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PM Modi seeks agreement to maintain supply of manure, foodgrains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
"In India, for sustainable food security, we are promoting natural farming and re-popularising nutritious and traditional foodgrains like millets. Millets can also solve global malnutrition and hunger. We all must celebrate the International Year of Millets with great enthusiasm next year
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World population to hit 8 billion people today
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100.
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Ubiquitous nutrients suppress appetite and promote movement
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
In experiments on mice, researchers show that non-essential amino acids act as appetite suppressants and promote the urge to move. Their research provides insight into the neural mechanism that controls this behaviour.
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Soy Can Address India's Protein Challenges: PFNDAI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): PFNDAI (Protein Foods and Nutrition Development Association of India), an organisation founded to promote food safety, quality, nutrition, and healthy diets through education, along with 'Right To Protein' a nationwide prote
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Food texture key to eating habits in children with Down syndrome
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Children with Down syndrome prefer food with a crispy, oily mouthfeel and don't like brittle or gooey foods. But those preferences can lead to a less nutritious diet, according to new research.
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Researchers reveal how 'protein hunger' leads to overeating in large-scale
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Study revealed the causes behind the increase in obesity rates. And suggested that modern diets consist of highly processed and refined foods -- which are low in protein -- people are driven to consume more energy-dense foods until they satisfy their protein demand.
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Study: Tomatoes in diet changes human gut microbes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The research was published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum. Fiber, sugar, protein, fat and calories were identical for both diets.
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Premature death linked to consumption of ultra processed food: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Traditional foods and meals created from fresh and minimally processed components are gradually being replaced by ultra-processed foods (UPFs), ready-to-eat or heat industrial formulations made with substances taken from foods or synthesised in laboratories, recent research has revealed
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Workshop on Increasing Cultivation and Consumption of Biofortified Crops t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Grameen Foundation India (GFI), together with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and HarvestPlus hosted a one-day workshop on the "Scaling up Biofortified Crop through System Integration" in Lucknow on Wednes
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GRD - The Superior Protein launches 'GRD Bix' in 4 flavours for general he
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 11 (ANI/ATK): GRD- The Superior Protein, from the house of Zydus Nutriva, now offers 'GRD Bix' - a nutritional supplement in the form of Protein Diskettes. Available in four delicious flavours, Chocolate, Cardamom, Vanilla, and Milk flavour, the diskett
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IoT tech start-up SPINTLY raises USD 2.5M in Pre-Series A Round
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 11 (ANI/GPRC): SaaS-based physical access control and smart buildings startup Spintly raised USD 2.5M in a pre-series A round of funding. The round saw participation from Lets Venture, Accel Nest, SucSEED Indovation, RiSo Capital, Defang Technology, 91
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Tomar urges BIMSTEC agriculture ministers to cooperate in transforming agr
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
While addressing the Second Agriculture Ministerial-level meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation through video conference, Tomar referred to the importance of millet as a nutritious food and the efforts made by India to promote millet an
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