The market and consumption of packaged or processed foods is growing because of the changing lifestyle of people. This in turn leads to more consumption of Food additives with these foods. Food additives are substances...

Protein is a very important nutrient having many functions in maintenance and health of humans at all ages. In young infants and children, it also helps in growth. The various enzymes and hormones have proteins; every...

In the first part, the importance of proteins in our diet was given along with all the various benefits of proteins for our health. Also given were some of the foods and ingredients that are rich in protein along with...

Our forefathers have been processing foods for thousands of years and we really do not consider them processed as we became so used to them. Wheat flour, poha, dried grapes, tea or coffee as we get it at home, do not...

A national laboratory tested over 290,000 persons over 5 years in Mumbai and found that every third person had prediabetes. International Diabetes Federation reported that Indians with diabetes to be 74 million while...