The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements for people of all ages. According to the report, released on May 8, 2024, a proper diet diversity will also help prevent non-communicable diseases. …
politicians and economists look at the latest gross domestic product ( gdp) figures to see how their nations are doing. I look at the infant mortality rate or imr . It is the number of babies out of every 1,000 born who die before they reach their first birthday. For …
the very first advice that a heart patient is most likely to receive from the doctors and well-wishers is to cut down on salt intake. Public health experts have always maintained that we eat about three to four times more salt than what our bodies need. Close to 80 per …
The venom of the Malaya pitviper Calloselasma rhodostoma , collected from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Java, shows considerable variations in its chemical composition. The pattern of variation is due to the changes in the diet of the snakes in these regions. Since the function of the venom is to immobilise …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
