How British colonialism increased diabetes in south Asians | It's Complicated
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- People of south Asian origin today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people.
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While the role of diet and lifestyle has been explored, it’s only recently that the impact of the disproportionate number of famines under British colonial rule has been uncovered. Neelam Tailor looks into the history of famines during the British Raj and their lasting impact on south Asian genes.
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Churchill might be considered a war hero. To many Indians, though, he is a war criminal, guilty of war crimes of unimaginable magnitude.
I would also focus more of that anger on fellow South-Asian leaders who were complicit in this.
Only one FKR is responsible, that is war criminal Churchill 😂
In Britain the truth about Churchill's crmes in India are completely covered up.
same for Mahatma Gandhi. A racist for black Africans
Churchhill was no different to Hilter when it comes to racism.
What the British did to India is unforgivable
Not only India. British colonial countries are still suffering.
@@anbumathyjeyamurugan6462which country are you from by the way
@@SenorSolok white man
@@SenorSolbefore brits india was a super rich country.
@@SenorSol being western doesn't mean modern.
The trillions of dollars were looted from this subcontinent. With this money over time, they could accomplish modern lifestyle and many more. The politics of that time have had a major impact on the south Asian countries. There is always conflict on how rivers are divided, how boarder areas and lands allocations become twisted, power over same area between countries. If these were not divided, if religions were not divided as like British people did (they manipulated us about religion war), we all together would be as much as powerful as Western now.
Churchill wasn’t TOO different from Adolf hitter
Grow up
@@CB-fz3li u grow up
u need to grow and learn history@@CB-fz3li
Different ideologies, but cut from the same cloth
The only difference is churchill won
$45 Trillion was taken from India by Britain over 200 years of rule
Im really sure all of this generation of british people are really sorry for what they never did.
@@MariaLombardi-xy3ud it's unforgivable of what you did with us . 😢
@@MariaLombardi-xy3udok then tell me why you celebrate success of your ancestors....why you go in deniel mode when someone pointing it out...why your government officially can't even say sorry just an apology to the people who suffered.
Other countries leader do that they sit on their knees and apologize to the people who suffered....but you and your ego are so shameless that will not allow it....
@@MariaLombardi-xy3ud Hey Maria, I'm sure that mostly everyone in India agrees that current generation Brits are not responsible for the atrocities committed by the empire, most people here follow English football clubs and are ardent fans. Most Brits you meet today are soft-spoken and respectful, but you could still see some brits arguing for the same facetious reason as the empire did which is 'The White man's burden' and justifying the brutalities.
@@krib1669True that the recent generation of Brits is not responsible for what the forefathers have done. But they enjoy very much what the forefathers have given to the recent generation. Mainly the wealth that they have brought from the Brits colonies. Look at the wealth of the Brits Royal family.
The so-called famines were created by the British Raj...they grew crop in India and then denied Indians access to the food. Just despicable.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians are not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805 stop spamming
@@jeanettewee8805 Western medicine caused over-population, increased poverty, loss of immunity, etc
Tiny problem: Indian rulers didn't record or recognize famines so we don't know the true number. Many famines would have occurred regardless due to bad weather
@@rachitmehta4987dude these rulers were puppets they don't even had acess to their property you think they will have a survey for death's by British it's common sense
When people say every problems in the world can be traced back to the British they mean EVERY ONE.
Even the ongoing one
How does that explain your parents breeding? Is that the fault of the British too?
triggered 🤣@@SenorSol
@@tusharkhanger8558 Hardly "triggered", more of a dose of reality!
who r u ?@@SenorSol
Shame they didn’t teach us this in our history lessons in the UK.
Did they teach about any of their atrocities in school? How did they manage to hide so much damage?
I live in Australia most of food consumed by Indian are triggering type 2 diabetes, rice . Bread , starchy vegetables and too much sugary stuff.
@@shubhamtariyal439No clue.
This is not taught in the US either
They taught nothing of their atrocities especially how they helped the o¢¢up@tion in🇵🇸
As a south asian man, born amd growm up in north america, this brought me to tears. My ancestors suffered so much and died.
Why did so many indian people move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule?
@@yipzoe3865 when you ask such a question what position is your heart at?
@@RatDogLover-tm9sc if they really didn't like British rule, why did they move to UK massively after independence? Can you explain?
Because Britain left an impoverished india when they left, domestic industry was destroyed,Trillions of dollars looted within 200 years of rule.@@yipzoe3865
@@yipzoe3865 to become prime Minister
Kudos to The Guardian, it had the courage to show the facts about colonialism.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
On both sides of the Atlantic… what they did to North American indigenous populations is a crime as well!
@@jeanettewee8805with the facts presented to you, you still deny. Everywhere the British went during those “Empire” years was disastrous for the natives. Nearly 95% of the Native American population died within the first 100-150 years of European contact with the Americas. It was a genocide. 🤨
@@jeanettewee8805 Troll much?
agree. this is interesting. that it is due to starvation and malnutrition our genes (i.e. Indian subcontinent) transformed to hold energy for longer periods.
But I also feel the current high incidence of diabetes is also due to our food habits. We have high carb intake diet. Plus we eat more sugar than the rest of the world. Our cooking is done in oil. Our staple food is wheat and rice both rich in carbohydrates. Plus we eat intake lots of sugar in tea, sweets and other forms.
