Meet Reeta:
Having been brought up in India, I was taught by my grandmother and nan from a young age that many symptoms can be treated and cured with food.
When I was young I suffered from arthritis and was cured by Sushilji Vaid (an Ayurvedist in Jaipur) by simply changing my food habits. I have complete faith that if we eat the correct foods in the correct portions, at the correct times, we can keep ourselves healthy for a long time.
I have great belief that Indian herbs and spices have a healing power which I am currently using in everyday life to increase the immunity of my body and my family’s.
When my friends Lisa and Marie told me that a doctor had asked them to become vegetarian and they explained that they had no clue how to, I decided to help them. I showed them the vast number of options available in vegetarian cooking, and it amazed them. Their perspective on vegetarian cuisine was changed for the better.
Another barrier to them cooking vegetarian foods was that they could not taste the food they saw being cooked in magazines and on youtube channels. I do my best to make my cooking simple and easy to understand, allowing people who are trying to be vegetarian to easily be able to cook.
I constantly keep myself engage with voluntary work in the past I was working as a generalist advisor at citizen advice bureau and now I am Member of PPI committee of MRC Nutrition study Patient and Public Involvement committee HEEE( Health-Education-Engineering-Environment). The study that aims to bring together partners from the UK and India to explore the factors that influence Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices and nutrition in India. The project represents a collaborative partnership between the institutes within UCL London, UK, save the children and( India) and IIT Delhi.