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Salt, Hypertension and increasing NCDs: A key challenge in Achieving SDGs

Salt, Hypertension and increasing NCDs: A key challenge in Achieving SDGs

George Cheriyan, Consumer activist and an expert on Food Safety The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 is to ensure health and promote well-being for everyone. SDG 3 focuses on good health and well-being as essential

Food
Sugar Watchers raises Rs 3.6 Cr to enhance distribution & marketing

Sugar Watchers raises Rs 3.6 Cr to enhance distribution & marketing

Sugar Watchers has developed patent backed and clinically tested Low GI foods Gurugram-based startup Sugar Watchers, a health food brand focused on beating the problem of diabetes, has raised Rs 3.6 crore in a recent

Research
Study links sugar-sweetened beverage consumption with premature death for people with type 2 diabetes

Study links sugar-sweetened beverage consumption with premature death for people with type 2 diabetes

To help inform patients and their caregivers on diet and diabetes management High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) was associated with an elevated risk of premature death and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people

Research
New studies link almond consumption with prediabetes in Indians

New studies link almond consumption with prediabetes in Indians

Eating almonds before meals improved blood sugar levels in some people with prediabetes Two new research studies with almonds, one conducted over three days and the other over three months, demonstrated benefits to blood sugar

Nutritionals
Nestlé Health Science launches ‘Opt2Win’ programme in India

Nestlé Health Science launches ‘Opt2Win’ programme in India

To strengthen awareness around prevention and management of obesity As part of their commitment to enable people to live healthier lives, Nestlé India has launched ‘Opt2Win’ programme powered by Nestlé Optifast, on the occasion of World Obesity Day,

Research
Purple vegetables and tubers may have anti-diabetic properties: Study

Purple vegetables and tubers may have anti-diabetic properties: Study

Anthocyanins in plants have properties that reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes The red, purple and blue pigments in fruits, vegetables, and tubers called anthocyanins can reduce the risk of diabetes by affecting energy

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Study links consumption of fast food to liver disease

Study links consumption of fast food to liver disease

Risk of liver damage is highest for those with obesity or diabetes A recent study from the US is giving people extra motivation to reduce fast-food consumption. The study found that eating fast food is associated

Research
Time-restricted eating reshapes gene expression and helps fight cancer, diabetes: Study

Time-restricted eating reshapes gene expression and helps fight cancer, diabetes: Study

Time-restricted eating has shown potential benefits including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and cancer Numerous studies have shown health benefits of time-restricted eating including increase in life span in laboratory studies, making practices like intermittent fasting

Research
Study links coffee consumption with lowered diabetes risk in women post-pregnancy

Study links coffee consumption with lowered diabetes risk in women post-pregnancy

Drinking coffee regularly after pregnancy may lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes for women who had diabetes during pregnancy One in three Singaporeans currently has a risk of developing diabetes in their lifetime, and

Research
Study lays focus on low nutritional quality in many vegetarian meat substitutes

Study lays focus on low nutritional quality in many vegetarian meat substitutes

Nutritional limitations of switching from animal protein to plant-based protein The availability of foods based on plant proteins to substitute for meat has increased dramatically as more people choose a plant-based diet. At the same