"We are close to crisis point"
Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the …
Vitamin D complex
When sunlight falls on the skin, it forms an essential nutrient, vitamin D. For people in India, which has an average of 300 clear sunny days in …
`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'
The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …
Food processing industry takes a toll on country's health
Eating at home isn’t the in thing anymore. Hanging out is hip, especially in the mushrooming fast food joints that blister the skylines of …
'We need to promote the culture of donating breast milk'
Armida Fernandez, founder trustee of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, started the first human milk bank in India in 1989 in …
Fat of the matter
What does 'healthy oil' really mean? It is difficult to tell. The Centre for Science and Environment studied branded edible oils to understand …
Veggies delight
The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …
Gimme eat!
In America today, the revolutionary question is not how to get food to eat -- it's what and how much
Africa’s untapped goldmine of food biodiversity
The sustainability of agrobiodiversity is vital in meeting the food and nutrition needs of present and the future generations in Africa
Dalits and nutrition: Where is the catch up?
The performance of nutrition indicators amongst Dalits is improving, it is nowhere near the catch-up pace
The great hunger
The largest continent on the earth also has the maximum number of mouths to feed despite the 21st century knocking at the door
Oily hopes
Red palm oil could be a potent source of beta-carotenes which help in combating vitamin A deficiency
Quite disturbing: Pakistan nutrition survey
The Nutrition Section of Pakistan's Planning Commission, working in collaboration with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund,…
Lifestyle diseases, change in nutrition consumption pattern making urban India unhealthy
A new study finds rise in cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes among urban population of the country
Food basket in danger
Latest data suggests a decline in the nutritional quality of food. What is stripping our food of nutrients? Can authorities cope with the challenge?
Healthy yoghurt
A new kind of fibre-rich yoghurt not only tickles the gourmet palates, but also promises boosts to healthcare
Food for thought
Nutrition in the Nineties -- Policy Issues Edited by Margaret R Biswas and Mamdouh Gabr Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: Not stated
Panacea?
Vitamin E gives protection against heart disease and slows the ageing process, among other benefits
A pinch of salt, anyone?
If you are health-conscious, you will politely decline the offer. But what do the experts have to say?
Fruity twist to grandma's tale
The country fig can pass off as any other wild fruit. Little can one guess it has a cluster of fibrous flowers inside, loaded with prebiotic …
For the love of gond
How an edible gum works wonders for the taste buds as well as health, explains Pooja Singh
Protein - rich algae fatten kids
A noon meal food supplement consisting of a blue-green algae was provided to schoolchildren on a trial basis in Pudukottai district, with …
Ruminating rural Raj
FOOD SECURITY AND PANCHAYATI RAJ·Edited by Pradeep Chaturvedi· Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1997·Price Rs 400
Baby fat is out
Researchers have concluded that high-fat diets for infants might have an adverse efteq on their later lives
Affairs of the heart
Not relying purely on preventive measures is being considered a better strategy for heart patients
