Health & Food

Bangalore, Feb 25: Nearly 10 lakh of the 74.31 lakh children below the age of five in the State are yet to be administered oral polio drops during the second round of the Pulse Polio immunisation drive that began on Sunday. By covering more than 64.46 lakh children across the State on day one of the drive, the Health Department has claimed to have achieved 86.75 per cent coverage. The remaining...

Why lose stomach fat? Because it makes everyone uncomfortable, to say the least. In everyday life we don't fret about some loose stomach fat hanging over our waistbands, but festivities, weddings, and seaside vacations leave you staring at the mirror. The frustrating reality is that the midsection is one of the trickiest areas to lose fat from. Many believe that one can lose stomach fat by simply...

Among all the chicken favorites Popcorn Chicken is not only very easy to cook but also flavorful, moist and crunchy at the same time. Be it a casual lunch idea for family or a small home party; popcorn chicken is sure to please your family and guests alike. It also makes a delicious snack item for the children. Popcorn chicken tastes better if served with tomato ketchup. Here is a really simple...

Melbourne, Jan 11: In a major breakthrough that could help millions of diabetics, Australian researchers have solved a 20-year mystery that could which could spell the end of daily injections. The new knowledge on how insulin works at a molecular level could be exploited to develop improved insulin medications to treat both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, they said. Researchers from the Walter and...

London:Jan 8: The official kilogram - a cylinder-shaped hunk of metal - that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has itself gained weight, scientists say. Scientists at Newscastle University have found that due to surface contamination the original kilogram is likely to be tens of microgrammes heavier than it was when the first standard was set in 1875. As a result, each country that has one of...

Dubai, Jan 2: Seeking to put the sparkle back into the gold trade after a less than stellar showing in the second half of 2012, Dubai’s jewellers are set to put their marketing muscle behind 18-carat jewellery for the first time. They believe such a move would help considerably improve offtake of jewellery among Western and Chinese shoppers, particularly tourists during the peak holiday season and...

Paya Soup is the lamb trotters’ soup cooked with Indian spices in Indian style, a delicacy that every non-vegetarian household would love to taste once in a while. It holds not only a high place in soup family but also the tastiest and healthiest among all soups. Whether it is growing children or new mothers, recuperating patients or undernourished ones, this amazing soup works like magic! Though...

Of all the world's major religious groups, Muslims are the least likely to have sex outside of marriage, new research found. And as a country's Muslim population grows, the rate of premarital sex declines for all residents, even non-Muslims, according to the study. Researchers analyzed the responses of over 620,000 people (ages 15-59) who were interviewed as part of the Demographic and Health...

With the advent of the holy month every Muslim household gets into special Ramadan related activities. As the entire month is filled with blessings, forgiveness and mercy, Muslim families observe fast during the day and offer special prayers in the night. Ladies cook special dishes for Suhoor and Iftar meals for the family members and also to share with neighbors. Ramadan dishes differ from...

I was talking to my friend from Chitradurga and he says, ‘back home, we eat bread only when we are sick. It’s easy for us to digest light food like bread or starch water’. It got me thinking. Food is culture specific. The food we eat here as a snack was eaten by a sick person in some other part of the country as an energy boost. And then, it got me thinking again. In the summer, most of us can’t...