{"id":361785,"date":"2026-04-03T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:47:07","slug":"think-your-diet-is-healthy-these-everyday-desi-foods-could-be-impacting-your-cholesterol-and-heres-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361785\/","title":{"rendered":"Think your diet is healthy? These everyday Desi foods could be impacting your cholesterol and here\u2019s what to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: inherit; list-style: none; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: inherit; color: inherit; display: block;\">A single \u201cbad\u201d item does not cause damage. Patterns do.<\/p>\n<p>Veena V, Chief Clinical Dietician &amp; HOD &#8211; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Aster Whitefield, puts it simply, \u201cThink your daily dal, roti, ghee, and snacks are \u2018healthy\u2019? From a dietitian\u2019s lens, the reality is more nuanced\u2026 It is not mainly about them being intrinsically unhealthy, but rather about the way they are eaten, combined with, and cooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A typical plate heavy on carbs, light on fibre, and rich in fats creates the perfect setup for rising LDL.<\/p>\n<p>Even government-backed data from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11531937\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)<\/a> shows a growing trend of lifestyle-related risk factors, including obesity and lipid disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A single \u201cbad\u201d item does not cause damage. Patterns do. Veena V, Chief Clinical Dietician &amp; HOD &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[190484,190480,190482,190483,134,88786,190481,111,139,556,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-361785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-can-indian-diet-lead-to-high-cholesterol","9":"tag-cooking-methods-and-heart-health","10":"tag-desi-food","11":"tag-desi-food-and-cholesterol","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-indian-diet","14":"tag-indian-meal","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nutrition","18":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}