This was our first event to raise awareness about the connection between health, disease and our food. We reached out to the citizens of Anegaon to give them the information about what causes lifestyle diseases and how we can reverse them with simple changes to our diet. Along with the information shared with them by our super speaker, Mahendra Palesha ji, we also shared some food based on the principles of his talk. We provided the healthier version of Dadpe Pohe, a dish all Maharashtrians are familiar with, especially in rural areas.
The talk centred on how our food can result in lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension, PCOD, thyroid malfunction, heart issues, auto immune diseases, and even the growth of cancer. Mahendra Palesha ji also spoke about how refined foods like maida, oil, sugar, etc. dairy and all other animal products can disrupt body functions and how we can reverse all these conditions by simply eating a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet that includes a lot of fruits.