Obesity In India Due To British Raj: A large number of people in India are becoming victims of obesity due to which there is a risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Although a large number of people try to lose weight. For this, the help of gym and diet control is also taken. Although unhealthy foods and unhealthy lifestyles are considered to be the main causes of obesity, now another reason is coming to the fore which is surprising.

'The root of obesity is 200 years of slavery'

Research has revealed that the almost 200-year-old British Raj is most responsible for obesity in India. It is noteworthy that the British kept India as a slave from 1757 to 1947. During this period, there were several droughts and floods in India. According to historians, due to the wrong policies of the British rulers, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh together suffered 25 major famines, in which more than 6 crore people lost their lives. The surprising thing is that till 2000 years before the arrival of the British, there were famines only 17 times in the Indian subcontinent which also included Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

Surprising facts from epigenetics:

Epigenetics is the study in which the effect of our behavior and environment on our DNA is revealed. According to scientists of epigenetics, due to continuous famine for 200 years, many changes took place in the DNA of the people of South Asia. Due to this, over many generations, the body of Indians became adapted to hunger. Due to this, the risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease increased.

The risk of obesity and diabetes increases.

Dr. Mubeen Syed, MD, of America's Mercy Health-Springfields Regional Medical Center, said in his study "The Susceptibility of South Asians to Cardiometabolic Disease as a Result of Starvation Adaptation Exacerbated During the Colonial Famines" that in famine The risk of diabetes and hyperglycemia doubles in the future generations of survivors.

Increased insulin sensitivity

According to Dr. Mubeen Syed, the body of Asian people has become insulin resistant. Due to this, muscles, fat, and liver cells are not able to absorb glucose from the blood and cannot use it for energy. This medical condition becomes a major cause of diabetes and obesity.

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