{"id":89732,"date":"2017-06-08T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=89732"},"modified":"2017-06-08T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T05:33:58","slug":"ban-momos-bad-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/ban-momos-bad-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban the Momos- bad for health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everybody loves street momos, but not lawyer and BJP legislator Ramesh Arora of Jammu and Kashmir. He wants the dumplings dumped for good, saying they contain the carcinogenic monosodium glutamate or Ajinomoto.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-89737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/nationalherald2F2017-062F7c34ce2d-5d4d-480e-941d-a2c2d0e2036d2FBJP-legislator-declares-war-on-Momos-killer-food3.jpg\" alt=\"          Ban the Momos- bad for health  \" width=\"617\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/nationalherald2F2017-062F7c34ce2d-5d4d-480e-941d-a2c2d0e2036d2FBJP-legislator-declares-war-on-Momos-killer-food3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/nationalherald2F2017-062F7c34ce2d-5d4d-480e-941d-a2c2d0e2036d2FBJP-legislator-declares-war-on-Momos-killer-food3-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/nationalherald2F2017-062F7c34ce2d-5d4d-480e-941d-a2c2d0e2036d2FBJP-legislator-declares-war-on-Momos-killer-food3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><br \/>\nThe member of the legislative council has been campaigning for a ban against the cheap street food, invented arguably in Nepal. The succulent savoury is so popular in India that junior minister in the prime minister\u2019s office, Jitendra Singh, was seen relishing momos at a recent function.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMomos have been found to be the root cause of several life-threatening diseases, including cancer of the intestine,\u201d Arora said on Wednesday. He has been speaking at public functions for the past five months, seeking a ban on the sale of momos at least in his state.<\/p>\n<p>His food activism is not limited to the innocuous dumplings. The lawmaker is an avowed crusader against \u201ccancer-causing\u201d Chinese cuisine laced with monosodium glutamate, sold under the brand name Ajinomoto, a chemical flavour enhancer.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/http-2F2Fo.aolcdn.com2Fhss2Fstorage2Fmidas2Fc74b12b77848bb095480b679cac5cea42F2048785232F505531588.jpg\" alt=\" Ban the Momos- bad for health \" width=\"630\" height=\"315\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cAjinomoto, a kind of salt, causes serious diseases, including cancer. It is responsible for converting a minor headache into migraine,\u201d he said. He listed the ill-effects. The salt induces the pancreas to excrete extra drops of insulin, causing imbalance in the body, and prompts people to overeat as it triggers hunger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides memory loss, regular consumption for two to three years causes cancer of the stomach. They are found to be more harmful than alcohol and psychotropic drugs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He met health minister Bali Bhagat recently to persuade him to prohibit the sale of momos and Chinese street food.Arora isn\u2019t against food prepared hygienically and without harmful ingredients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody loves street momos, but not lawyer and BJP legislator Ramesh Arora of Jammu and Kashmir. He wants the dumplings dumped for good, saying they contain the carcinogenic monosodium glutamate or Ajinomoto. The member of the legislative council has been campaigning for a ban against the cheap street food, invented arguably in Nepal. 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