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The role of 'BIG DATA' from the Clinical World and claims for Nutraceuticals!

Column |  Column | By Dr V Prakash, FRSC; Distinguished Scientist of CSIR-India, Chairman, Advisory Board, NuFFooDS Spectrum | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2014

In today’s arena of Nutraceuticals several brands do come up overcoming barriers of answering safety and products which get prescribed and get into the streamline. Th...Read more

Frequent heart burn needs to be cooled

Column |  Column | By Manisha Vaidya | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2014

We all love to celebrate festivals, birthdays, achievements and successes. Every celebration comes with food and we love to eat. We all should take take time out and enjoy ...Read more

"Probiotics - Transition from Tradition to Science"

Column |  Column | By Dr. Neerja Hajela, Head - Science, Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2014

One business magazine proclaimed “Microbes maketh Man” while the Economist stated, “If Gut Bacteria are making you ill, can swapping them make you healthy...Read more

Knowledge dissemination is key to option in healthcare

Column |  News | By RK Sanghavi, Nutraceutical Subcommittee, IDMA | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2014

Nutraceuticals can be labelled best as health supplements. This category of products can provide definite health benefits - including preventive. The nutraceuticals flouris...Read more

Biotech in Food and Nutrition

Column |  Column | By Dr Dilip Ghosh Honorary Ambassador, Global Harmonisation Initiative (GHI) | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2014

Biotechnology has evolved over the past 20 years from intellectually intriguing biosciences into a diversifying industries which produce useful biologicals from biocatalyti...Read more

Establishing a cultural connect

Column |  Column | By Sunil Shetty | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2014

We have come a long way since Thomas Friedman highlighted the impact of the globalised world in his book, \"The World is Flat\" in 2005. Today, a globalised world is taken ...Read more

Who pressed the pause button?

Column |  Column | By Dr. R.B. Smarta | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2014

Since last 10 years we in India are upbeat on nutraceuticals as a sunshine segment and have expressed that the market would grow in a manifold way. Usually this growth is d...Read more

Dietary and Nutrition Transitions in Indians, Processed Foods and Health

Column |  Column | By Dr. Jamuna Prakash | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Diet, nutrition and physical activity are increasingly being recognised as strong foundations for healthy living and prevention of diseases. As the world population increas...Read more

Rutaceae, Citrus acida and a vast Potential for Health Products

Column |  Column | By Dr. Ashok D B Vaidya | 0 Comment | 25 Mar, 2014

The historical aspects of lemon and related fruits date back to antiquity. Charak, Sushruta and Bhavamishra have described the health and medicinal uses of Jambir (Large le...Read more

Every child has the right to proper nutrition

Column |  Column | By Feike Sijbesma, CEO, Royal DSM | 0 Comment | 21 Mar, 2014

Traditionally, governments have addressed issues in the public domain, companies have taken care of matters in the private domain and international institutions have addres...Read more

Consult 19th & 20th Century books for ayurceuticals

Column |  Column | By Bureau Report | 0 Comment | 15 Jan, 2014

Ayurveda is a live art-science. Hence it is desirable that besides pondering over the classical texts, we should also consult the more recent observations and experience do...Read more

Wise Extensions: Potential & pitfalls of brand extensions

Column |  News | By Sunil Shetty | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2014

The last column covered the basics of brand building and benefits which strong brands deliver for owners and marketers. One of the most important benefits of strong brands ...Read more

Slow to Climb

Column |  News | By Dr. R.B. Smarta | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2014

The business and marketing infrastructure needs to be developed in collaboration. Right from ingredients, product development, clinical trials, registration, distribution t...Read more

Mother’s education & sanitation play an important role in nutrition : Arvind Virmani

Column |  Column | By Arvind Virmani | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2013

Rice and wheat provide just calories and they don’t give nutrition. Within the subsidised price of wheat, people should get the course grain, and then it would be bet...Read more

Traditional food systems - beyond nutrition : Dr S D Kholkute

Column |  Column | By Bureau Report | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2013

Changing socio economic and cultural scenario, migration, educational status, popularisation of commercial modern food practices are influencing the dietary practices of th...Read more

Will food security offer nutrition security? : Dr Vilas Ramrao Shirhatti

Column |  Column | By Dr Vilas Ramrao Shirhatti | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2013

We live in a technologically advanced world which has adequate knowledge, intelligence, technology and natural and human resources to provide nutritional and food security ...Read more

This is not Food Security: Dr Amol A Annadate

Column |  Column | By Dr Amol A. Annadate | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2013

Mere food schemes, free cereals, fortification will never work not because they are too tangled in red tapism but because they are too centralised and designed with a tunne...Read more

The Five Levels of Cranberry Substantiation

Column |  Column | By Dan Souza | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2013

In my nearly 10 years as an ambassador for North American Cranberry Vacciniummacrocarpon I have traveled the world promoting the Urinary Tract Health benefits of cranberry....Read more