{"id":19145,"date":"2011-11-02T04:11:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T04:11:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:50:56","slug":"kickstart-india-preview-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=19145","title":{"rendered":"Kickstart India Preview Begins Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kickstart India begins next Monday, Nov. 7. But today, registered Kickstarters got their first glimpse of the website that includes celebrity tips and a webcast featuring Dr. Nandita Shah, who developed delicious and healthful recipes for the program.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s traditional vegetarian cuisine is packed with nutrient-rich, disease-fighting legumes and vegetables. But the influence of Western diets\u2014loaded with oil, high-fat dairy products, and other unhealthful foods\u2014has led to India&#8217;s diabetes epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>More than 62 million people in India have diabetes. And according to a study commissioned by the Indian Council for Medical Research, the number of people with diabetes increased by 11.6 million last year. 77.2 million have prediabetes.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 7, Kickstart India will help people in India and around the world reduce the risk of diabetes and other health problems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Smai6z4JWvo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s easy to eliminate milk, ghee, and yogurt from an Indian diet,\u201d says Dr. Shah, a Mumbai-based physician. \u201cThe Kickstart offers healthy, dairy-free versions of traditional favorites like Carrot Halwa, Palak Paneer, and Navratan Kurma. There&#8217;s no deprivation involved\u2014just sensible eating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kickstart India provides 21 daily e-mail messages that give participants an all-access pass to healthful, plant-based, dairy-free versions of traditional India favorites and cooking demonstration videos by Dr. Shah. There&#8217;s also an online community forum where PCRM nutrition experts will answer your nutrition questions and nearly 20 celebrity coaches, including:<\/p>\n<p>    Amala Akkineni, actress and philanthropist<br \/>\n    Celina Jaitly, Bollywood star<br \/>\n    Dr. Shashi Tharoor, United Nations peacekeeper and member of the Indian Parliament<br \/>\n    Jackie Shroff, star of more than 150 Bollywood movies<\/p>\n<p>To view Kickstart celebrity tips and bios and start receiving your daily e-mail messages, register at 21DayKickstartIndia.org.<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kickstart India begins next Monday, Nov. 7. 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