Cooled Cooked Food: A Simple Dietary Strategy for Blood Sugar Management
Starch, which has a high glycaemic index upon cooking, can undergo recrystallisation and turn into resistant starch upon cooling, resulting
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Nutrition
Why solar dried epipelagic fish has 70% protein, only 12% salt, and long shelf life
Looking for protein-packed natural food that is also rich in omega-3 fatty acid, calcium and iron? Turn to solar dried epipelagic fish such as mackerel, sardine, anchovy, and ribbon fish which are rich in protein, and low in salt. Fish dried through the traditional method has over 30% salt content, only 35-40% protein, and short shelf life
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Why are TB patients’ data shared for receiving nutrition support?
Violation of patient confidentiality is rampant — social media platforms are awash with photographs of TB patients, including children, receiving
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Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths
A new modelling study suggests that over 361,000 deaths and over 880,000 new TB cases can be averted by 2035
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76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support
Under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana programme, ₹500 per month is credited into the account of a person with TB for
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One-third of TB patients received no payment for nutrition support
A 2022 study noted that 45% of people in India are undernourished, accounting for nearly 1.2 million TB cases each year
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Explained: Can improved nutrition help prevent TB?
With undernutrition the most prevalent risk factor for tuberculosis, weight gain leads to a reduction in TB cases and mortality
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RATIONS trial done in India shows nutrition support prevents TB, related deaths
In the randomised controlled trial involving household contacts of patients with pulmonary TB, nutritional support led to 39-48% reduction in TB disease in the intervention group
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Diabetes remission through intermittent calorie-restricted diet
At 12 months of follow-up, remission after discontinuing anti-diabetic drugs for at least three months was seen in 44% of the participants
Read MoreMutant worms live 60% longer on specific diet
The longevity of C. elegans increased 40-60% when NII researchers used a mutant that lacked the function of a particular gene
Read MorePodcast: Isotope labelling to measure protein digestion
By using isotope-labelled proteins, researchers at St. John’s Research Institute, Bengaluru have developed a novel method to accurately measure the digestibility
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Bengaluru researchers’ novel method accurately measures protein digestion
By using isotope-labelled proteins, researchers at St. John’s Research Institute, Bengaluru have developed a novel method to accurately measure the digestibility
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