fad diets: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. In 2016, more than […]
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According to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), “food adulteration is an act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or […]
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Food provides nutrients that are needed for growth, development, and maintenance of normal body function. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and dietary guidelines for Indians “Nutrition is the […]
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Zinc is a very important mineral and is found in almost every cell in the body. It exists as a constituent of several enzymes and also in the hormone insulin. […]
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When we get on to the weighing scale what do we see? We learn how much our total weight is or what is the mass of our body. The weight […]
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vitamin k is a fat-soluble vitamin and is known for its most important function that is normal coagulation of blood. This vitamin is heat stable and to air exposure but […]
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What are vitamins? A century ago a scientist coined the term “vitamin” describing it vital nitrogen (amine) containing the component of food. Vital amine-containing substance was condensed to vitamins. Many […]
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Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid and is a water-soluble vitamin and first isolated in 1923 by Hungarian biochemist and Nobel laureate Szent-Gyorgyi and synthesized by Howarth and […]
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is an Indian spice also known as “Golden Spice”. It is brilliant yellow in colour. Turmeric is made from the root of the plant which belongs to […]
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