I always thought each ethnicity had a baseline susceptibility to diabetes but I didn't know epigenetics from past generations played such a big a role.
This is not true.
You still don't know that. It's unwise to accept things from The Guardian without evidence.
@@Paul.Morgan evid ences do not agree with you though.
this is true that is why there is a spurt in diabetes in indian household after coming in contact with western lifestyle and food. the food gets stored and is very difficult to break down because of past colonialism
if you try to research enough you will find many articles for that. Google is at hand @@mangopudding5979
As a Bengali I had suspected for a while that the Bengal famines had affected our society in irreversible ways. So I am glad this is getting more light.
they should be sued for distroying generation, they r zeonst of that time. its this a genocde?
Avg western colonial criminals be like
@@pronoy2108Eastern colonials were worse.
How? @@KILLER.KNIGHT
@@I_love_You_And_Me_1996 There was only one. It’s obvious.
I don't know why my blood boils whenever I watch how the British had done to our forefathers.
They didn't deserve such treatments. Simplicity is the easiest prey to be targeted with.
I'm sorry to our forefathers on behalf of the Evil British.
lol😂😂😂..
Even before british we were suffering...go read what mughal king aurangazeb did to us..
Then ull find briitish sins less offensive😂😂😂🎉
@@gaaanaaa I'd request you to please read the statement what I've written again!
Have I ever mentioned our forefathers were billionaires before the British came?
Have some logic! We should condemn anyone who is/was being unfair to us for no reason.
"We live in a civilized world with uncivilized minds!"🙏
Don't care, keep crying
@@deesons8Billionaires before the British came hahahahah. How tf can you honestly believe that
@@NitroSperg 😂😂😂. Trying too hard to understand English is a huge struggle 😂😂😂
As a Bengali... I appreciate this news! At least recist western media has little courage to show their cruelty!
Resist???
The Guardian is western media ?? "Non-Western" media mostly shows NOTHING remotely critical about their governments ?
@@TasteTtalesracist
Your favourite leader HS Shurawardy was more responsible for hoarding not British
Diabetes in Indian subcontinent 🎉
Churchill was a real criminal of the time, not only in South Asia but also in Africa, West Asia and in many other parts of the world.
I applied the same approach as used in the 45 trillion calculation to the investment done by British before 1850s. The estimate of 200 million pounds sterling as the total investment in infrastructure by the British government in India up to the mid-19th century is based on various historical records and estimates. It's worth noting that there is some degree of uncertainty around this figure due to a lack of comprehensive records from the period. That being said, one source that provides an estimate of the British investment in India's infrastructure is the book "The Economic History of India, 1857-1947" by Tirthankar Roy. According to the book, the British invested around 200 million pounds sterling in Indian infrastructure up to the mid-19th century, including the construction of roads, canals, and railways. Another source that supports this estimate is a report by the Indian government's Planning Commission, titled "India's Five Year Plans: An Overview". The report mentions that the British invested around 200 million pounds sterling in India's infrastructure up to the mid-19th century.Using compound interest formula A = P*(1+r/n)^(nt) putting
A= 0.2 billion pound, n = once per year (conservative!) and 0.05 interest (as per the India calculation and t=223 years
Putting into Microsoft Excel (other spreadsheets are available) tells me that:
10622.914 billion i.e 10 trillion sterling was invested in India which can be converted to dollar by multiplying with 4.68 as done by Patnaik which shows that British invested 46 trillion dollars in India. Now you might have understood how Patnaik lied about it. The way Patnaik calculated it is through a false method.
@@jeanettewee8805from where does britain got 200 million pounds? Was it by trade of goods from india to other parts of world?? Seriously, you think a country occupying another country will invest in it! 😂 with their money?? Now, answer this!
@@jeanettewee8805Are you a bot? You are just copypasting the same thing again and again everywhere
@@jeanettewee8805 Whitewashing won't absolve your forefathers of the guilt of the organised genoci of the whole nation.
British colonial rule and Churchill Ruined Indian Subcontinent and still Ind suffering from repercussions 😢😢
Rise up my Indian brothers!! You can overcome this! Greetings from 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
We will and your support is much appreciated 🤎
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Did ya came to US legally?
@@xyXCG364hhgs Born and raised. My ancestors have been here for thousands of years too.
@@ramon2008 so ya live in Mexico eh
The Britishers came to one of the richest, most abundant and most prosperous countries in the world, and after plundering it for over 200 years, reduced it to one of the poorest. The extent and scale of destruction that the Indian subcontinent endured during this time is immeasurable and unfathomable. British imperialism is one of the worst in the world history and the riches they had looted from the Indian subcontinent currently remain exhibited in British museums as theres'. While, the consumable and perishable wealth is beyond record and documentation. I am sure the British children today are not taught about the perils and devastation their ancestors bestowed upon their colonies. They should learn about the extent of human greed that has wiped out generations and generations of health from a large section of the world's society.
Well, Indians should've developed the country's military. Spending money on Taj Mahal or temples was not the right decision. British didn't build tons of Churches. They spent money on scientific research
@@reardeltabsolutely daft
@@reardelt "British didn't build tons of Churches." Have you ever lived in the UK?
they were also killing their own ppl through different kinds of slavery.
