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We cannot completely avoid pesticides, colours, antibiotics in food in present day scenario but we can always try to minimize exposure. Antibiotics in food remain active even after they are cooked, and sometimes even after they ahve been "pasteurized".
Generally, small live fishes would have significantly lower levels of antibiotics than poultry chicken. I only use A2 milk, cannot tolerate the smell of reconstituted milk that is normally sold by Amul and Mother dairy. We have never used packaged paneer. They taste horrible. We always have it made at home, easy to make, tastes better and costs half. Same for curd.
For vegetables and fruits, soaking them in water mixed with salt and turmeric for 30 mins normally will remove a significant part of the pesticides.Also as a rule, I never buy any veggie that looks to good, they are 100% coloured. And we normally eat fruits that does not need to be ripened to be sold. I also have a small kitchen garden where we grow a few things and have recently found a farm that grows organic fruits and vegetables.
Any "protean powder" will damage the body in the long run, there are better natural alternatives available. As for spices, we never use packaged powdered spices. For the real flavour in food, it is always better to get the whole spices and wet grind them at home. For turmeric, the most important component of our food, I normally use Lakadong turmeric from Meghalaya, considered to be the world's best turmeric.
I normally have millet/pseudo millet during one meal, they are a great source of dietary fiber, good carbs and also contain protean and have low glycemic index. When i was young, my mother used to give chick peas, sprouts etc as take along food while going out, they are a great source protean and can be easily carried. I still continue with that habit. If at all I have to eat out, I normally prefer idli.
Instead of first picking up poor eating habits and then trying to defend that by abusing/attacking others, it is always better to have good and healthy eating habits.
note : i am a heavy lactose intolerant guy..i cant digest any milk products..even on dahi its tough for me..
and i have issues like allergy in soy based products..
secondly..millets r great carb source..like ragi jowar bajra etc millet..i use to eat them..eventually i leave and shifted to oats..bcuz i feel happy when i eat oats..
thirdly..u r not a gym goer..for u..protein requirement is lower for u..for u cheakpeas and vegeterian sources protein is enough..for me..its not as i have to track calories..(veg sources have carbs more than protein like chickpeas have 50-60gms carbs and 20gms protein)..so to eat protein from chickpeas i have to compromise oats then(as it is also a carb..)
fourthly veg protein sources r lower in amino acid profiles..(mostly lysine, methionine and cysteine)..for a person who workout twice..i will alwys want a protein source which has good amino acid profile..
in my area..goat cost 900/kg and duck comes rarely..
as a hindu my family doesnt allow me to eat beef..(which i will eat eventually as i go out..i dont care about religion when it comes to nutrition..)
i will alwys pick a good protein source..instead of a mid and low quality protein source..
for eggs..yes i do eat 3 times per week..only when organic eggs comes..(only one guy brings that as he has 3 chicken in his house..costly too..still i bring that..
and yes i like that u never guy good looking veggies..veggies that rot easily r the actual veggies without pesticides bcuz insects know which veggie is great for nutrition and has least pesticides..same for fruits
i hate taking protein powder..unless i go out..i take plant protein that time(as m lactose intolerant
now idli and dhosa all r carbs..i just cant eat carbs all day long in name of protein..
u r old enough u dont workout..for u a life with some home made food is enough..
for a person like me..i had to think twice..even i wanted to have country raised chicken..but unfortunately no shop keeper will give 1kg breast from country chicken..
yes i do take lakadong turmeric online..costs heavy,..but m ok with it..
in my area where pond fishes r not there..fishes come from fish farming..they r specially fed with corn and soy..where omega 6 ratio is way higher than omega 3..where simple lobster cost more than 900rs/kg here ..fish is not easily accesible in my area..
its not a poor eating habit..what m seeing from ur foods u said r mostly carb based..instead of protein based..u r lucky u can tolerate milk and there products..which i aint..
my carb sources r pretty simple with fruit veggies and oats..
people sometime has to think twice and then go helpless with chicken broiler..for protein..
and yes..even psudo millet or millets r not organic even chickpeas r not too..so just saying about antibiotics wont help..
as i said..i have to think all side and then choosed chicken..
