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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

Institute of Excellence – NIN

Column |  Column | By Dr.Kalpagam Polasa is a Director Incharge & Head, Food & Drug Toxicology Research Centre, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad | 0 Comment | 22 Aug, 2013

The National Institute of Nutrition was born in 1918 as a small beri beri enquiry unit at Coonoor. It was created by the Indian Research Fund Association under the leadersh...Read more

Nutraceuticals, Naturals and Nutritionals-A Discovery Path from Ayurveda

Column |  Column | By By Dr Ashok D B Vaidya, Research Director, ICMR Advanced Centre of Reverse Pharmacolgy for Traditional Medicine | 0 Comment | 22 Aug, 2013

"Health and desire for longevity have been inherent features in all social orders and at every stage; all human races have endeavoured to achieve these goals. Only sustaina...Read more

Disease Management through integrated 3 N's (Nutrition, Nutraceuticals and Naturals)

Column |  Column | By Prof. Anjali C. Devi | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2013

Disease management has articulated a new platform not just of dietary and nutrient targets, but of individual’s complex relationship to its environmental components e...Read more

Unlocking brand value

Column |  Column | By By Mr. Sunil R Shetty, Planning Services Director at Draftfcb Ulka, Mumbai | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2013

The concept of brand is not new and brands have become business assets. Unplanned brand management can lay waste to decades of work, says Sunil Shetty, Planning Services Di...Read more