“After I noticed dark patches around my eyes, neck, and wrists, I could see the way my weight had impacted my body,” says Manadeep Ganguli, a 27-year-old consultant.
It’s a myth that all microbes are bad and that sanitation calls for killing them all. We hold on to this illusion, although we rely on microbes to turn milk into curd, to make our idli batter and bread dough rise, and to make many of our antibiotics.
The body requires everything in moderation. So while certain kinds of cholesterol can be harmful for the body, completely cutting it out will also do harm to the body.