Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
if you are not a vegetarian living on a reduced diet, don't worry. That unpalatable spinach has something in common with sweet orange juice, and asparagus with chicken liver. It's called folate (or folic acid), a vitamin that helps prevent heart attack. And never mind that you don't know the …
A diet comprising a bowl of rice and vegetables may seem rather stern compared to the relatively rich daily fare of today, but it was heart-friendly, claim doctors. With the rising living standards, a significant percentage of the China's formidable populace is switching to meat. Pork with eggs has attained …
what kind of fat (and how much of it) is good for health? This is a question that has been intensely debated upon in the recent years with experts expressing diverse views. Most people, therefore, prefer to follow their doctor's advice: stick to a low-fat diet and save your heart. …
some animals put on low-calorie diets have been found to increase their life span. If the method is confirmed in other animals, too, then it may become a reliable means of extending a mammal's life span. Experiments on monkeys whose body formations are similar to humans have shown encouraging results. …
why do babies that are born underweight run the risk of developing diseases such as heart disease and diabetes? David Barker and his colleagues at the University of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, uk, have found that weight at birth and in some cases, low weight at even one-year of age, …
a diet containing substantial amounts of vegetables and fruits can prevent about two million cancer cases in the world every year. The American Institute for Cancer Research ( aicr ) and the World Cancer Research Fund, Washington, usa, have announced the study recently. Paul Talalay and his colleagues at the …
RELEASED in 1997, the book is a compilation of papers that were presented at a national conference, Panchayati Raj - the key to food security and nutrition, organised in India from July 2-3, 1996. The conference was held as part of India's preparatory process for the World Food Summit held …
deficiency of iron in the microscopic plant-like organisms that populate the seas - called phytoplankton - may have interfered in the carbon dioxide cycle and contributed to global warming. Scientists are now investigating reversal of this process. Confirmation of this fact will provide answers that may help combat global warming. …
nutrition plays a vital role in the development of a baby's immune system, even in the womb. A team of researchers led by Andrew Prentice of the Medical Research Council's Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, uk, has confirmed the relationship after analysing the births and deaths of nearly 1,000 people in …
Scientists have for long propagated that breast feeding is perfect for babies and fulfils their total nutritional requirements for the first six months. Realising its importance, Brazil has launched several campaigns to promote breast feeding. There are six lactation training and resource centres in the country. The Lactation Training Programme …
about 80,000 children in north Korea are in immediate danger of dying from hunger and disease and another 80,000 are suffering from malnutrition. Carol Bellamy, executive director of unicef , who along with international aid officials have gathered information from many parts of North Korea, said that if the shortages …
The discovery that smaller babies tend to deposit more fat around their midriffs as they grow older may help explain the controversial link between low birth weight and heart disease at later stage in life. David Baker of the Medical Research Council's Environmental Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton, …
reports of the benefits of vitamin e have caused considerable interest in the medical community in the last few years. Vitamin e supplements have been called the magic pill of the 90s by some physicians. And though previous declarations of such magnitude have caused controversy, as in the case of …
Of the estimated 52 million deaths worldwide in 1996, about 40 million were in the developing world, including nearly nine million in the least developed countries. Of the 40 million deaths in the developing world in 1996, more than 17 million were due to infectious and parasitic diseases. Studies indicate …
The investment community is encouraged by a steady increase in the consumption of organic and natural food products in the US and western Europe. Although they have to wait for a few years, the investors believe that they can profit from the growth opportunities in this sector. Anne-Marc O'Connor, an …
On India's goal of achieving food security: We are confident of providing food security. Currently, the growth rate of foodgrain production is 2.8 per cent as against two per cent population growth. Current concerns centre more around the access to food; it is more of a socioeconomic problem rather than …
WITH babies vying with each other in bornny baby contests the world over, baby fat has never been a serious issue with mothers and paediatricians. A chubby baby is considered a healthy baby by all. Some Finnish researchers, however, decided to have a fresh look at the dietary requirements of …
A study conducted by a team of scientists belonging to the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in Thiruvananthapuram, shows that the use of red palm oil (RPO) could help combat vitamin A deficiency, especially in pre-school children. The study formed part of a …
CONTRARY to the conventional wisdom that prevention is better than cure, here is a case where cure certainly outweighs the benefits of preventive measures. According to a study done at the Department of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, us, 70 per cent of the overall decline in deaths in …
Tinytech, a mechanised oil expeller imported from India, is doing wonders for the villagers of Gokwe in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. A smallscale oil milling business in Gokwe has installed Tinytech which has helped improve the nutritional standards of impoverished villagers in this vast rural area by providing them …
