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Title: BALANCED DIETS: ANALYZING RESTRICTIVE EUROCENTRISM IN NUTRITION STANDARDS
Authors: Saisha Khanna
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Saisha Khanna The British School, New Delhi
MLA 8 Khanna, Saisha. "BALANCED DIETS: ANALYZING RESTRICTIVE EUROCENTRISM IN NUTRITION STANDARDS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 822-828, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=57. Accessed Mar. 2020. APA(6) Khanna, S. (2020, March). BALANCED DIETS: ANALYZING RESTRICTIVE EUROCENTRISM IN NUTRITION STANDARDS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(3), 822-828. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=57 Chicago Khanna, Saisha. "BALANCED DIETS: ANALYZING RESTRICTIVE EUROCENTRISM IN NUTRITION STANDARDS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 3 (March 2020), 822-828. Accessed March, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=57.
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Abstract: The foundations of nutrition science and the conception of dietary perfection have been fundamentally based on Eurocentric ideals, colonization and a lack of acknowledgment of indigenous knowledge. New trends of healthy diets, ranging from lactose free, gluten free and vegan diets, all do not take into account the various dietary needs of different cultures. European or Western metabolism is different from that in South Asia, or the Far East. Therefore, developing a binary in terms of 'good' and 'bad' food has adverse implications when the dietary needs of different cultures and indigenous populations are not accounted for. This paper will analyze such restrictive Eurocentrism in nutrition standards, and undertake a comparative analysis of food standards globally. The paper will also address the hidden subjectivities and biases that exist in the research efforts and policy creation, as well as the weaknesses of critiques such as nutritional primitivism. The paper will then pose recommendations for a more culturally sensitive understanding of nutrition science and its positive implications for nutrition counselling.

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