During the festive season, with sweet temptations all around, people find an excuse to gorge on calorie and sugar laden foods.
But, diabetics and pre-diabetics cannot afford to indulge themselves under any circumstances.
However, they need not miss out on all the feasting as the Diabetic Food Trail is all set to offer diabetics, pre-diabetics and health-conscious individuals a culinary experience at restaurants across Delhi.
Beginning on World Diabetes Day – November 14 – the festival will see celebrated chefs at some of the most popular restaurants showcase their culinary skills to present special ‘Diabetic friendly’ menus, which will allow people to indulge without worrying.
The menu will not only be diabetic-friendly, but also healthy and delicious enough, so that the entire family can dine together.
Seema Pinto, director, Semora Entertainment Works and the brain behind this initiative says, one of the primary objectives of channelling this initiative through restaurants was to dispel the notion of ‘healthy food cannot be tasty food’.
Also, she adds, it is important to influence the food industry to recognise the need of ‘diabetic friendly’ menus, given that India will be a country of 80 million diabetics by 2030 (World Health Organisation estimates).
She mentions, chefs from the restaurant-partners have conjured up novel gourmet dishes while some recipes and menus were re-engineered from their existing dishes to suit the recommended diet and within the calorific values. “Every effort has been made by the chefs to ensure the food is tasty and suitable to the Indian palate,” she adds.
The menu includes sugar-free desserts, appetizers, entrees, and so on.
All dishes under the diabetic menu during the promotion will provide complete nutritional information, including carbs and calories, to make it easier for diabetics to choose a particular dish.
The initiative is on till November 30 at multiple restaurants across the Capital. More information and a list of participating restaurants at dibeticfoodtrail.com
Beginning on World Diabetes Day, November 14, chefs will present ‘Diabetic-friendly’ menus at several popular restaurants