Articles [Food]

Nutrients play a very important part in our life. People should be made aware of the nutrients that are consumed in the form of daily diet and their importance in preventing the occurrence of various diseases. The nutrients present in the foods...

Food cooking is one of the arts. Cooking makes the tasty food. Coked food digests easily. Cooking also makes food safe eat. Heat kills the harmful germs. Have you ever seen your mother cooking food in the kitchen? She cooks different foods in...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is found to occur in individuals due to the attack of HIV infection on the immune system of the human body. Thus, AIDS patients have very less immunity; thereby get affected by other diseases easily. Initially, a...

Food borne illness is the term used to describe both food infections and food intoxications. Although both the terms sound similar, there are various differences between both the terms. Food infection is defined as the illness caused because of...

Alcoholism is one of the major factors affecting the economic development in India. The risk of deaths among alcoholics is three times greater when compared to that of the non-alcoholics. Alcohol, when consumed in smaller quantities is not found to...

Water is very important for any living being to survive. A living organism can live without food at least for some days but not without water. Hence it is considered as the universal solvent and an important nutrient. Water is an essential...

Minerals are considered as the micronutrients that help the body to grow, protect against diseases and sty fit and healthy, just like the vitamins. Each and every mineral performs a specific function within the body and their health significance is...

Unlike other minerals present in the foods, lead is a toxic mineral found as a source of pollutant in the environment. Smaller quantities of lead do not cause much harm to the body until a specific threshold is reached. The lead poisoning threshold...

Coconut oil confusions We educated people think coconut oil is "bad". Somehow, instinctively feel that it cannot be, neither ghee nor coconut oil can be "bad" if Ayurveda recommends them. Interestingly, although we keep hearing that coconut...

There is an old wives tale that Onions/Garlic are aphrodisiacs. Hence one of the reasons why widows were not allowed this in their food. 12/14/06 Ramanan I was searching for Vegetarian restaurants in China and hit upon this piece of infomation on...