Low Cholesterol Diet

While fat cannot be totally banished from the food we consume, it is possible to try and lower the bad cholesterol that causes hardening of arteries and heart disease. One good step would be to pot for mono-saturated fat (MUFA) over polyunsaturated Fat (PUFA) on examining food labels.

For more such tidbits on healthy eating and right ‘low-cholesterol’ lifestyle, join our support group today!

Negative Calorie Diet

The negative calorie diet supposedly helps people lose weight by eating only foods that give less energy than the energy the body spends in digesting these foods. This means you can eat only fibrous vegetables and fruits like celery or carrots or papaya, though you can eat as much of them as you want. Negative calorie diets are not safe.

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Organic Foods

Organic foods are grown without the aid of artificial chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides and (for animals) antibiotics or growth hormones. They are better for health than non-organic foods, which even with thorough washing and cooking, contain residues of these chemicals.

Join our online group on organic foods. Ask your questions to experts and share your experiences.

Others

Diet and nutrition, or ‘what we eat’ is the science (and art!) of nurturing the human body to reach its full potential. As a field of study, diet and nutrition is garnering more attention these days even as scientists discover how much of our health really depends on watching what we’re eating.

Brainstorm for ideas on how to beat the challenges of living healthy, with professionals and lay people in our Diet and Nutrition Online Support Group.

Pasteurization of milk

It’s common knowledge that Louis Pasteur is the Father if the Pasteurization process. He famously pasteurized milk to kill all germs and microbes that the product may contain. These days, pasteurization is done for two main purposes – for maintaining high standards of quality and keeping it safe for public consumption.

For more information on the pasteurization process and its daily use efficacy, join Medindia’s support group today.

Pregnancy And Diet / Diet During Pregnancy

Your diet during pregnancy needs to be wholesome; after all, it should be able to meet the nutritional demands of two individuals! Medindia offers you all the information you require with regard to health eating during pregnancy, and even suggests diet guidelines that you need to adhere to.

Also, our support group will help you connect with other pregnant women – discuss your dietary concerns with them and give and receive advice on how to feed yourself and your baby right.

Processed Foods

A shortcut to the long and often tiring process of food preparation, processed or ‘convenience’ foods have become the norm of the day. But are there any disadvantages to easy-to-cook meals and food packets bought off supermarket shelves? To know more, our section on processed foods is where you need to be.

Rickets / Paediatric Osteomalacia

Rickets, a childhood disease characterized by impeded growth, and deformity, of the long bones. Osteomalacia is a term for the softening of the bones due to defective bone mineralization.

South Beach Diet

Hey! hang on! What follows is not a mystery novella written on the south beach but a write up on a new concept to weight loss, which proclaims to be a way of life. Created by Dr. Arthur Agatston, a cardiologist, to work with the body safely and effectively. It started as a fad diet like many others including the Atkins diet, now is a rage and people swear by it. It is a three phase diet, the first ... Read More

Soy / Soya - A Holy Food

Soy was considered one of the five holy crops in China – it’s not difficult to see why. Soy and its products are used in hundreds of foods and non-food products. Soy milk is a milk substitute for those with dairy allergies, and because it is one of the few plant foods to contain all the amino acids, it is an important source of proteins for vegans.

Our online group on soy/soya will help you learn more about the holy food and how it can help you.