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. …
Labels on packaged foods may not always carry totally correct information, finds Saheli Mitra Do you know that a packet of instant noodles has over 60 per cent of your recommended daily salt intake or that a Happy Meal contains 90 per cent of your child's daily requirement of trans …
Bite into that burger, chug that cola, drizzle that honey at your own risk. The Centre for Science and Environment has for years played food sleuth, revealing unpalatable truths about what we consume. There's more to those bottles and jars filling our larders and refrigerators than what their labels say. …
It is not in the interest of food companies to advertise what their products contain, but it is in our interest to know Junk food is junk by its very definition. But how bad is it and what is it that companies do not tell people about this food? This …
The first-ever lab study of junk foods in India by Centre for Science and Environment published in Down To Earth exposes dubious claims by fast food giants. Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on …
Amritsar: New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releasing negative results in March after testing 16 major food brands, including Nestle's Maggi noodles, McDonald's, KFC, Haldiram's aloo bhujia and PepsiCo's Lays potato chips, has not resulted in any decline in the footfall at junk food outlets nor there is …
AHMEDABAD: A fund for public health should be created by levying specific taxes on tobacco, alcohol, petrol and junk foods, believes Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) faculty Dileep Mavalankar. "Taxes should also be levied on any food item that has more than 10% sugar or fat and has high …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which took up cudgels against the health hazards due to junk food has hailed the UP governments decision to put an immediate ban on its sale within the premises and outside ICSE, CBSE and UP Board schools. “It is a significant and laudable …
Did you ever ask for the vital statistics of a samosa? According to Delhi-based nutritionist Aditi Mehrotra, a medium-sized one has 250 calories, 30 gms of carbohydrates, 13.2 fats and just five grams of proteins. The samosa lives a busy life messing up our nutritional balance, yet, like other delicious-but-dangerous …
Forget the sales pitch on the box and read the fine print. Is the promised 'low-fat' low enough, the 'multigrain' whole or refined? Sugar-free’ cream cookies, ‘wholegrain’ cereal bars, ‘all-natural’ fruit juice: it’s hard to ignore the screaming labels on superstore shelves, but can you take them at face value? …
Fast-food chains McDonald’s and KFC, and packaged food brands like Lay’s chips and Maggi noodles reported normal sales this weekend, despite a study on Friday alleging high levels of trans-fat, sugar and salts in their food on Friday. Analysts say it is natural for consumers of chips, burgers and noodles …
Diet experts have said Indians are consuming junk foods more often than in the past, and have warned that this poses a major risk to their health. Deputy Programme Manager at the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI) Savvy Soumya Mishra said that merely criticising international fast food …
Washington: Here’s yet another reason why you should shun junk meals — eating fast food can raise a person’s risk of suffering from depression, according to a new study published in the ‘Public Health Nutrition’ journal. Researchers at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of …
CSE study says fast-food firms misleading consumers, demands stricter labelling firms named deny charges Fast-food meals and snacks in India contain dangerous levels of trans-fats and salt, an analysis from the combative Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found. A single packet of potato chips can meet half the …
Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has alleged that leading food manufacturers are guilty of “large scale misbranding and misinformation” by claiming that their food products contain zero trans fats even though tests show heavy doses of it. Most popular “junk foods contain very high levels of trans …
Dietary trans fatty acids (dTFA) are primarily synthetic compounds that have been introduced only recently; little is known about their behavioral effects. dTFA inhibit production of omega-3 fatty acids, which experimentally have been shown to reduce aggression. Potential behavioral effects of dTFA merit investigation. We sought to determine whether dTFA …
Pizzas and burgers are flying off the shelves at fast food outlets, but Indians are ostensibly smoking and drinking much less. They may still be flying high though—given the high growth rates recorded in the ailing aviation sector; but then they are travelling light, buying less travel luggage and watches. …
The UK could considerably reduce its carbon footprint if more of us switched to a vegetarian diet, according to new research by Lancaster University. The report 'Relative greenhouse gas impacts of realistic dietary choices' published in the journal Energy Policy says that if everyone in the UK swapped their current …
The impact of children’s fast food meals on their daily nutritional requirements has not been assessed in Australia. Analysis of the nutritional composition of children’s meals from six fast food chains was conducted. The energy, saturated fat, sugar and sodium content of all children’s meals from the chains were assessed …
What is junk food? The problem is that nobody seems to have a clear idea. Though the Centre has assured the Delhi high court that it will frame guidelines to identify and replace junk food in school canteens by July, it’s time parents swapped noodles with sprouts. “There is no …
Twenty years ago, tuberculosis was the scourge of the socio-economically backward, often slum dwellers forced to live in shanties, without a care for personal or civic hygiene. Today, many upper and middle class people are falling prey to the air-borne disease, thanks to a life styled around sedantary habits, junk …
