Did you know that some cravings have a psychological basis - you want what you can't have. Other cravings have a physiological basis. Your body produces chemicals that send messages throughout your nervous system that tell you how to feel. Read More...
Food Poisoning
Food is a perishable commodity and requires careful handling and storage. Ingestion of contaminated food with harmful bacteria or microorganism causes food poisoning. Read More...
Maintaining Food Hygiene
The word 'Delhi Belly' is a term which is familiar to most foreigners visiting India. The Urban Dictionary defines Delhi Belly as "Diarrhea or dysentery contracted from eating Indian (i.e. from India) food". It is also known as Bombay belly, Traveller's d Read More...
Tomatoes- A Super Food
Tomato is an important ingredient in Indian cooking and food preparation. Any curry without tomato is incomplete. This fruit-vegetable has many benefits to fight against different health conditions. It contains Lycopene which fights against diseases. Read More...
Summer Food
Summer is the time to get active with picnics, summer cocktails, and barbecues and innumerable trips to the ice cream shop which usually means consuming a lot more calories than any time in the year. Read More...
Vegetable Fried Rice
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked rice, long grained, preferably one day old
1 tsp. garlic puree
1/2 tsp. ginger puree
2 tsp. vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. sambal oeleck (or any hot sauce - optional)
1 cup mixed Read More...
Green Pea Mint Cold Soup
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
1 cup frozen green peas
1 cup vegetable broth
1 chopped onion
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon spring onion
2 tablespoon chopped mint
Salt
Pepper
Method:
In a frying pan, Read More...
Avocado and Cilantro Soup
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
2 cups chicken broth
1 ripe avocado
2 tablespoon fresh coriander
150 ml sour cream
Salt
Pepper
Method:
Heat the chicken broth. Chop the avocado flesh coarsely.
Stir the choppe Read More...
Akki Roti
1. The state of Karnataka has a scrumptious cuisine. Staple food for the people of Karnataka is rice, jowar (millets) and raggi. Tradition Karnataka meals are served on a patravali (banana leaf) or muttuga (leaves stitched together). Sesame and gr Read More...
Badshahi Kichidi
Bengali Food is Known for its spicy, aromatic and mouthwatering flavours. Bengali Cuisine generally consists of a variety of rice dishes and fresh water fish delicacies. Bengali Food enlists delicious rice main courses, curries, fish dishes, chick Read More...
Diabetes
Diabetes is characterized by an abnormally high level of blood glucose in the urine. It results from relative lack of insulin which leads to abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism and the metabolism of protein and fat. Ancient scholars of Ayurveda Read More...
Acidity
Acidity is a common problem now-a-days. The excess production of acid by the gastric glands of the stomach, results in the condition known as acidity. It occurs when hydrochloric acid, an important constituent of digestive juices, makes its way upwa Read More...
Obesity
Obesity is the most common nutritional disorder, particularly among the affluent, all over the world. Obesity may be described as a condition characterized by excessive deposition of fat in the body. It is usually a result of consuming food in quanti Read More...
Jaundice
Jaundice is the most common of all liver disorders. It is a condition in which yellow discoloration of skin and mucous membrane occurs. The yellow color is a result of the increase in the level of bilirubin (a bile pigment) in the blood. This pigment Read More...
Insomnia
Insomnia literally means a complete lack of sleep. However, in practice it is used to denote a relative inability to sleep. In other words, it is difficulty in falling asleep or difficulty in remaining asleep, early final awakening or combination of Read More...
Is Coca-Cola Good For Stomach Digestion
Our favourite soft drink has been the center of 'bad' limelight since couple of years. From being labelled as toilet cleaner to pesticide, this has been sidelined by all diet experts.
Dietitians and nutritionists don't talk about this drink much bec Read More...
Why You Should Not Skip Breakfast
According to HealthDay News individuals who skip breakfast may end up eating more and making less healthy food choices throughout the day. Whereas, having breakfast on time helps people avoid overeating and cravings for high-calorie foods.
Researche Read More...
Eat Like An Olympian
All Olympians do is eat! Maybe true but Olympic athletes suffer from many of the same challenges and problems that regular people face when it comes to nutrition and diet.
They struggle with temptation and boredom eating. When they aren’t at a Read More...
Foods that Can Stain Your Teeth
So you’ve tried every teeth whitening product and still don’t have those pearly white teeth? Don’t blame the product-it may be time to watch what you are eating!
Yes, that’s right; your diet can both help and wreak ha Read More...
Injera-a traditional Ethiopian crepe/dosa
When we first tried Ethiopian food, we were surprised at how similar it is to Indian cuisine. The food is spicy and there are a lot of stir-fried vegetables/green leafy vegetables and even a kind of ‘dal’ along with meat/poultry.
Traditi Read More...
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