Bacterial study gives fresh insights on diabetes and fibrosis

The results offer a better understanding of how carbohydrates are taken into cells

Fibre is your body’s natural guide to weight management

Rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fibre packaging instead

‘Indian vegetarians do not eat vegetables’

Food historian and physician Manoshi Bhattacharya explains how the diet of Indians have changed over centuries

‘Crash’ diets are potential health hazards: experts

‘Crash’ diets often prescribed for quick weight loss are usually unbalanced and lead to health issues that can be dangerous in the …

Research on liver likely to help understand deadly metabolic diseases

About 90 per cent of gluconeogenesis occurs in the liver while the other 10 per cent occurs in the kidneys and the gut

Malnourished but diabetic: An atypical form of ‘the rich man’s disease’ is spreading among Chhattisgarh’s tribals

Lean diabetes arises from intermittent starvation, overload on carbohydrate metabolism; lack of guidelines compounds problem

Good or bad? When it comes to food, it’s not that simple

Our ideas about the relationship of food with health and medicine are increasingly shaped by modern science.

Easy access, longer shelf life, promotion: ICRISAT finds reasons why rural India shifted to sugars & carbs

Healthy fruits, cereals & vegetables are also becoming difficult to source, finds research

Half of all South Africans are overweight or obese. Warning labels on unhealthy foods help change that

Globally there’s been an increase in the availability and consumption of unhealthy food

Junk food monster: Take a look inside what you eat

From chips to fries, noodles to pizzas, CSE laboratory tested 33 products — 14 packaged foods and 19 fast foods — for salt, fat, …

What makes your snack more appetising?

A recent study used food items with nutrients similar to those in potato chips to find out what encourages snacking