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Fat Facts
Yes, we need fat. How would our skin and hair look without it? Fat serves as an energy reserve for food eaten in excess of immediate need...
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Jul 8, 20122 min read
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Fast Food Increases Risk of Diabetes in Singapore
In case you needed more proof on the dangers of Fast Food…This research was documented in Science Daily. The dangers of fast food are...
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Jul 4, 20122 min read
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Zzzzzzz…..
It’s been in the news a lot — sleep is good for weight loss. Now there is more proof. A recent study conducted by the Mayo Clinic in...
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Jul 3, 20121 min read
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Mango Diet
A cut mango is the best dessert, best snack, best breakfast and lunch food. I usually am not in India during April and May and when I...
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Jun 29, 20121 min read
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900 Mill. Do Not Have Enough to Eat
There is no shock value left. The numbers mean very little, especially to urban dwellers who rarely see what happens in the slums and to...
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Jun 22, 20121 min read
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Ban on Sugary Drinks in New York City
Soda companies argue that education, not outlawing the volume of drink is the best solution to fight the war on obesity. It’s a bit too...
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Jun 11, 20122 min read
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Don’t Just Sit There
We go to the gym regularly and actually get a good workout, cardio, weights, yoga and more, but then we what happens? What do the...
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Jun 9, 20123 min read
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Dhansak
Dhansak is made with several different dals, pumpkin and green leafy vegetables – protein, calcium and so many vitamins and minerals with...
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Dec 9, 20112 min read
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The Anatomy of a Biscuit
Ingredients: wheat flour (58%), sugar, edible vegetable oil, milk solids(2.5%), invert syrup, raising agents, salt emuslifiers (332.471),...
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Nov 21, 20112 min read
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Fo, Fo and More Fo
I called a friend who grew up Goa and she told me about all the Goan Diwali customs, including the making of 5 different fau (the Konkani...
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Nov 7, 20111 min read
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Beets, Plain and Simple
I don’t know too many individuals who are fond of beets. If more people liked them, there would be more beet based foods — beet...
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Oct 15, 20113 min read
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Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge
Growing up in the US it was pu-pu platter and any spicy schezwan curry. Pu-pu platter is an appetizer, which I think is banned now for...
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Oct 6, 20112 min read
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Cherry Tomatoes — A Big Delight
Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes, Cocimbir, and Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce This mini fruit is a great way to get kids and veggie haters to like...
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Oct 3, 20113 min read
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World’s First Food Tax
Denmark has slapped a tax on foods with high amounts of saturated fats. The new tax, designed to help with the health of the country,...
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Oct 2, 20111 min read
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Food Fuss
Kids – please stop watching Master Chef. Which one? – all of them! After making a simple but tasty salad yesterday, my son declared it...
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Sep 24, 20112 min read
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Talwalkar’s Food Offerings
Talwalkars, one of the leading chains of gyms in India, is getting into the food business. When my aunt from Hubli came to visit she...
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Jul 23, 20112 min read
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Healthy Cooking Technique – Poaching
When you hear the term poaching you may think of companies unscrupulously luring away employees from their current place of work....
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Jul 21, 20113 min read
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Cooking to Go Abroad
Mrs. Prabhu is worried. Her daughter Jyoti is going to study abroad, and although Jyothi likes continental food, she What are the first...
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Jul 21, 20113 min read
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Maushi’s Chai
Anand is one of the many people you can find at Maushi’s Chai stall at 6am eagerly awaiting the day’s first cup of freshly brewed tea. He...
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Jul 21, 20113 min read
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No Fries Please
I hate to always be the bearer of bad news but this was something you already knew. Now it is solidified with scientific backing –stay...
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Jul 6, 20113 min read
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