Timbor Skillvarsity ‘Healthy Cooking Healthy Living’ Seminar

Ahmedabad, August 26^th 2012 (Sunday): Dr. Bimal Chhajer, founder of SAAOL Heart Centre and ex-consultant of AIIMS was the guest speaker at the ‘Healthy Cooking Healthy Living’ seminar organized by Timbor Skillvarsity. Dr. Chhajer, a pioneer in non-invasive cardiology in India, spoke at length about how one can prevent, reduce and reverse cardiac disease by incorporating science and lifestyle changes such as eating food cooked in Zero Oil. Dr. Chhajer is an author of over 100 cook books and emphasises that zero oil food does not mean bland or tasteless food. Elaborate medication and extensive surgery should only be used as a last resort. The fact that Dr. Chhajer did not use medical jargon was highly appreciated by the 150 plus audience members.

Our own nutritionist, Smruti took the second half of the session and gave the audience some diet tips. The audience was also given the opportunity to taste first hand, oil-less food. The Halwa, made entirely without oil or ghee and the sprouts, both of which were cooked in Timbor Cook Care, a range of vacumatic cookware made out of titanium specifically for oil-less and waterless cooking created quite a stir amongst the audience. They found no difference in the look, texture or taste of this oil-less food. The seminar ended with some nutrition and dietary tips.

Apart from the awareness created and the obvious health benefits of Zero oil – the best part about the seminar was that complete strangers; from advocates to physiotherapists to dieticians, couples and undergraduates – all interacted with each other, exchanged their personal experiences, tips, and had lengthy discussions regarding their health beliefs. The tremendous response to this seminar has proven that social awareness is the need of the day and Timbor plans to hold follow-up oil-less cooking workshops for the health conscious people of Ahmedabad. 

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