Welly Belly Factly

There are more cooking oils on the shelf today than ever before. Olive oil. Rice bran. Sunflower. Canola. Mustard. Coconut. Groundnut. Blended. Each one claims to be the healthiest option. The choice doesn't have to be complicated. It comes down...

For generations, Indian kitchens ran on mustard oil in the north, coconut oil in the south, and groundnut oil across the west. These weren't arbitrary choices. They were regionally adapted, nutritionally sound, and deeply understood by the people who used...

Walk into any kitchen in India, and you'll find a bottle of refined oil. It looks clean. It smells neutral. It's affordable and widely available. For decades, it's been the default. But default doesn't mean better. And understanding what happens...

The label says multigrain. The ingredient list starts with refined wheat flour. The label says low fat. The sugar content is higher than the original. The label says natural. There are twelve ingredients, most of them unpronounceable. Reading food labels...

The supplement industry in India is growing fast. Protein shakes. Multivitamins. Omega capsules. Gut health powders. Fibre supplements for people who don't eat enough fibre. And underneath all of it, the same refined flour, the same polished rice, the same...

Somewhere along the way, carbohydrates became the villain. Cut the carbs. Go low-carb. Avoid rice. Limit the roti. But the people performing at their best , athletes, long-shift workers, anyone who needs sustained output across a full day  aren't avoiding...