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How Trans Fat wreaks health havoc

How Trans Fat wreaks health havoc

Consumption of trans fat alone acts as a significant risk factor for coronary heart disease events and mortality. Globally, eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids can save 17 million lives over the next 25 years. It

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Major upheavals mark food processing space

Major upheavals mark food processing space

India’s food processing market is expected to reach over $500 billion by FY2026, owing to factors such as an upsurge in innovations in food technology, growing demand for processed food, etc. With the introduction of

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Embracing cruelty-free Meats

Embracing cruelty-free Meats

For the majority of inhabitants of our blue planet ‘Food is Life’. Yet, the consensus is increasingly turning into ‘Life is Food’. Surely the days of unpredictable ‘nature’ are behind us, with advancements in technology

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Can fungi replace meat for good?

Can fungi replace meat for good?

In recent years, plant-proteins have received heightened interest for their ability to improve health issues, where other sustainable food proteins such as fungi-derived proteins have been comparatively overlooked. Even though fungi as an alternative protein

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Deploying medicinal foods against diabetes

Deploying medicinal foods against diabetes

The incidence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise annually all over the world with India having recorded 7.7 crore cases in 2020 according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). The present available treatment options for

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A veritable hemp revolution

A veritable hemp revolution

There is something about Hemp. It elicits unusual reactions from people...almost literally. Not only its consumption but also its mere mention results in euphoria amongst the people. No wonder the new regulations regarding Hemp have

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Probiotics as targeted bacteriotherapy: A new frontier

Probiotics as targeted bacteriotherapy: A new frontier

Probiotics will be used more and more as adjuvant to current therapy to bring about greater clinical impact in treatment outcomes     Probiotics so far have been used casually as an add-on therapy for

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Why India’s Gargantuan Food Wastages must end?

Why India’s Gargantuan Food Wastages must end?

On average, an Indian citizen wastes about 50 kgs of food per year. Around 6.7 crore tonnes of food is wasted in India every year which has been valued at around Rs 92,000 crore. With

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Can Front-of-Package Labelling prevent Digestive Disorders crisis?

Can Front-of-Package Labelling prevent Digestive Disorders crisis?

Nutritionists and doctors across the country are calling for a systemic approach to manage the rapidly rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now more than ever, with particular emphasis on policy actions to establish science-based

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Staying Sharp with Food Science

Staying Sharp with Food Science

‘A strong mind in a strong body’ is an adage that has been wilfully neglected in the past few decades, especially, when it comes to ‘safe and natural’ food crops and toxic chemical-free food products.