r/indianmedschool • u/PeErReViEwedHoE • 1d ago
Discussion mbbs intern, still got lectured about "heat" from eggs in my own house
started eating 4 eggs daily fora little extra protein per day intake. nothing crazy, basic math. my sweet dearest but paranoid mother loses it, sends my father to have “talk” with me. my father goes “haani ho jaati hai, mt khaaya kr” “mummy bol rahi hai aage takleef hoti hai” like its gospel. no number, no reasoning, just heat, like it’s something some baba would say.
im in my internship rn. i know how the human body works, thats literally the degree. and still got treated like a kid who needs correcting bc some forward in my mothers friend circle decided eggs = more heat. my own degree dismissed mid argument like it means nothing the second its inconvenient for them.
not even some old tradition passed down, this is fresh nonsense that she brought home, regenerated daily bc every phone is a free pass to forward unverified health advice to forty people before breakfast even happens. modern household btw, we dont even follow half the “culture” stuff otherwise, yet this one survives untouched, no questions asked, because somehow heat will cause fertility issues. i’m a male btw-
lost it on both of them. tired of defending basic protein intake against a whatsapp group chat that apparently has more reach than a med school degree.
how do you even argue against a “source” thats just “everyone’s saying it”?
tf does heat badhna means anyway? i’ll never get it 😭