Swati Bathwal

(Editor’s Note: This weekly column,”Slow Diet with Swati Bathwal” is a part of our Slow Foods initiative. To become part of it, contact us at slowfoods@turnslow.com or @slowfoodsindia on Twitter and instagram) Sitting outside, as I look at my kitchen garden, I think about our great grandparents and how they had a well-built immunity. Diseases of modern times like diabetes, obesity, cancer, high blood pressure were unknown to them and most ailments like cholera, flu, small pox were more likely …

(Editor’s Note: This weekly column,”Slow Diet with Swati Bathwal” is a part of our Slow Foods initiative. To become part of it, contact us at slowfoods@turnslow.com or @slowfoodsindia on Twitter and instagram) I read about it on my social media feeds, I see it in my alumni and friends’ WhatsApp groups, I have heard it numerous times during dinner table conversations. Why does cancer seem to be rising so exponentially? All of us seem to know someone around us who is facing the …

(Editor’s Note: This weekly column,”Slow Diet with Swati Bathwal” is a part of our Slow Foods initiative. To become part of it, contact us at slowfoods@turnslow.com or @slowfoodsindia on Twitter and instagram) The very thought of carrying the deadly covid19 virus is frightening to me and I am sure to many of us…but it happened.   Exactly after three months of lockdown, when  covid 19 cases are on a rise, when India has crossed its 8-lakh mark and is standing as the third …

Dear Readers, before you read this article, raise your hand if you have never heard about fasting before? I am sure most of you have heard about fasting or at least have seen someone on their Fast.  It is a universal practice, which is followed by many cultures across the globe. In everyday life, our body uses 80% of its energy in digestion and the rest of the energy is used in healing. So, when we fast it works the …

Modern epigenetic science proves that our health depends on traditional foods. This is because our genes expect the nutrients that traditional foods provide us with. We are getting sick because our genes aren’t getting what they are expecting to get, not once, but over and over again. Dear Readers, before you read this column, allow me to ask – how many of you are experiencing early signs of ageing? These signs can be the first signs of arthritis, joint aches …

  One can’t negate the fact that our health starts from our kitchens I was raised in a small town in the state of Jharkhand, where my house overlooked the beautiful hills of the Chota Nagpur plateau. Mum and I made frequent trips to a nearby dam which was just three kilometres from our house. It was a walk to remember, even after 35 years I still remember it, it is such lasting memory. To reach the dam we crossed …

Dear Readers, by now most of you must have heard me on Slow Café and if you are yet to listen to our episode, do not miss out on our discussion. I am grateful for your response. Thank you! In the last episode, along with some esteemed panelists, we discussed food labels and the claims made by the food industry. Today again, I would like to bring you some insights on the label claims on the food products made by …

(Editor’s Note: This weekly column,”Slow Diet with Dr. Swati Bathwal” is a part of our Slow Foods initiative. To become part of it, contact us at slowfoods@turnslow.com or @slowfoodsindia on Twitter and instagram) In sooth, I know not why I am so sad, it wearies me; you say it wearies you …” — William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice Loneliness. Unexplained sadness. A deep hollow in the heart. The feeling that makes us not want to talk to anyone, not eat, not do …