Is climate change making our food less nutritious?

This video explains why we should be worried about climate change vis-à-vis nutritional security. It could actually make our food …

Why kakdi is an ideal fruit-cum-snack during summer

The water-rich fruit is popular among both farmers and consumers as it requires little inputs, grows quickly and is healthy

A juicy business

Cold-pressed juice is the latest fad among the country's health-conscious lot. Is it worth it?

Rise in teenage pregnancies, poor maternal health hurdle to breaking intergenerational cycle of undernutrition

Significant incidences of early marriage and childbearing are among the important causes of undernutrition

Farmer and the new-age health market

India’s booming nutraceutical market provides a big opportunity to farmer producer organisations

Matter of taste

Our vegetables have become blemish-free, resistant to pest and long-lasting, but they have lost their flavour in the process

Socioeconomic status during childhood linked to eating habits as adults

Research states that students from a relatively impoverished environment eat more than those who come from a wealthier background

Partnerships crucial to fighting malnutrition, say global leaders

UN highlights the importance of working with the private sector to ensure a healthier world population

Come alive with gundruk

Dried-mustard-leaves soup to beat the monsoon blues

Tiger takes the biscuit

Gulp it down the cool way

Thambli, a decoction of herbs, and a soothing drink

Knowledge of medicines by indigenous communities receding

Ferment food for the gut

Almost all communities in India have festivals that revolve around stale food high on probiotics

Tackling ‘hidden hunger’: Strategies to combat micronutrient deficiencies

In the face of the global hidden hunger crisis, it is imperative that we address the micronutrient deficiencies that silently erode our health  

Yamilicious!

During her visit to Indore, Aparna Pallavi tickles her taste buds with crispy fried purple yam or garadu and discovers the health benefits of the …

Traditionally sumptuous

Multigrain food is not new. It has been part of the Indian diet since ancient times and comes in multitude of combinations

Ragi is back - but only as exotica

No body knows for sure how the ragi bandwagon started, but all of a sudden the urban elite became curious about the grain. Today, it is being …

"We are close to crisis point"

Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the …

Crops losing protein

Fruity delight

Pomelo not only makes tasty salads, but also has antioxidants that fight cancer

Dodgy doses

UNICEF in dock over vitamin A fortification programme

Serve it hot

Against the grain

Eat your oranges

Pectin v galectin 3