We hear and read a lot about functional food/health food these days. What exactly are these foods? Functional food is any food claiming to have a health promoting or disease-preventing […]
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Vegetables may have their origin from different parts of the plant. Spinach is a green leafy vegetable, potato is a root vegetable, okra is a fruit, peas are seeds and […]
Read more ›Thiamine is an important B vitamin that plays a vital role in production of energy from food consumed. It also improves normal neuronal activity. Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin and […]
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A healthy diet helps fight malnutrition. A healthy diet also prevents or reduces the risk of many non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and cancers. Some factors contribute […]
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Prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing for the past 3 decades especially in low- and middle-income countries. In 2012 diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths globally. […]
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Teenagers feel invincible and lived in the world or their own. Those are wonderful years but sometimes that is the time when things can go awfully wrong. And the effect […]
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Vitamins or vital molecules are nutrients that are extremely important for our body to function. For a substance to be named in the distinguished list of vitamins it needs to […]
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Fibre is a plant constituent that is generally resistant to human digestion. Fibre is also known as roughage. It is the indigestible part of plant foods that pushes through our […]
Read more ›There are many misconceptions about nutrition in our minds. Let’s get some facts straight. Health is more important than weight Do not obsess about weight, focus on health. Most people […]
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Rice is the second most consumed staple food in the world. And it has been an important food grain for centuries in many Asian countries. The largest producers of rice […]
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