@@reardeltthis comment is so ignorant it’s hard to know where to begin 🤦🏻♀️
The British did the same thing during the potato famine in Ireland.
No.
Yes, the Irish famine and it was far longer than the South-Asian famine, this video is silly.
there have been many many famines over the years in India caused by the British. Not just one. @@KingLoki121
@@KingLoki121 Lol why would it be silly to acknowledge a British produced famine that killed millions of people in South Asia? We can learn about both. It's more chilling to learn this is a pattern.
@@KingLoki121how is it silly? You sound racist
As a Indian
I confirm that we will never forget and never forgive
If the Britishers do not realize what a big and cruel mistake they have made and they keep trying to humiliate India, then we will prove to be very dangerous for Britain.
As a Irishman i too will never forget how they starved 20% of our population, and told the world it was because of a potato famine. All the while they were talking ships loaded with food out of Ireland every day. I despise the british. My heart goes out to the people of India.
Same is repeated on Palestinians & but this time Indians are silent, it's an Genocide ongoing
@@kamranshaikh1935it's literally not the same please get your facts right.
@@kamranshaikh1935 no India had a Gandhi, palestine has Hamas....big difference.
@@candyfloss184why about netaji , bhagat singh , Chandrashekar,kakori, chori-chora
As a Bangladeshi I’m glad that more people are learning about this
Bit outdated isnt it though
As an Indian woman, living nd eating healthy compared to my friends of different ethnicities, I can confidently say different genes process different foods differently. Thank for highlighting this aspect again.
Yeah they eat a whole 12 inch Pizza and still stay lean, I eat salad with light Mayo sauce, and it goes directly to my belly😂
NOW 10000 PEOPLE DIED DAILY IN INDIA DUE TO HUNGER. WHO U BLAME FOR NOW
@@ashokkumar-se5slsource??
@@ashokkumar-se5slsource and what's the point of stating that here?
@@greenweed3253exactly..
" I hate Churchil than my worst enemy" ~ A responsible Indian.
"What is a shower?" ~ Every Indian
@@ShontakuAsk your grandma 😂
@@Shontaku hindutva shower is beneath their cow gods
@@homer1273just as your pastour takes shower with community kids 😊
Six million innocent Bengalies of India 🇮🇳 and Bangladesh 🇧🇩 were murdered by British 🇬🇧 Government in general and Winston Churchill in particular during the second World war through the deliberate policy of starvation.
British & American MF's preach democracy to the world now 😂😂😂😂
They are really mf you don't know that sweet home Alabama 😅
British 💂🇬🇧 rule on India proves two 2⃣ things
1. Karma doesn't exist (British is still flourishing and indians are still flocking to Britain
2. No consequences to crime 🙅💢and sin as long as you are rich and white ⚪
well said
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK now are originally from former British colonies
@@yipzoe3865 Because British rule left the colonies in terrible economic condition, systematically destroying industrial output which still caused issues today. No surprise people would want to move to a more prosperous country. Prosperous only because of the wealth they drained from their colonies.
@@vermat17 no, don't give yourself too many excuses. Japan and Germany are extremely poor after they lost WW2, but they developed to the most powerful country in Asia and Europe respectively only after few decades.
Hong Kong was developed to the 2nd richest and prosperous city in Asia during British rule, Singapore developed to a very prosperous city in Asia after independence
@@yipzoe3865good question
Needs a proper analysis.
I’m so glad you are talking abt this. I’m shocked how few Brits know about the history which is central to my civilisation
I'm shocked at how many non-white people refuse to acknowledge their own brutal history. But then, that doesn't run with the left-wing agenda.
I commend The Guardian to talk about the sinister effects of the British colonial rule. Top notch journalism.
Top notch Journalism and The Guardian in one sentence? LOL.
@@UKArchives-2024 maybe not always but in this aspect they are excellent
I’m a nutrition nerd and this is the first time I’m hearing of this. It all makes sense, obesity in Pacific Islander populations I knew about but I didn’t process the information for my own ethnicity. I exercise for 6 hours a week, I walk another 12 hours. I eat a whole food diet with no sugar and still my hb1ac is getting worse early. Upsetting
What do you eat?
Pacific Islanders typically have the worst diet imaginable and don't exercise, not sure it's genetics in their case.
@ryan-ci9sl3mt3j if we all stuck to our ancestral diets the incidence at a population scale would be less. But at an individual scale it'd still be a problem. Look up starvation event Pacific islander on Google
@priuss6109 look up the daily dozen, that's mostly my diet but with more beans than suggested to keep up the protein due to exercise volume
@@RXP91this is where u are doing absolutely wrong, beans! Protein is meant to be taken by meat fish and also eggs, thats how its meant to be.
The British Empire the curse that keeps giving.
Can you remind us which Indian it was that invented the train, wasn't it Ramesh Stephenson?
@@SenorSolAre you mental or something?
@@KingLoki121 Nope, just honest. The British empire gave India modernity, they brought the trains, they electrified India's towns and cities, their superior engineering skills reclaimed land that made Bombay what it is now, they introduced the telephone, the motor car, the bus, the lorry, modern construction techniques, the aeroplane, bicameral government, civil administration, the education system, and the military structure that India still uses today! So there is that.
