Hilarity in kutcheris

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 08 Jul 2009, 19:49

go for old fashioned oat meal with thayir as breakfast and five color salad in the night in addition to 40 minutes walk at 3 miles per minute

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 08 Jul 2009, 20:05

Oh-oh, seems people missed the joke in that one...
Please re-read the instructions.

Especially the last line!

(perhaps I should have put a smiley there...I have fixed that now!)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Jul 2009, 20:28

Missed that R-T

But someone may take the advice seriously!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Jul 2009, 21:00

r_t,
A 'sock it to me' sack joke!

Keerthi, The docs may agree with me. Potatoes in moderation are nutritive, so long as they are not served steeped/ fried in oil or slathered with cream cheese. A baked potato is delicious and nutritious. So too a sweet potato.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 08 Jul 2009, 21:22

arasi wrote:r_t,
A 'sock it to me' sack joke!

Keerthi, The docs may agree with me. Potatoes in moderation are nutritive, so long as they are not served steeped/ fried in oil or slathered with cream cheese. A baked potato is delicious and nutritious. So too a sweet potato.

Agreed.. Operative word being moderation... My father sings high praises of an sweet potato roasted over the bathroom 'AnDA' embers, till it splits its skin; eaten unseasoned...

It is remarkable how all these foreign fruit and sabzi-s have been incorporated so well into indian cuisine.. potato, sweet potato, chillies,capsicum, tomatoes, tuvaR-dAl...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Jul 2009, 22:03

Yes. You may have to convince some folks though that they truly came from abroad over the years

VKR speaks of oatmeal with tayir (yogurt). I have to try that! I eat mine with milk.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 08 Jul 2009, 22:30

SP Ramh once went to his guru and said "Sir i have to sing a Thematic concert next month in a sabha in city. Please suggest me a theme".

Lalgudi sir "Thadeem (theme) nu vachukka sollu adu pidikkalenna Thaka Dheem (theme) nu vachukka sollu.

J.Balaji

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Jul 2009, 23:57

Actually Ramh should have said:
'naan themmADi concert ellAM paNNa mATTEn'

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 09 Jul 2009, 02:09

A baked potato is delicious and nutritious. So too a sweet potato.

Sweet potato is considered much better - it's even recommended for diabetics, while potato is a big no-no.
See here, for e.g.: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazin ... betes.html

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 09 Jul 2009, 02:10

But someone may take the advice seriously!

In a hilarity thread? Surely you are joking.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 09 Jul 2009, 04:07

Of all potatoes 'couch potato' is the worst

Thanks R-T; didn't know sweet potatoes have a low glycemic index!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 09 Jul 2009, 10:04

hilarity in food habits!

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jul 2009, 14:38

Kuzhambi Thelivadu thaan rasam. Thaan engira agandai iruppadal thaan kuzambu kuzhambi poyirukkum. Anda Agandai thelindal kidaippadu rasam engira rasanai. so nothing wrong in talking food habits also.

J.balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jul 2009, 14:41

A person went to a doctor and the doctor told the patient that you are overweight and im going to prescribe u the following as a treatment : u hv to strictly take 4 idlies in the morning, and for lunch you must have one cup of rice, with other side dishes and nights u must take only 3 or 4 chapathis with Dhal only.

The patient asked the doctor "Before meals or after meals"

J.Balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jul 2009, 14:43

A person went to a dentist and showed his teeth :

The doctor said "Sir you have a large cavity inside.... Sir you have a large cavity inside !!!"

The patient said "Doc i can hear properly u dont hv to repeat the same thing"

Doctor :"Oh no the second one was an echo"

J.Balaji

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 09 Jul 2009, 14:48

A doctor advised an obese patient;'do the simple exercise of moving your head from left tor right'.The patient was so happy that such a simple exercise will reduce his weight.He asked the doctor'how many times in a day shoud I do it'? The docror replied'do it whenever you are offered anything ro eat'.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jul 2009, 14:53

Punarvasu that was a superb one ... i laughed and laughed ....

