Decoding Nutrition Labels With Revant Himatsingka AKA Food Pharmer: The Truth Behind Packaged Foods

In this episode of The Luke Coutinho Show, I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Revant Himatsingka, widely known as the Food Pharmer. With a passion for empowering individuals to make informed choices about their nutrition, he has sparked a revolution in spotting misleading food labels and ingredients.
Join me as we uncover:
Revant’s journey from finance to spreading health awareness
The substitution of nutritious food with packaged products due to misleading advertising
Importance of introducing nutrition education in schools alongside traditional subjects
Revant’s experiences with legal notices on certain brands
Recent regulatory changes by FSSAI, such as restrictions on labeling certain drinks as health drinks
The challenges and loopholes surrounding organic product claims
Identifying misleading labels and ingredients, such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, commonly found in products marketed as healthy
And much more…
00:00 - Revant’s inspiring journey
06:25 - The unhealthy switch to packaged food
07:44 - Trends in false health awareness
12:05 - Need for nutrition education in schools
14:57 - Revant’s legal battles with brands
18:01 - Managing fear and emotional well-being
20:47 - Rejecting products and FSSAI regulations
27:26 - Gap between awareness and action
30:25 - Revant’s health regimen
33:39 - Loopholes surrounding organic product claims
36:00 - Tips on reading food labels
41:33 - Revant’s sustainable future plans
45:42 - Call for ethical brands and collaborations

[@ansuyakhoosal103]

Luke and Revant - excellent work! Grateful for people like you in our world.
I think for a bigger impact, some form of collaboration and team work is needed amongst the different sectors of health change makers - health coaches, nutritionist, the food industry challengers like Revan, the organic farmers, the health food stores, the awakened doctors, the school educaters, the influencers etc.
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together”. African Proverb.
All the best. May you be blessed.

[@sridevimallisetti5710]

Luke and Revant excellent combo… doing grate to society. God bless you both.

[@joswinpreetham1278]

Thank you for your service to the society Revanth and Luke :)

[@BellyBreath]

Truly impactful work! His passion for nutrition education really shines through, especially in how he helps people identify misleading food labels. It's revolutionizing how we think about our food choices.

[@zarina819]

Loved the honesty and perseverance. Wishing Revant the very best. Thank you Luke and Revant 😊

[@brainstormd]

Wow...the most unexpected collaboration..can't believe ❤

[@nini-oi7mk]

Great podcast

[@user-ji4xs8dp4z]

Fssai should be revised and released the product ethically with legal advice.....just like a movie is censored watched and then promoted by the authorities concerned for the same

[@Nehayadav-ys7gh]

Woww..I am first to watch' this viedo .....😊😊

[@HijabeeHealingPCOS]

Lovely to see both of u together

[@Harry17Awesome]

41:00

[@azizbhinderwala1494]

I've seen Revant's being hated online ( also by some Dr.s ! ) for speaking against shit packed foods. Their explanation is in moderation it's fine .. how to explain this to people who can't draw a line and know about moderation and here it's so much better to completely abstain than to talk about moderation at all.

[@ansuyakhoosal103]

Firstly : Moderation is a highly loosely used word. The dictionary meaning is 'in a way that is reasonable and not excessive'. If we have so much ignorance about food due to lack of nutrition education then how is one to decide what is reasobable and what is excessive?. Nowhere is it listed what moderation means when it comes to food and food ingredients. One person's moderation is "I only have 1 glass of coke a day" . Another person thinks it is moderate if "I have only one glass of coke in a month". So doctors saying "In moderation" makes no sense. Most doctors themselves have not had any education in nutrition. So they idea of moderation might even be wrong.
Secondly: Holistic health needs to be considered. In moderation one might be having only one coke a week, however not doing any exercise or sleeping in time etc. Then even that one coke a week eventually will have negative impact on the body. Toxins will accumulate over time.
Abstaining is never a good idea. Craving remains. Rather replacing with healthier equallt satisfying option is the way to get people to change. Eventually the craving will drop.

[@azizbhinderwala1494]

@@ansuyakhoosal103 Quite elaborated ! .. I'm extreme in my ways so abstaining completely has always helped me more than finding alternatives ! Maybe the methodology you've described might work much better for the majority .. Thanks !

[@GlobalGoenkar]

Luke is flaunting his new tattoos 😂😂😂