@@SenorSol sweetie, a nation would and can be become modern without the british just look at Japan
@@albertjose8879 Where did Japan get a lot of their technology and industrial capacity from at the beginning of the 20th Century??? I'll wait.
And who rebuilt Japan after WW2? Did somebody say.....Marshall Plan?? Sigh.
I am a lifestyle medicine educator and I have been interested in this area of epigenetics for a long time. I am based in ningbo china and many chinese are struggling with the long term effects of famine induced insulin resistance inheritance (for want if a better phrase) as diabetes increases amongst their population.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805
Lol,diabetes in kuwait was 2% in 1989, then the west entered the scene 1991,today its 26%.
@jeanettewee8805 why r u copy-pasting ur comment every where ? Are u mentally fit?
Ahh Ningbo ! That's my chinese friend's hometown 😊
While the hereditary factor is there, your diet and eating habits play a great role in your health.
Atrocities that are still impacting us all, to this day, physically, mentally and financially. This is exactly why I have complete apathy towards the anger and disdain shown towards events like "migrant crisis". The ancestors created it in the first place, and some still are. No one who lives a stable fulfilling life at home, would want to flee that place.
In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.
Talk about Mughal too .
@bobfaam5215 Last Mughal fought for Sovereignty of Hindustan.
@@jeanettewee8805keep beating around the bush. This all makes what Britishers did right! What about the amount of gold and treasures they looted, the damage they did and the scars they left. Guess you would just keep looking in the other direction pretending its all sunny.
This is the so-called civilised Brits.
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK are from former British colonies
@@yipzoe3865 Because that's where the money was. I could also ask why did you guys colonized India when you didn't like Indians.
@@mohakjain5802 you might colonize the country you dislike, but Why did you move to UK massively after independence if you really don't like British rule?
@@yipzoe3865they are there for a purpose ;) ull know soon
@@yipzoe3865 British rule in India was colonial. I hope you have enough brain cells to comprehend the difference.
Interesting, I was told that my BMI should be kept below 23 instead of the usual 25 because we're more susceptible to diabetes.
In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.
@jeanettewee8805 Cry Looters
And when British left India wass 18% Population with 4.8% share of Global economy with 78% *extreme* poverty rate .
I think this is the first time ( not sure if ) any main stream media from Britain has said about the atrocities and economics losses and the benefits British had from her former colonies ( Indian subcontinent) .
And the consequences of British occupation lead to health crisis more particularly Type 2 diabetes..... Got to admit for it's a strange 😴 but.... Hummmm .....🤔 may be believable explanation 🤷♂
True. Even the narrator is choking up.
😂😂😂 hypocrite when compared to Britishers 😁Brahmins and high caste Hindhus looted more &still they are looting.
Six million innocent Bengalies of India 🇮🇳 and Bangladesh 🇧🇩 were murdered by British 🇬🇧 Government in general and Winston Churchill in particular during the second World war through the deliberate policy of starvation.
@@sharmilathesis3164unbelievable comment. Many of those famine photographs shown include Brahmins.
My Grandfather grew up in pre independence India. He used to say it was unimaginable food crisis at that time. People may have lands or gold. But it was starvation and hunger all around.
Except for Britishers and a few feudal landlords, no one else had food.
We used to eat anything that was eatable even if it was damaging to be body.
Now tell us how the British inoculated these places from diseases and built hospitals, homes, roads, railways, infrastructure, and educated on farming technologies and all the other life savings and great benefits of their influence.
This colonialism is just like bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which is still affecting generation after generation.😭😭😭
More like Agent Orange
I appreciate this work, 'The Guardian'.
Heartiest congratulations from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Here in Sri Lanka, it's curious case where People born after 2000 vehemently support a British rule again as citing there was no economic crisis during the British colonial period as they have first seen a crisis in their lifetime last year.
I wonder what free education reaped for us..
@@TasteTtales Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805Avg life expectancy when the British left was 33yrs, today it is 70yrs 😊
@@Void-Null-Panda life expectancy increased during the colonial period from 25 to 33, most of the vaccines and medicines that is responsible for increasing the life expectancy were invented by Brits
@@jeanettewee8805 Then it benefited the whole world. Indians would have purchased it anyway. The increase had nothing to do with colonisation.
@jeanettewee8805 it takes some guts to be a colonial apologist.😂
Highly Appreciate! For putting up these facts, however unpalatable and horrific it may be.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805what's your rebuttal here sister? 'stop this nonsense' is not an argument
absolutely Despicable what the British did to India.
Churchill is a cronic depression patient and died in the worst way check his death bed documents KARMA always kicks back
Why did so many indian people move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule?
I think, this is an eye opener. The medics of South Asia should research more on this phenomenon.
It's already done.
Check Trify gene theory.
@@drbeachcomber5676 Sure, I will check. Thank you!
The British have a lot of blood on their hands. But if they just ignore it and pretend it never happened then all is ok 😂
Many of us don't ignore it. I'm extremely proud that we took over 1/3 of the earth. I'm more ashamed of what we've become.
I'm british born in the 90s I have 0 blood on my hands and indians copeing isn't going to change that 😂😂😂😂😂
@@j.harrison6744you're gonna be more and more ashamed in the future 😜
@@raa4975 u will get ashamed but in an another way.😂
Pakistani men are already ........ young teenage british girls.
