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UN report highlights nutritional gaps in Pakistan's food system
Updated : 1 month ago IST
A UN assessment warns that although Pakistan has adequate calorie availability, diets remain unbalanced. Shortages of fruits, vegetables, pulses, and legumes contrast with excess cereals, sugars, and oils. Experts link this imbalance to rising chronic diseases and urge policy shifts to make
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UAE and World Central Kitchen announce departure of second maritime aid sh
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
This second shipment, which carries hundreds of tonnes, has enough food to prepare more than one million meals, and includes self stable and ready-to-eat items such as rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned vegetables, and proteins.
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Study finds earthworms contribute to global grain production
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Earthworms are important drivers of global food production, contributing to approximately 6.5 per cent of grain yield and 2.3 per cent of legumes produced worldwide each year, according to scientists.
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Unhealthy snacks increase risk of strokes, cardiovascular disease: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers discovered that only half of the individuals matched the nutritional value of their meals and snacks. This discrepancy negatively affects health indicators including blood sugar and fat levels, and resolving it may be as easy as changing one's diet.
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Protein intake, bone health can be improved by eating more legumes, less r
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a University of Helsinki study, substituting red and processed meat with pea-protein intake, b and faba bean-based foods ensures enough amino acid intake without having any negative effects on bone metabolism.
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Increasing legumes, reducing red meat is safe for bone health, protein int
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki found that replacing pea- and faba bean-based dietary products for red and processed meat ensured enough amino acid intake while having no adverse impacts on bone metabolism.
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Research improves understanding of how bacteria aid plant growth
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In the soil where they grow, plants create alliance with bacteria. Legumes, for instance, benefit from a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms that live in nodules in their roots and "fix" atmospheric nitrogen to make it available for the legumes' growth. But do microbes generally benef
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Research advances understanding of how bacteria benefit plant growth
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Plants create alliances with bacteria in the soil in which they thrive. Legumes, for example, benefit from a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms that live in nodules in their roots and "fix" nitrogen in the atmosphere to make it available for the legumes' growth. But are microorganism
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Consuming unhealthy foods is linked to increase in cardiovascular disease:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that people who do not consume enough of six essential nutrients have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Not eating healthy foods linked with higher cardiovascular disease: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University revealed in a study conducted at the Population Research Health Institute (PHRI) that persons who do not consume enough of six important nutrients collectively had a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read More
Researchers discover link between good diet, prostate cancer
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Following a healthy diet has no influence on prostate cancer risk, while following a bad diet may raise the risk of getting aggressive prostate cancer, according to the study.
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Researchers reveal connection of healthy diet, prostate cancer
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the study, following a healthy diet has no effect on prostate cancer risk, but following an unhealthy diet may increase the risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer.
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