to 12 mgs. per 100 grams after 18
  hours of germination)
• Riboflavin and niacin contents increase
  significantly

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440 million
vegetarians
Worlds Largest
producer and consumer of pulses
IBN CNN survey 2008
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Legumes ... India
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Like jewels in the maker's hands
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Polished and nurtured with love
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and joy
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forging ties and bonds that are strengthened
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generation after generation
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Symbolizinglove
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Fellowship
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Tradition
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Values
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Prayer
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Solidarity
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Simplicity
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Warmth
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Color
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Freshness
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Vibrance..
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And diversitySymbolizing
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... the very Pulse Of India
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Pulses come alive
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Paratha
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Rajma
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Moong Dal Halva
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kabuli chana baigan tarkari
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Idli and sambhar
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Vadai
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Rasam n Rice
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Murukku
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Moong dal Burfi
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Dal Tadka
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Khaman Dhokla
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Khandvi
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Besan Bhindi Pakora
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Handvo
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Chole Bhatura
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Thali peeth
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Puran poli
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Imarti
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Magic for all - At the policy level

• Government of India supports the
  largestnutritional supplement program in the
  world
• ICDS (Integrated Child Development scheme)
• protein supplement t for 3.4 crores pre school
  children more thn 80 lakh pregnant and
  lactating women through nearly 5.95 lakh Aangan
  Wari Centres
• Mid day meal program
• Single Dish Meals

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PULSE
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PULSES