There is nothing new in the fact that aids research has sucked more money out of important research programmes than anything else. India is also the leprosy and TB capital of the world. Yet very little attention is given to these diseases. Since AIDS affected westerners there was a huge hue and cry. AIDS is preventable, malaria, TB and leprosy are not, these deserve all the finding we can provide. In fact even if the world does not appear to listen, India must allocate all the research finding towards leprosy, TB, malaria and diseases like diabetes.
I have often heard that the increasing use of PUFA containing cooking oils used to prevent cardiac illness has led to an increase in diabetes. Maybe grandma was right after all, a teaspoon of desi ghee is better than a tablespoon of PUFA containing oil. In fact the oil ads are very misleading. There is no such thing as OIL which id "healthy for the heart". All oil is high calorie and we should cut it out completely. A small amount of ghee maybe better than all the hyped up oils.