And now africans with their huge .... have joined the party.
@@ridhamatri9447 I don't doubt that.
What a shameful history 😢. Permanent physical damage on top of the trauma, it’s completely unforgivable
I am constantly amazed by your creativity, expertise, and commitment to empowering others through education. Thank you for your hard work, your dedication, and your willingness to share your knowledge with the world.
Wiston Chruchill - Was the main reason, for India to face it's famine in its difficult times. 😏
Hoarding by Indians was a major cause of the famine, Churchill gets the blame. Every year even now, about a million children die of malnutrition and many more have their development effected. This is despite there being plenty of food, but it is not distributed, it is left to rot, because of corruption in local and national government.
This British blaming is simply to distract from that.
@@johnsimspon8893 And let me guess, you are British 😂
Odd thing was Churchill was extremely racist too & held very disrespectful views about Indians.
@@johnsimspon8893British LOOTED 45 trillion dollars worth from India alone. India's contribution to the world GDP was around 27 percent when the British arrived and at the time of Indian independence, it was zero. The British even chopped the hands and fingers of weavers of India to stop weaving.
The British diverted food grains from India which contributed more than 12 famines which killed millions of Indians. Winston Churchill did more genocide than Stalin or Mao.
The British even chopped the hands and fingers of weavers of India to stop weaving. Don't say that you brought culture and saved us. The same thing Europe did to all other continents.
US UNIVERSITIES LIKE YALE IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE LOOT
Return the LOOT and preach
@@johnsimspon8893 typical british
Six million innocent Bengalies of India 🇮🇳 and Bangladesh 🇧🇩 were murdered by British 🇬🇧 Government in general and Winston Churchill in particular during the second World war through the deliberate policy of starvation.
Cut and paste? Got anything else to say?
is the truth hurting your feelings? if it's historical facts then he is more than entitled to say it. what is your problem? @@SenorSol
@@iceman47the war effort old boy. Everyone had to sacrifice something.
@@snakespear-1 Not in the least! Is yours?
As an Indian I have reduced my meals to mostly just 2 times a day. I had seen this being reported only on WION nearly 2 years back. Kudos to Guardian for covering it. Its essential to know how past of our ancestors still affect present generations to avoid future disasters.
We Indians don't want to hold any grudge against others but getting to know how apathy nearly 100 years ago still can cause misery to people ,simply points out how complex our bodies and ecosystems are. We need to preserve it . Not destroy those ecosystems.
And Bengalis freed you from oppression and slavery. Your real Fathers. You exist as bharot becoz of that
In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.
Grudges not held because occupier were White christian
😂😂😂
Don't call the British colonialism. Please call its British loot .
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK now are originally from former British colonies
Thanks for this article. This makes me think how many unknown things the British colonial rule has done and their unknown impacts lie hidden.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians are not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805 what a ridiculous statement...so a country gets colonized /brutalized/partitioned in the most haphazard way and some medicines are supposed to cure it?????It is like tending to a slave's wounds after giving him 100s of lashes.... is he supposed to be in euphoria after that????
*effects, not "impacts"
Wow, very informative. We don't get to see a lot of westerns linking science to the colonial times and the triggering domino effects. Thank you.
That's true, it's all a domino effect. There are a lot of people who complain and say "how dare you blame all of your problems on [insert colonizing country]"... well, many problems stemmed from these colonizing countries dehumanizing large populations. The large scale harms trickle into every part of their lives and carried on over generations.
This also goes for superiority complexes, manipulative behavior, entitlement and narcissism being passed down over generations for the British and their descendants.
Britain has had many famines itself over the centuries. In fact, every country has suffered from this.
@bigmofarah9084
India had 17 in 2000 years of Pre British Rule.
And 200 Famines in 190yrs of British rule, out of which 25 are massive Famines
💀Chalking up present day problems to history is the stupidest statement you could make 😂what else is there? an alternate timeline?? All just hindsight
@@user-th4ri8dt9s or maybe you really haven't given a deep thought to it.
Your choices and circumstances you live is directly linked to your ancestors.
Why do you speak English and not Russian or Japanese?
Why are you black or white?
This video on diabetes isn't something very new. The link of diabetes to genetics and the livelihood of your ancestors is a well researched fact. Infact a group of researchers researched it in America
We died like flies so you could live. To this day, we're seen as "lesser". The West's collective "enlightenment".
Based
being a Pakistani South asian i feel sorry for my ancestors who went through so much of pain and cruelty.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805 It is not nonsense. There are several peer-reviewed scientific journal publications that establish that famines can have trans-generational effects that can span 6-7 generations. Here are some examples:
- Tolkunova, K., Usoltsev, D., Moguchaia, E. et al. Transgenerational and intergenerational effects of early childhood famine exposure in the cohort of offspring of Leningrad Siege survivors. Sci Rep 13, 11188 (2023).
