First food: business of taste
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
Nutrition
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Edible oils reap nutritional benefits, claim experts
Statesman News Service
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How the humble potato could feed the world
Potato are cheaper, more nutritious and easier to grow than grain. But turning to the spud does not come without risks.
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Free screening for cancer by health ministry
All female school teachers will be screened for cervical and breast cancer by the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry shortly with the assistance of the International Cancer Research Institute (ICRI) in Leon, France, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman W.M.D.Wanninayaka said.
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AIDS: importance of nutrition confirmed
R. PRASAD An 18-month study on more than 10,500 people with HIV/AIDS in Tamil Nadu found nutritional supplements improved their health In what may be the biggest study ever conducted in India, the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) has found conclusive evidence that providing micro and macronutrients to people living with HIV/AIDS greatly improves their health and quality of life.
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Chemicals endanger fish resources
FISH is the cheaper and main source of dietary protein for the nearly 150 million people of Bangladesh and will be depended upon in the diet for all aspects of nutrition by an even bigger population in the future. But this source of nutrition is already under a threat due to dwindling reproduction of various species of sweet water fishes. Bangladesh in the past was home to four or five hundred species of fishes. The number has dwindled down to two hundred and fifty such species with the others becoming extinct.
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How much salt, sugar? New diet rules coming
By Syed Akbar Hyderabad, July 29: How much salt, sugar, chilli, turmeric, ginger-garlic paste or garam masala is good for an average Indian if India is to be a healthy nation? The Centre has taken up a massive exercise to revise dietary guidelines for Indians after a 10-year gap. People can decide what type and what quantity of food is desirable. Suggestions/comments have been invited, based on which a panel of health and nutrition experts will finalise the new guidelines.
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Tele-medicine between SAARC
Tele-medicine services will become operational between India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka by this year end, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. "To start the tele-medicine service by September this year, a Memorandum of Understanding has already been signed between India and Bhutan," he said adding the service would then become operational between Indian and Sri Lanka too by the year-end.
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Feasting and fasting
As was clear from a wide-ranging survey of nutrition issues at last month's Pacific Health Summit in Seattle, Washington, behavioural change is a key element in tackling the twin crises of under-nutrition and obesity, which are all too easily forgotten in the competition for the world's attention. (Editorial)
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Camel milk consumption pattern and its association with diabetes among Raika community of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan
<p>Raika community (OBC) in Jodhpur district is commonly known for keeping camels and might have been consuming camel milk in their diet. It is reported in literature that camel milk consumption may be responsible for reduction of the occurrence of Diabetes in the Raika community which is researchable issue.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/S-EM/EM-02-0-000-08-Web/EM-02-2-000-08-Abst-PDF/EM-02-2-103-08-097-Singh-M-B/EM-02-2-103-08-097-Singh-M-B-Tt.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil
on may 28, the Maharashtra government issued an order revoking a 47-year-old ban on the sale of Lathyrus sativus, a pulse variety grown widely in the state