J.B

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 09 Jul 2009, 15:16

Mridangam and Punarvasu

That was fantastic

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Jul 2009, 16:11

Lalu Prasad went to a bar to hear some orchestr music and chose a table where two others were seated. when the waiter asked the first person, he said johnny walker ,singleand the other person named a scotch single. .laluprasad said 'lalu prasad married' gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Jul 2009, 19:59

mridhanga dvani maRubaDi kETKUdu (one hears the laugh lines of Balaji again)!

Punarvasu,
I love that vigorous work out

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 09 Jul 2009, 20:08

Punarvasu
That is a solid advice that should be taught to every medical practitioner to put in practice.
(My son does a lot of 'liposuctions'. I will pass it on to him!)

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jul 2009, 22:16

In one conference our great politician went in which many of our educated giants were also taking part. The waiter came around asking for cool drinks. The Politician was conversing in hindi with one of the educated person. When the waiter requested the educated person first : "Sir do u want Lime Juice ? He said "Yes". Waiter asked "With sugar or salt". He said "Sugar" and the waiter left.

This the politician was watching and wanted to use the same type of conversation in English whent he waiter came for the next round.

He said "Waiter I want lime juice"

The Waiter Said "With Pleasure sir"

Politician hurriedly said "No No With sugar only"

J.Balaji

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 09 Jul 2009, 22:23

cmlover wrote:Punarvasu
That is a solid advice that should be taught to every medical practitioner to put in practice.
(My son does a lot of 'liposuctions'. I will pass it on to him!)

Nothing new - now if you find a way of ensuring the patients follow this advise, then it is worth passing on to all and sundry, not just physicians....

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 01:32

I was thinking more in terms of the advice physicians used to give in my times for smokers (i.e., reduce) compared to what is being given these days (cut it out!)

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Jul 2009, 02:18

Punarvasu: That was good. I will pass it on to my son and daughter in law who practice medicine.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Jul 2009, 02:25

Oatmeal can be used not only with thayir, one can make pongal too replacing rice. In fact Swami Shantananda of Chinmaya Mission is very fond of the oatmeal made pongal.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 10 Jul 2009, 03:13

Hello Docs, the common problem among the carbo-gobbling Indians is the high triglyceride. The doctors usually ask them to cut down on carb. Indians in turn ask 'substitute it with what' since most of their diet is carb. There is usually not a good answer. Do curdoatmeal and pongaloatmeal do any good in that regard?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 03:42

Less than 30% of the total calories should come from fats. Hence reduce fat intake which is very rich in SI foods. Body weight must be reduced. Again one should cut down on high carb diets and substitute 'complex' carbs like bread, rice OK, and cereals. Avoid sugar/honey/candies and especially Mysore Paks/Tinnevely Halvas/...

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 10 Jul 2009, 04:12

But how about oatmeal and oatmeal pongal? That sounds like a good tasting one...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Jul 2009, 04:20

CML,
TinneEli alva tinnaNum LE!--the beautiful paddy fence (tiru nel vEli) folks would say--

engirundO vanda vaDakkattiyAn
engaLUril kuDi pugundAn--enda
Urin inippaiyO engaLUr panai
muDai peTTiyil iTTAn, inRu engaL
nellaiyapparum, kAndimadiyum kaNDu
pin tinna vE, lE! inda alvA!

* lE! is perhaps dimunitive of ElE which is the dimunitive of E payalE??

VK,
I like your 'carbo gobbling' indians!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 04:59

With glucose at 100, Oatmeal has a glycemic index of 48 which means it is quite Ok as a complex low carb!
(and with (low fat) thayir it is even better)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 05:02

..nelli appamum kaNDi vaDayum also would be quite OK

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Jul 2009, 05:19

glycemic effect of Oatmeal is very slow and I believe one will maintain ones energy level for a longer time as compared to rice or wheat

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 Jul 2009, 05:44

VK - switching from rice-based diets to a lower carb ones is tough, I agree. But it can be accomplished in steps - cream of wheat (cooked as rice, upmA etc), wheat (cappAti - the phulkA kind), whole grain bread (not white), oatmeal etc. are all good suggestions - but what is important is to be moderate - drink a glass of water before meals, eats loads of veggies (for example, a sambAr that is loaded with tAn), and reduce the amount of rice/rice substitute.

