How to be a glutton and bloom with health

How what you tuck into can pull you back from the brink of death

A pinch of salt

Will milk fortification benefit the poor?

Go suck a lemon

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

‘One in three couldn’t afford food year-round in 2020’

Pandemic-induced poverty and rise in food prices keep healthy diet out of reach of three billion people

Famines in India are a nightmare of the past

A WHO study notes that While India has achieved impressive levels in food production, equitable distribution is still a distant dream. Chronic …

Deserted Delicacies

Abundant, nutritious and tasty. Yet, traditional desert food is gradually losing out to commercially grown crops

Increased funding for bamboo project

China's stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this …

A touch of powder

Maharashtrians spice up their simple meals with dry oilseed chutney

Indians knew it

Ancient civilisations were aware of prebiotics

Genetic map

To make buffaloes stronger

Private via public

Savour the lingra

Nutritious 'weeds'

In Wayanad, Kerala, wild plants hold the key to the survival of the poorest, say n anil kumar and m k ratheesh narayanan

Local smorgasbord

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COVER STORY | Pulse tales: Import reliant India

Why India is unable to produce enough pulses to meet its domestic requirement?

Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa 

Simply Put: All about diet

Why conceptual health is need of the hour

Fixing work hours, monitoring daily growth should be practised as remedial measures for a healthier life

First Food: Celebrating India's Food Biodiversity

Down to Earth collaborated with Chor Bizarre, an Indian restaurant chain, to celebrate an evening of traditional Indian food. Chef Rajiv Malhotra …

Can you really be poisoned by green or sprouting potatoes?

Many people think of potatoes as root vegetables because they grow underground like carrots, parsnips and other root crops. But in actual fact …

Face the sun

Vitamin D deficiency on the rise; tests to identify it inaccurate

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

Gastronomical preferences

A diet low in starch could be one of the reasons for diabetes in women