Keto diet may not suit Sri Lankans – Good advice by Dr. harold   My website: www.Doctorharold.com Sri Lankans have been eating rice and curry as the staple diet for centuries. Our Sinhalese Kings had the technology to build giant tanks, reservoirs, irrigation canals for vast hectares of rice cultivations in the Northern and Southern Provinces, since the beginning of our recorded history. A plate of rice is the food that gives the calorie requirement for our people and that commitment should never be changed.Sugar is considered the primary source of energy for every cell in the body, and the brain so rich in nerve cells use much of the sugar energy in the body.   Fats cannot provide such beneficial energy through their conversion to ketone bodies.  On the same token, fructose found in fruits and veggies, soft drinks and sweets can damage brain cells. Rice has ...

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