Here is a link to an article that gives the GIs of various Indian foods - http://www.rssdi.org/1997_july-sept/article2.pdf for some more ideas.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 10 Jul 2009, 05:57

Thanks VKR, CML, Ravi. Ravi, that is a great document, highly relevant to us. Thanks. Most of the normal stuff we eat are indeed at the higher end. Idli and Dosa come out really bad. Pongal kicks butt and so does adai. I can live off of those two. I have a feeling aDai avial would be on the good side of the list too, may be even higher due to the veggies toned down by that curd.

Isn't it a folklore that fast digesting items are good for you.. that is so wrong..

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 06:03

The Fibre content of the food is quite important. The fibre retards fast absorption of the carbohydrate and helps slow digetion. It is advisable to add bran to the preparation of the SI foods (dosai/adai/..) which can be done without marring the taste!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Jul 2009, 06:12

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/ca ... index.html
a timely article on diet

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 06:21

Interesting article!
No wonder our ancient Rishis opted for kandha-mUla-phalaahaarm and lived very long lives!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 10 Jul 2009, 10:12

Now a days we eat 'pala Aharam(many meals)' and not 'phala AhAram'.

Of course frequent small meals are recommended for diabetics rather than 2 large meals;
we end up having frequent large meals.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 10 Jul 2009, 11:06

Hello........ Hilarity.....

No Diet for laughing.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 10 Jul 2009, 18:05

A few points while on the subject of nutrition:
1. While choosing between rice, wheat, etc. it's important to go for whole versions. Brown rice is much better than maida wheat. The general rule of thumb is "If it's white, it's poison" (applies to sugar, rice, maida, salt etc.) In Kerala you find large numbers eating brown/red/whole rice, while in TN the white version is the cultural choice ('malli poo rice').
2. A big myth that has spread around is that coconut is bad for you. There's lots of scientific evidence that coconut can actually be good for diabetics and heart patients, contrary to popular belief.
E.g. see here http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/
3. Talking about nutrition and CM artistes (this provides a nice link to this forum!), I've found that many of them keep such unhealthy habits, esp the regular late night dinners after concerts. Honestly I don't know how they maintain their health at all!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Jul 2009, 18:10

Palaharam on ammavAsi day or Saturday orikkal with palaharam

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Jul 2009, 19:07

Funds of information in this thread now.
Hilarity in the kitchen and in nutrition!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Jul 2009, 19:31

phala aahaaram uN enil pala aahaarm uNkiRAr
pala aahaaram uNpathaal bala mizhanthu niRkiRaar
pakaram uNDu naalvakai pAkupADu uNDathil
pakarum mozhi yAthena pakutthaRivIr mAntharE!
(..from CML Siddhar pADal

(just bewailing (in the style of azhukuNi siddhar) the misunderstanding that can arise for only Tamil-knowers due to the limitations of the alphabet wherein phala/pala/bala/ look all the same. Though it is hilarious the consequences are disasterous

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Jul 2009, 07:48

bantu rItiyaik kollu! Poor TyagarAja! (kollu=kill)
or,
pazhamAgak koLLu! (paNdu=pazham in telugu; koLLu=have in tamizh)

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 11 Jul 2009, 13:12

Patient : Doctor , I am totally stressed out and depressed. Can you give me some advice.

Doc: Just walk 5 kms a day in the morning and get back to me after a week.

A week later the doctor gets a call from the patient.

Pat: Doctor, thank you. Your advice really worked and I am very relaxed and energetic now.

Doc: Oh great. Come and meet me immediately , I will tell you a few more.

Pat: Immediately ? but I am 35 km away from my home

Doc: !!!!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Jul 2009, 21:27

No doubt with 35KM between him and his home he felt totally relaxed and energetic

( FYI coolkarni

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Jul 2009, 21:34

manayalE mInAkshi,
matte mailugaLiddarU,
ODi baruva manushya

With dEvi at home,what if miles divide,
The man would come home running...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 12 Jul 2009, 07:20

manay arasi mInAkshi
matham koNDu viraTTinaal
ODi pOvArE manuShyanum

With devi in ire if miles don't divide
The man would run far to hide

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 12 Jul 2009, 07:42