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  Food safety is basic human rights Billions of people in the world are at risk of unsafe food. Many millions become sick while hundreds of thousands die every year because they consume unsafe food. Therefore, safe food saves lives. Safe food enhances individual and population health. Safe food improves economic growth of the region where food safety is practiced and enhanced. Safe food supply depends on both sound science and equitable law enforcement. With technological advances, new regulations must be enacted to protect a continuing supply of food products that are safe and wholesome for the health and wellness of people. The food producers, distributors, handlers and vendors bear primary responsibility while consumers must remain vigilant and literate. Government agencies must enforce food safety laws to safeguard public and individual health. Medical providers must remain passionate to prevent foodborne illnesses and may consider treating diseases with safe diet therapy under...

  If you've had to fight though plastic packaging to get to your food you won't be surprised to hear it can raise your blood pressure - but it's the phthalate chemicals used in the packaging rather than the effort involved, that's to blame. These chemicals are generally used to make plastic soft, for example in credit cards or plastic shower curtains.   A study of nearly 3,000 children in the Journal of Pediatrics   found that children between the ages of six and 19 who had been exposed to phthalates (measured by levels of breakdown products of the chemicals in their urine) had higher levels of blood pressure than those who didn't. When I asked the lead researcher, Leonardo Trasande     from New York University School of Medicine, if the small, clinically insignificant rise in blood pressure was likely to mean anything, he said it could do so in later life. "We know that phthalates damage the walls of arteries by oxidative stress and they may dir...

  I recently came across the phrase micro cuisine (sometimes referred to as niche cuisine but that terminology just doesn’t work for me) and have spent the past few weeks attempting to understand what exactly that means.  If you attempt to look up the phrase you will find that what you get is mostly stuff about microwave cooking. But micro cuisines are not about technology.  When I travel I am most interested in local foods that are specific to the area I am in. I want to eat local, and hopefully foods I have never experienced and can’t get in my home countries of Canada or Ireland. Effect Of Heat On The Nutrients In carbohydrates, cooking has a beneficial effect as it leads to gelatinization of starch and caramelization of sugar which gives color and flavor to food. Proteins get denatured thus access to enzymes and digestibility increases. Moist heating of pulses improves protein quality. Chemical reactions take place when oil is continuously heated. Reactions like hydro...

  Gone are the days when students like us used to carry colourful plastic tiffin boxes which contained hot paranthas wrapped in aluminum foil, the days when mommy dearest used to get up early to pack our favourite snack, satisfied that her child is eating healthy. Those were the days when our everyday intake of food effectively included all the nutrients. The situation now is contrasting to that of the above; tiffins are a big no-no as young college-going adults find it not hip enough. They live on the junk provided in the canteen which varies from cholesterol enriched samosas and bread pakoras to aerated drinks which have formidable powers to rot our lungs. The fried chips and locally made hamburgers are the most popular. The cheap prices make it affordable and hence comfortably available to all. They become  “easy food”  to curb that ever present hunger that all the young people seem to experience nowadays. Most of the people are satisfied with the junk food being sold ...

    Sadly, it is not an exaggeration to say that food waste is one of the biggest problems facing mankind today. 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. That is 1 in 9 people on the planet who are starving or malnourished. Each and every one of them could be sufficiently fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the USA, UK and Europe each year. Because we have a globalised food supply system, demand for food in the West can drive up the price of food grown for export in developing countries, as well as displace the growth of crops to feed native populations and drive accelerated degradation of natural habitats. And, hunger is not just a problem that’s happening ‘somewhere else’ – in the UK for example, over 1 million people accessed a food bank last year, whilst in the USA 40 million Americans live in food poverty. Food waste is really, really bad for the environment. It takes a land mass larger than China to grow the food each year that is ultimately ...

  FROZEN FOOD Frozen food are an affordable way to get daily dose of fruits and vegetables. in fact, families, who incorporate frozen foods into their normal routine may have better diet quality. With so many choices in the frozen foods arise, there are plenty of opportunities to find something you like. Benefits of Frozen  Fruits and vegetables are picked at peak ripeness and often frozen within, hour locking in nutrients and flavor. Generally, frozen food retain their vitamins and minerals and there is no change to the carbohydrate, protein or fat content. In some cases, frozen foods have more vitamins and minerals compared to fresh because fresh food loose vitamins and minerals over time while freezing preserves nutrients. Disadvantage of Frozen Food Frozen food does not taste as good as fresh food. T he difference in taste is significant and if you want to eat the best foods, chances are that you want to rely on fresh instead of frozen ones in most cases.  Another pro...