Nutrition
A lighter dastarkhan: keeping festive meals balanced
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Demo profile. A fictional specialist created for the website mock-up. The photo shows a stock model, not the person named. Replace with a real expert with written consent before publishing. A festive table without guilt and without extremes Shymkent Madiyar works in Shymkent, where a feast is not a dinner but an event lasting several days. He does not try to cancel the tradition, nor does he suggest replacing beshbarmak with salad. His approach is simpler: change the balance of dishes on the table, not their meaning. He says the most common mistake is arriving hungry to "save calories" and leaving with heaviness and guilt. In his materials for the site he explains how to keep respect for guests and for yourself at the same time, and why a smaller plate works better than willpower. South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, general medicine, 2010 Clinical nutrition residency, 2013 Leads hospital nutrition and consults at home Works with families during large celebrations and Ramadan