Community Health and Nutrition

These two terms cannot really be defined separately since problems of nutrition and health co-exist in the community, where one influences the other. Therefore, general awareness has been provided by an elaboration of the concept of community nutrition. Community health- Community health is concerned with the health problems of population groups lead inevitably to a broad range of interests, i.e., from the cause, prevention and control of diseases, nutritional or otherwise. Thus community health includes both identification of nutritional health and health problems and causes and prevention as well as…

The Main Components Of Indian Food

India is known for its varied, spicy and delicious food. It is renowned not only for its taste but also its aroma. From your house you can identify, what is being cooked at your neighbor’s just by the aroma of the dish. The reason for this is the use of spices in each recipe. Most Indian homes store spices for the whole year, the most common being rai ( mustard seeds), haldi ( turmeric),dalchini (cinnamon),elaichi (cardamom),kokum,jeera (cumin),bay leaves,tamarind,red chillies,fenugreek seeds and coriander powder. Ingredients like garlic, ginger, curry leaves, coconut,…

Heal With Food

You all might remember about the PCOS and diabetes care through nutrition, you may remember that both these diseases had in common excess fat. Figure out the way to deal with the excess fat, and you’ve figured out a way to deal with both diseases and, in many cases, eliminate impending diabetes entirely. For those who don’t have these health conditions, you’d be nipping this diabetes in the bud, should you decide to surface. In order to stave off disease and lose fat, say no to; JUNK FOOD- Not just…