- Li et al (2021), Famine and Trajectories of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Blood Pressure in Two Generations: Results From the CHNS From 1993-2015, Hypertension, 79:518-531
- Li et al (2017), Prenatal exposure to famine and the development of hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes in adulthood across consecutive generations: a population-based cohort study of families in Suihua, China, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 105(1), pp: 221-227
The Q is not whether the population of India increased. It increased from 169 million in 1800 to 350 million in 1947. The issue is the excess 60 million deaths that occurred due to engineered famines. The population increase is 2.08x over 147 years under British rule and is 3.9x in 76 years between 1947 to 2023. The effect of the British raj should be quite evident from this statistic.
Lol Pakistanis don't even know their history...! For avg Pakistani history started after 1947
@@jeanettewee8805😂😂😂 flat earth believer spotted
@@jeanettewee8805I would also like to offer similar colonial rule to England. Bring famines, no rights for White british, british crown will be servant to Indian King. We will build road, railways infrastructure, government system, but will impose more than 50% tax and will make britain supplier of raw materials for Indian companies. We will not allow dogs and britishers inside any community halls, theatres and offices. For your servuce for 200 years in India during colonialnism we would offer 2000 years of colonialism to Britain.
Thank you to the guardian for making this video.
I am a South Asian and I do have people in my family who died young from diabetic complications. This video was thought provoking and I do think colonialism may have caused higher percentages of people with diabetes in South Asia, but I do think this is complicated. I think that in other populations before modern medicine people with diabetes would die much younger and may have less children and grand children then other non-diabetic people. So over time the percentage of people with diabetes would go down, but in a starving population with food shortage, people with diabetes would live much longer and have an equal chance to pass their genes to their children and also will be around to help impart their wisdom and their wealth to protect their grandchildren causing an increase in the percentage of people with diabetes in later generations.
WYwhy would a diabetic person live relatively longer in a famine?
1947 ke badh kon sa relative ke upar famin experiment kiya..
@@uditabhattacharya2824if a person more vulnerable to diabetes lives during famine he wouldn't have enough sugars to be diabetic so he wouldn't suffer from diabetes
Famine kills everyone. There is no reason that a diabetic would survive a famine compared to a non-diabetic, assuming they live in the same geography and are affected by the exact same famine.
Most people with diabetes would have died after their 30s even without treatment. Safe to say the genes have always passed on.
This was interesting, but a few questions/topics need further discovery:
1. Is it that South Asians are immune to insulin or do we not produce enough?
2. How can epigenetic changes to cope with famine be passed down from generation to generation. The argument, as presented in the video, was not convincing. Many Irish people were adversely affected by famines; do their descendants also suffer from similar problems as South Asians? What about Ethiopians?
3. What role did the economic liberalization in the early 1990s (in India) play in getting people to adopt "western" lifestyles and foods? Billions of dollars were spent by multinational companies to market fast food and other harmful food to Indians and people of other emerging markets. How did this shape or reshape Indian culture?
One of the few sensible comments here.
thanks. As a person of South Asian origin, these topics do interest me. @@Waldemarvonanhalt
Type 2 diabetes is the inability for carbohydrate / glucose to enter cells under the influence of insulin. Insulin is still produced but the cells are 'full'. It affects some ethnicities worse than others. The root cause is the nasty processed carbs in the modern diet, worsened by industrial cooking oils. The cure is to eat natural whole foods lower in carbs.
I have been looking into the relationship between food, health and agriculture in the context of India over nearly two decades. My two bits follows
Insulin resistance is common in India - except for certain pockets - across regions and castes.
Epigenetic changes do not get passed on but food habits do. Indian diet is largely composed of starch unlike that of Irish and certainly Ethiopians
Indians are partial to fried foods and sweets; and excessive consumption of oil and prolonged cooking on high heat. All these lead to chronic inflammation which too leads to insulin resistance among others. Now there is the added problem of ultra processed foods and fast foods which make the situation infinitely worse.
I do not want o enter the area of culture.
@thezoldics7648
But diabetes is common in the north too.
British Raj was responsible for exporting massive amounts of grains out of the country coupled with the drought are responsible for the famine but NOT diabetes. Factors which I believe that attributes to modern day diabetes amongst Indians are the consumption of inorganic packaged food, fast food takeouts, sugar loaded soft drinks, deep fried food, sedentary lifestyle, increased buying power due to globalization attributed to rampant diabetes we are experiencing globally not just in India. My entire family starting with great grand parents down to myself do not have diabetes, we are mindful about our food consumption. It's very convenient to point fingers at colonial powers for every evil that happens. Extended research before making such accusatory posts online is crucial.
don't forget lack of protein and vitamin b12 in the diet.
agree with you. i think lifestyle played the biggest role. No point blaming the brits when one was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 and yet is still obese. Majority of indians (doesn't matter in india or outside india) have huge belly which were due to huge amount of excess carbs/oil where the body will prefer to store as visceral fats. Carbs, fats and sugar is delicious but its also deadly especially in combination.
There’s a fundamental reason why I hate the British monarchy as a Sri Lankan man, I despise it so much and the criminal acts they committed go unpunished/unnoticed in the modern day while our South Asian generations that followed suffer irreparable damage!
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK are from former British colonies
I appreciate your courage to show such stories.
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians are not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
What courage? They're preaching to a leftist choir lol, there is nothing brave about this
I'm thinking of African countries that have suffered protracted famines in the past but do not have such high rates of diabetes... Any explanation to support this theory? Genetics?
