EXTENDED ABSTRACT

State / UT:- KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATAN Name :- Yash Godse

Title :- Appropriate Food At Appropriate Time Is Medicine For All Diseases.

Introduction:-

“Eat food as medicine otherwise we have to eat medicine as food” Improper eating
habits cause large number of diseases in population. The purpose of the project is to
improve the health of the society. The incorporation of proper diet plan give them relief
from many diseases. In these cases food acts as medicine. In chronic diseases doctor
advice medicine for life long but small changes in eating habits we can reverse chronic
diseases. Objectives of the project are to improve health of the community, reducing
dependence of community over medicine, encouraging farmers to grow millets.

Methodology:-

This project is based on both survey and experimentation. We have done

experimentation on some food items to check carbohydrate and protein contain. We
have done Iodine test to check carbohydrate contain and xanthoproteic test to check
protein contain of wheat, rice, milk, soya milk, vegetable juice, kodo millet, barnyard
millet, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, jowar, soya bean, groundnut, little millet
and sesame seed. On basis of this we have prepared diet plan. We have taken survey
of 300 people. In that 150 from village area and 150 from city area we taken survey-1
between (04-09-2022) to (20-09-2022) of 300 people and provided them diet plan. After
15 days we have taken survey-2 between (21-09-2022) to (06-10-2022) to see the
effect of diet plan in order to observe diseases status we have taken survey-3 from (15-
12-2022) to (25-12-2022).
Observation:

SR.No Particulars City Village

1 Percent people healthy 20.66% 31.33%

2 Percent people affected by chronic diseases 79.44% 68.67%

3 People affected by blood pressure 64 52

4 People affected by blood diabetes 75 53

5 Average expenditure over medicine 23.22% 26.44%

6 Percent people consuming Milk 100% 91%

7 Percent people eating raw food daily 32% 39%

8 Percent people eating raw food some time 25% 27%

9 Percent people not eating raw food 43% 44%

10 Percent people exercising daily 45% 57%

11 Percent people exercising some time 29% 18%

12 Percent people not doing exercise 26% 25%

13 Average blood pressure in Survey-1 139/87 132/86

14 Average blood pressure in Survey-2 126/84 121/82

15 People reverse their diseases 40 36

16 People are on the way of reversal 39 43

● 201 out of 300 people followed diet plan

● Average Blood pressure after following diet plan 123/83.
Conclusion:-

From this project we come to conclusion that inappropriate food eating habits are
responsible for all health issues in society. The city people are more affected by chronic
diseases than villagers. People are not eating raw food on daily basis. They are eating
polish grains more sugar consumption which mean cause of chronic diseases. We can
reverse chronic diseases with suggested diet plan.

References:-

who.org
iho.org
Times of India
Hindustan times
Https://www.svmillets.com
https://www.projectpulip.org
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com
Article of Harvard T. H. chan school of Public Health (26 Jan 2021) Author David
Ludwig.