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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Grain of truth
India s public distribution system promotes rice and wheat. These water intensive crops require more inputs and are less nutritious as compared to grains like millets that have sustained India for millennia. These blind policies are preparing the countr
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Remember to have breakfast
Don't forget to eat your breakfast or you may end up forgetting a whole lot more. A study from Canada shows that senior citizens fare better in memory tests when they eat breakfast. "Breaking the
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Moneymakers
friendly plastic: A new plastic made from plant sugar will be soon introduced in the market. The plastic called NatureWorks PLA is being manufactured by Cargill Dow Polymers, a Nebraska-based
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Vegetable taste
Why is that children hate vegetables and elderly people relish them? Here's one explanation and also a benefit of getting older. According to a study conducted by the University of Washington, USA,
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Eat less, live long
Do you want to live longer? Some recent research may have taken you one step closer to this. Researchers have known for years that they could extend the lives of species, from yeast to rodents, by
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Measuring well being
Infant mortality rate acts as an indicator of how well a nation cares for its citizens
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Measuring well being
Infant mortality rate acts as an indicator of how well a nation cares for its citizens
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Poor distribution
If the available food is distributed according to need, it would be sufficient to feed all the people of the world. Yet there are more than 828 million chronically undernourished poor people in
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A pinch of salt, anyone?
If you are health conscious, you will politely decline the offer. But what do the experts have to say?
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Venom variations
The venom of the Malaya pitviper Calloselasma rhodostoma , collected from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Java, shows considerable variations in its chemical composition. The pattern of variation is