Yeah genetics and thats cuz slavery I think. The ones with bad genetics died
theyre naturally more fit and healthy from 1 meal per day
Most of Africa still doesn't rely on modern supply chains replenishing big supermarkets with cheap, harmful foods and although it's starting to happen in Africa, it'll still take a while for it to show an impact, but it most likely will.
There were 25 great famines which killed off more than 80 million Indians all clumped in the short span of just 200 years of British rule. That can change your populations genes significantly.
Also it happened just 76 years ago. It has not even been 100 years since the British rule ended.
Double checked, is it really "The Guardian"! thank you for showing the facts
Really an eye opener.I could never imagine that more than 200 years of British Raj with it's consequent famines could have made us much more susceptible to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Great reasearch.
More than 3 millions Bengali were died due to starvation by British made famine, then again more than 3 millions Bengali were died by Pakistani military genocide. Total more than 6 millions Bengali were killed within only 20 years period 😢.
A lot Pakistani friends of mine in UK say they civilised Bangladeshis as they were living in mediaeval times.
@@thoughts4872what???
@@thoughts4872 Certo, erano pakistani askenaziti...
@@thoughts4872Ah! They got that from the British.
@@thoughts4872😂😂 did they forget to mention that the Bengalis fought back and won, leaving porkis in decades of humiliation and eventual economic collapse.
Bastardi quei britannici.
And the British monarchy of today wants to teach democracy and civilization to the third world. Nauseous 😑
Churchill was Very similar to Mao.
thank you for the news, I will try to be more cautious from now on
Wow 😮😢 my uncle and my closest friend's mom passed away because of the complications of diabetes
I'm waiting for the British to give lectures on how the Indian space program is causing Diabetes.
Now, this is called top-notch journalism - transparent and direct.
Diabetes patients are also many among the Australian and African indigenous people. Junk food and lack of physical exercise are also triggering factors.
Guess what.. both were European colonies
@@Name-hp6ehso what
Type 2 diabetes is caused by insulin resistance. Everyone can be affected by this. You need to stop eating sugar and refined carbohydrates such as rice and bread. Eat two or three meals with a 12 or 18 hour fast each day, with no snacking. Your self inflicted disease will be cured. Try the Keto diet.
right, with industrialization and modernization disrupting traditional way of life we see an increase in modern problems
@@hyacinna Global GDP and standards of living have increased, life expectancy at birth has increased, all thanks to industrialisation and modern science.
1:20 all these famines and western people still think that British helped India in development
...and they just got away with it
It's interesting how they emphasise the body's ability to attempt to adapt to harsh conditions like famine in this manner without reminding us that it should be able to adapt to diabetes, heart disease and the like.
Thank you for this coverage. There needs to be more research focused on health of tropical countries
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805 seriously. Just ask any pharmaceutical industry in UK who is the major producer of medicines.
Secondly are you supporting the famines and atrocities. If you are , beg your pardon but quoting your words STOP THIS. NONSENSE
@@TheAnchalnigam the patents are from West
I mean it’s really complicated and I’m glad they showed it well.
India should demand justice. It's never too late.
How many people died in the colonization of India?
In 40 years, between 1880 and 1920, British colonialism killed 100 million Indians and, according to research by economic historian, Robert Allen, extreme poverty in India increased under British rule, from 23% in 1810 to more than 50% in the mid-20th century.
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK are from former British colonies
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK are from former British colonies
Colonial criminals left us; but still the scar they left persisted in the body and the minds of us through generations. It contaminated our way of thinking how we approach science that could help us.
Such was the legacy of the 'gift' the 'great' West left for us!
So did the turks and arabs
The source of their "gifts" is from Andrew Tate's hair
Maybe you should cut down the quantity of rice, bread, sweets, pizza, pop, deep fried pakoras, samosas, etc. you eat while you're pondering about all of the diabetes city dwellers in India now have.
Sakkar, Gud & Mishri are healthy Indian supplement of crystal Sugar. Gud is especially so beneficial
Brother they are showing wrong map of India
Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
They teach us human rights
Karma is taking care of the crime.We see what is happening to the countries which looted India
really surprised the guardian uploaded this video!
There are no references provided for research articles used in making these claims.
I was expecting links to a few journal articles in the video description.
Yes, my thoughts exactly! This seems like a very flimsy 'theory' cobbled together from the usual list of 'grievances' that Indians have. There's no citing of sources, no links to research etc. This just sounds more like a personal opinion than anything else.
@@SenorSol Personal opinion? There are many papers published in this area of Epigenetics. Which one should they cite? The video is only summarizing after conclusions from scientific community has been drawn. Perhaps you would also ask for citations if there is a video about Earth orbiting around the Sun has been made?
Therefore we should adopt a diet where most of the time we need to fast and foods contain minimal to zero sugar content.
Indian map shown is incorrect ..why pok and akshai chin and Arunachal Pradesh shown part of other neighbouring countries
Just keep blaming British for all the issues we have in India
Just read about permanent settlement policy of Lord Carnewallice.
@@ajitverma7695 So what were your 33 million Gods doing in the mean time ?
@@Marxist215 Nothing
@@ajitverma7695 Stop this nonsense. I don't deny British brutalities, but the diabetes of Indians is not linked with British colonialism. After all you shouldn't forget that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period thanks to the western medicines.
