Welcome monsoon with Guava delight
Guava, a uniquely flavored fruit, borne by plants of the myrtle family, cultivated in various tropical and subtropical regions, has found a place among one of the favorite health beneficial foods across the globe, More...
Sixth taste discovered: Fat
New research reveals that there exist six basic tastes which a human tongue can detect; in contrast to the earlier believed presence of five. The recent addition to earlier sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savory More...
Obese to beautiful: A desire for few more years of life!
Jill Knapp, weighed 237 pounds before she finally, began her fight against obesity. The journey from being just another overweight to ending up among the top six contestants of the sixteen amazing women at Mrs. More...
“Low fat diet, best” – just a myth!
Nutrition researchers disagree with the popular belief that low fat diets are better and healthier than moderate or high fat diets. To bust the old, low fat diet related food myth, nutrition experts at Harvard School More...
Junk food marketing: affects Childhood Obesity?
Canadian scientists Monique Kent, Lise Dubois and Alissa Wanless conducted a study involving many hundreds of children exposed to different food and beverage advertising policy environments. The nutritional quality More...
An apple a day or dozen of eggs per week?
“An omlette a day can shrink your waist; Boiled eggs with salt ‘n pepper have a good taste. Mix egg-white with honey and juice of lime; To face you can put and wrinkles shall sublime. If you add yogurt and More...
On World Egg Day, 2011: About the nature’s most balanced food!
Eggs have been known to, and enjoyed by, mankind for many centuries. Laid by females of various species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish; eggs are one of nature’s most perfectly balanced foods, More...