I have long held the view that traditional Indian diet and cuisine handed down to us from our vedic times is best suited to our country and our people. Here is one more reason to junk the breakfast cereals, oats, and flakes and stick to traditional Indian diets.
This report (which is based on a paper published in Current Science) shows how traditional Indian food like Idlis and Dosas and food items like sprouts increase bioavailability (of essential nutrients) as they have undergone soaking, fermentation, and germination which reduces the presence of phytates in the food (which block absorption of nutrients particularly iron and zinc).
The report also points to the importance of focusing research on enhancing bioavailability of food rather than on biofortification.