@@jeanettewee8805 I am not blaming British for diabetics in India. Western medicines should reach India without colonialism...like in Japan.
Can you provide links to the evidence between famine, epigenetics and diabetes susceptibility/prevalence?
Thank you for this informative episode. I don’t think many doctors in the US are cognizant of these epigenetic effects and automatically assume that a South Asian diabetic patient must be making unhealthy diet choices, offering no sympathy for the fact that they bear the legacy of colonialism
Churchill was the enemy
of humankind.
Why did so many indian people move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule?
@@yipzoe3865
Any logic?? 😂😂
Thank you so much to the guaridan for making such a detailed and thought provoking video.
23/10/2023 Monday 07:33AM
This is one of the most important video the Guardian has made yet to date! ❤
Cambio di rotta !?
And now they are pretending like champion of human rights
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule?
@@yipzoe3865 hahaha what a logic. the Britishers looted, plundered and.devastated the South Asian and now they don't have right to cry over economic migrants.
British still have same mindset.
Excellent work the Guardian. It's really enlightening. Thank you so much for your valuable effort. ❤️
This is 100% true I am doing intermediate fasting from more than 6 months I only eat between 12 to 8 and that also less and from so many years I am mostly eat very less my overall calories intake is mostly less than 2000 calories and I am 6 feet tall still I might gain weight but I don't lose weight.
I think your Basel metabolic rate is quite slow...i hope you are doing lots of exercise
Check your leptin level. It is the main reason of gaining weight.
At 0:46 min
It was British East India Company before that for over a century(1765-1858) ruling over parts of India. In 1784 the company became subordinate to Crown and the company's territories in India became possession of british crown/govt.
1818(Council of Hindavi Swaraj dissolved) (Peshwa /PM sacked by Company Raj)
1858(Titular ruler Mughal rebelled against Company for Sovereignty of Hindustan , Later exiled to Burma) (Company forced to secede India to Crown Raj(Rule), Victoria claims herself Empress of India)
Pitt's India Act of 1784:
a) East India Company's (EIC) territories in India were for the first time called the 'British possessions in India'.
b) British Govt. was given supreme control over EIC affairs and it's administration in India.
Background (I belive was): power play in British parliament shaping policies in BEIC and India (UK moving from full monarchy to parliamentary monarchy).
Thank you, The Guardian, for this information 🙏🏽. India is not a developing country. Rather, it is a recovering country from the British colonisation.
I don't know about genetics but the recent rise of diabetes in India is our own making. We celebrate too many festivals and also having too many social functions in which sweets are distributed lavishly. India is the largest producer of sugar majority of that is consumed with in India. Our Foods have too much carbohydrates people eat too much of fried items. Apart from this people have sedentary lifestyle. The result of all this is diabetes. Blaming Britishers on the famines in India is ok but that may not be the cause of our diabetes.
Both. You will also crave more for something if you are starved. Epigenetics and psychology have been affected.
I agree. Fast food culture which is a result of globalization might also be a huge reason.
The older generation used to consume jaggery instead of refined sugar like people do nowadays, I think that maybe the reason aswell
@@gowrinandana8999well actually we can blame em a tiny tiny bit
@@prasadchavan8313Is Jaggery is healthier compared to sugar...
We can stay in the victim complex and blame the British OR we can fix our habits.
1. Too much grain consumption and not enough exercise to burn off the energy input.
2 . A diet that’s apt for farmers or labours I.e. whole day of exercise being adapted by office goers what else do we except
3. Late dinners - with parathas /biryanis and curry just plopped on the couch lol
4 . Simply put anyone eating too much grain HAS to do some form of cardio. Merely walking 15 mins is not enough and moreover some people don’t even get that
eat some protein!
Thanks for this. I never knew this but it makes total sense. I wonder does experiencinging regular hunger and malnutrition increase the likelihood of diabetes later in life.
Ethical, Regional, Religious, Racial, International Border issues, etc etc what have the Britishers not done and what crime have they not commited!
Why did so many people from former British colonies move to UK after independence if they really didn't like British rule? Most immigrants in UK are originally from former British colonies
That's why I balance my diet and eat protein now. We need B12. I'm supposed to be vegetarian but I'm not, however those in my family who are vegetarian have harsher symptoms during illnesses and I've barely felt any.
You can be vegetarian and still get B12 from diary. I take multi vit sups and I'm healthy as a vegetarian
@@iamrobot396that's very true but the time I was born, supplements were not even heard of. I was always very sick and the doctor told my mum to feed me more animal protein. I was vegetarian for few years but I was always sick and weak, I guess someone people require different nutrients that come in different forms.
@@Arcturus.93 whey protein which I take is just more potent and bio available than say egg or meat protein . There is no comparison. The amino acid profile of whey suits muscle hypertrophy. But yes animal proteins are cheaper but if you ask me it's easier to say 4-6 eggs than take a few scoops of whey
@@iamrobot396
Lactose intolerance
@@Arcturus.93 You did right. Although it is possible to get more protein whilst still being a vegetarian nowadays, it can get very one dimensional, a more varied approach is better. I too feel our Indian veg dishes like dal and all are okay, but reducing rice and roti and increasing protein is the best for us.